ation, if skilfully managed, than in any part of the world;
for the duty upon imported is a positive bonus to the grower.

In 1849-50 there were fifteen manufactories of tobacco on a small
scale in New South Wales, but these were reduced in 1851 to six.

Many samples of tobacco grown in the colony have been pronounced by
competent judges equal to Virginian, but a very considerable prejudice
exists against it. There is, however, no doubt that the dealers
dispose of a great deal as American tobacco, and get a best price for
it. The reduction of the import duties on foreign tobacco, recently
made by the Legislative Council, will probably retard the progress of
the colonial production and manufacture of this article; but with an
abundance of labor there is no question that this branch of industry
will be again profitably resorted to. The quantity of tobacco
manufactured in New South Wales, in 1847, was 1,321 cwt.; in 1848, 714
cwt.; in 1849, 2,758 cwt.; in 1850, 3,833 cwt.; in 1851, 4,841 cwt.

A correspondent of the _Adelaide Observer_ recommends its culture in
South Australia, and supplies the following useful information:--

Without entering into botanical details, I will simply state that
the plant is of a shrubby nature, about five feet high, and ought
not to be planted nearer than four feet from each other, in rows
five feet apart--thus allowing for each plant a space of ground four
feet by five, or 20 square feet. An acre will consequently furnish
sufficient room for 2,178 plants.

The tobacco plant will thrive in almost any climate, from the torrid
zone to the temperature of Great Britain. It luxuriates in rich
alluvial valleys, where the soil is either of a _loamy_ or a _peaty_
nature.

Maiden soil is not recommended. The ground should be trenched,
worked as fine as possible, and well manured. Tobacco will not
answer unless the subsoil is thoroughly broken. The best manure is
that obtained from the bullock-yard, and bark from the tan yard; and
by two or three ploughings the earth can be brought to a proper
consistency, and fit for the reception of the plants.

The usual method adopted in New South Wales, is to raise the plants
in a warm, sheltered bed, neither exposed to wind nor to the sun's
rays; but if the weather is dry, they should be well watered night
and morning. The time of sowing is the end of August or the
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