The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 73
A source of national wealth
Contents
- [title page]
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- Otago Central Railway League
- Central Otago. — From the Southland Daily News, Saturday, April 21, 1894
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From the Southland Times, Monday, April 23, 1894
- [introduction]
- Central Otago
- Climate and Soil
- Facilities for Irrigation p. 4
- Three Primary Requirements
- Nowhere in the World a District Better Adapted for the Purpose
- Difficulty of Getting the Produce of their Orchards to the Market;
- Locally-grown Hops Equal to Anything from the Best Gardens in the World
- The Soil and the Climate Suitable p. 5
- Impossible that they could produce too much
- We were Importing £68,000 worth of Green Fruit alone Annually
- The Question of Wages
- Vine Growing p. 6
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From the Otago Daily Times, Tuesday, May 15, 1894
- [introduction]
- The Three Great Advantages of the Central Otago Districts
- Higher Summer and a Lower Winter Temperature
- Early Maturity, Great Growth, and an Abundant Fruitage;
- I noticed most excellent Grapes p. 7
- Grapes grown out of doors
- Ah Bon, a Chinaman
- Country from Lowburn right away to Lake Wanaka is equally suitable for Fruitgrowing
- A Wide Variety p. 8
- Source of Considerable Wealth
- The Southland Daily News, Friday, April 27, 1894
- Asked if Fruitgrowing would pay; p. 9
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From the Otago Daily Times, Saturday, March 2, 1895
- [introduction]
- ment being Aware of the Abilities of Mr. Bragato as an Expert had Invited Him
- Through Central Otago
- Mr. Bragato
- Eminently Suitable p. 10
- The Walnut
- The Cultivation of the Vine
- Enormous Amount of Country
- Little Known Outside the District
- Employ an Enormous Population
- £100 per Acre
- Tens of Thousands of Acre p. 11
- Under a Great Disadvantage
- Railway Communication
- New Zealand People have no Idea of the Vast Wealth of the Otago District
- An Experimental Station
- Supply not only Local and Australian Markets, but even the Home Markets
- Wonderful Facilities Existed in Central Otago for Irrigation
- The Demand for Wine
- Vast Source of Wealth p. 12
- Fruitgrowing in Central Otago. — Signor Bragato's Lecture — by Romeo Bragato
- To the Chairman, Otago Central Railway League
- To the President of the Otago Central Railway League
- The Chairman Otago Central Railway League, Dunedin
- To the Chairman of the Otago Central Railway League, Dunedin