It is, therefore, a matter of the utmost importance to
Great Britain to develop the possible cotton-growing areas in the British Empire. Great interest in the matter is being taken throughout Australia, where, with expert assistance, it is hoped to make Queensland and northern New South Wales great cotton-producing countries. It is not only to Queensland and New South Wales that cotton experts are turning their attention. A cable in the Times from Perth informs us that a Queensland' cotton expert has just concluded an extensive tour of the north-western districts of Western Australia and is enthusiastic as to the prospects of cotton-growing there. If cotton cultivation on a large scale could be introduced into North-Western Australia, one of the Empire's most difficult problems would be solved. How to settle those vast empty spaces of the Australian " never-never land " with a white population has hitherto proved an insurmountable task. Recent reports from South Africa also testify to the cotton-growing possibilities of the Transvaal, Swaziland and Zululand as a means of solving the unemployment problem.
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