Sugar-cane in the Northern Hemisphere.--The Rise of the Beet Industry.--Abolition of Slave Labour in West Indies.--Reorganisation of Industry on Scientific Basis.--Establishment of Industry in Queensland. --Difficulties of Early Planters.--Stoppage of Pacific Island Labour.--Evolution of Small Holdings and Erection of Central Mills.--Reintroduction of Pacific Islanders. --Stoppage of Pacific Island Labour by Commonwealth Legislation.--Bonus on White-grown Sugar.--Benefits Arising from Separating Cultivation and Manufacture. --Contrast between Past and Present Methods.--Scientific Cultivation.--Recent Statistics.--The Future of the Industry.--Queensland Leading the Van in Establishing White Agriculturists in Tropics 132-143 CHAPTER IV. A HALF-CENTURY OF MINING. The Quest for Gold a Colonising Agency.--Earliest Discoveries of the Precious Metal in Queensland.--Port Curtis.--Rockhampton District.--Peak Downs.--Gympie. --Ravenswood.--Charters Towers.--Palmer.--Mount Morgan. --Croydon.--Later Discoveries.--Yield at Charters Towers and Mount Morgan.--Copper Mining.--Tin.--Silver. --Queensland the Home of All Kinds of Minerals and Precious Stones.--Mineral Wealth in Cairns Hinterland. --Copper Deposits in Cloncurry District.--The Etheridge. --Anakie Gem Field.--Opal Fields.--Extensive Coal Measures.--Railway Communication with Mining Fields. --Value of Queensland Mineral Output.--Prospects of Industry 144-152 CHAPTER V. OUR ASSET IN ARTESIAN WATER. Erroneous Judgment of Western Queensland.--Scarcity of Surface Water.--Water Supply Department.--Discovery of Artesian Water in New South Wales.--Prospecting in Queensland.--Difficulties Experienced by Early Borers. --First Artesian Flowing Bore.--Dr. Jack's First Estimate of Artesian Area.--Revised Figures.--Number of Bores and Estimated Flow.--Area Capable of being Irrigated with Artesian Water.--Cost of Boring.--Value of Artesian Water.--Extent of Intake Beds.--Waste of Water.--Necessity for Government Control of Wells. --Value of Water for Irrigation, Consumption, and Motive Power.--Artesian Water a Great National Asset 153-161 _APPENDICES._ APPENDIX A--READJUSTMENT OF WESTERN BOUNDARY 162-163 APPENDIX B--THE FIRST PARLIAMENT 164 APPENDIX C--THE EIGHTEENTH PARLIAMENT 165-166 APPENDIX D--FIFTY YEARS OF LEGISLATION 167-183 APPENDIX E--LAND SELECTION IN QUEENSLAND 184-195 APPENDIX F--IMMIGRATION TO QUEENSLAND 196-197 APPENDIX G--SOME STATISTICS AND THEIR STORY 198-209 APPENDIX H--DIGEST OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEER'S REPORTS 210-230