nning of September in the latitude of Sydney, according to the
state of the weather; and they may be transplanted when they have
attained their sixth leaf, which is generally about a month or five
weeks after they are up.

The period is rather later in this colony, and care should be taken
that the plants have gained sufficient strength in the ground after
transplanting to withstand the effect of the hot winds, and, if
practicable, the aspect should be either N.E. or N.W., and the rows
should incline towards either of these points.

The most suitable spots in this colony for the cultivation of
tobacco, are Lyndoch Valley and the districts round the town of
Willunga and Morphett Vale.

The greatest care is required from the cultivator to prevent the
destruction of the plant from its greatest enemy, the black grub.
Daily search should be made for it, and not a plant should be left
unexamined; they make their appearance about the beginning of
November, when the plants have scarcely had time to take root. The
soil between the rows should be kept constantly stirred with a
three-pronged fork, that air and the sun's rays may be admitted,
which latter are as indispensable to the growing plant as injurious
to the seedling. The labor is great, and from first to last requires
the constant attention of one man throughout the year, with an
additional hand for about six weeks during the process of curing.

The profits even in bad seasons are considerable; but when the
season and soil are favorable, they average upwards of 100 per cent.
The consumption of tobacco is great in this colony, not only for
personal use, but for sheep-wash; and the profits may be
considerably greater for the lower leaves, which, owing to their
gritty nature, cannot be manufactured, but may be advantageously
cured for wash.

It is not my office to argue the point as to the advantages which
may accrue from a free trade in tobacco; but this I know, and
confidently assert it, from actual experiments made in this
province, that a more lucrative article cannot be grown.

The consumption in South America, in 1850, was 147,178 lbs.; and the
annual increase since 1840 has been a higher percentage than the
increase of population, chiefly owing to extension in sheep-farming.

The probable expense of cultivation per a