Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information - Queensland

MINING.

	Calendar Year.
	1860.	1872.	1884.	1896.	1908.
Oz.Gold raised in Queensland	2,738	124,163	250,127	502,146	465,085
£	11,631	537,365	1,062,471	2,132,979	1,975,554
£Silver raised in Queensland	...	...	35,327	32,162	117,889
TonsCopper raised in Queensland	1	2,448	1,653	580	14,698
£	50	196,000	30,872	21,042	882,901
TonsTin raised in Queensland	...	1,407	3,383	1,554	4,826
£	...	109,816	130,460	49,018	342,191
TonsCoal raised in Queensland	12,327	27,727	120,727	371,390	696,332
£	9,244	16,120	60,025	154,987	244,922
£All other in Queensland	...	...	6,469	30,440	281,030
£ Total	20,925	849,301	1,325,624	2,420,628	3,844,487

SECONDARY PRODUCTION.

	Calendar Year.
	1860.	1872.	1884.	1896.	1908.
No.Factories	13	593	955	1,332	1,481
No. Hands Employed	...	...	...	19,733	29,510
£ Plant and Machinery	...	...	...	6,145,548	4,484,340
£ Output	...	...	...	6,482,824	11,242,437
Lb. Leather	...	427,168	2,221,856	3,324,832	[^(a)]152,611
Lb. Butter	...	...	...	6,164,240	23,838,357
Lb. Cheese	...	...	...	1,921,404	3,199,510
Lb. Bacon and Hams	...	...	...	5,108,726	11,324,323
Lb. Meat, Cured	...	...	4,283,024	69,442,447	50,418,522
Super. Ft. Timber, Sawn	...	...	...	22,309,900	100,759,016

[Footnote a:] Now collected on sides.

IMPORTS.

	Calendar Year.
	1860.	1872.	1884.	1896.	1908.
£Apparel, including Boots and Shoes	32,701	113,371	318,910	232,077	552,071
£Linen, Drapery, and Haberdashery	154,454	293,155	742,357	806,638	1,233,776
£Wine, Beer, and Spirits	66,909	177,601	394,764	247,259	325,484
£Tobacco, Cigar, &c.	17,727	30,659	78,093	74,501	204,131
£Wheat, Flour, Biscuits, &c.	95,318	208,447	383,504	555,460	483,794
£Other Grain and Products thereof	4,867	42,991	197,929	118,968	202,549
£Potatoes and Onions	3,410	15,789	77,897	104,233	147,584
£Green Fruit, Jams, and Jellies	3,487	27,755	118,309	73,184	175,967
£Hardware, Machinery, Metals, and Metal Goods	63,622	217,659	1,019,374	766,217	1,661,999
£Stationery, Books, Paper, &c.	16,482	26,528	148,682	135,127	220,746
£Kerosene and other Oils	3,916	32,580	69,202	94,048	156,460
£Total all imports	742,023	2,218,717	6,381,976	5,433,271	9,471,166

EXPORTS—HOME PRODUCTION.

Calendar Year.

1860.

1872.

1884.

1896.

1908.

Lb.
Wool—Clean
Lb. Greasy

}

5,007,167

{

12,622,067
5,171,245

9,030,701
26,495,276

24,479,769
64,012,465

23,459,014
66,802,873

£ Clean
£ Greasy

}

444,188

{

952,450
217,362

682,774
1,206,730

1,130,170
1,846,814

1,670,664
2,459,190

£ Total Value

444,188

1,169,812

1,889,504

2,976,984

4,129,854

TonsTallow—Quantity

640

2,890

2,623

18,554

7,292

£ Value

25,628

100,201

76,019

337,967

197,229

£Gold—Value

14,565

660,396

923,010

2,089,166

1,941,229

£Copper—Value

257,723

3,014

32,401

831,699

£Tin—Value

...

108,310

228,457

46,779

290,389

£Live Stock (Horses, Cattle, Sheep)

510

366,003

572,010

859,367

1,699,381

£Meat (all kinds, including extract)

5,356

67,579

70,833

898,545

850,772

Cwt.Sugar—Quantity

...

23,959

368,626

1,507,503

2,645,333

£ Value

...

36,833

454,759

863,080

1,482,320

£Hides and Skins

14,030

93,218

109,291

449,265

421,987

£Pearlshell

...

94,021

94,865

49,898

£ Total all Exports

523,477

2,998,934

4,673,864

9,163,726

14,194,977