The first increased from 49,238 oz.

to 58,183 oz.; the second from 16,437 oz.

to 27,351 oz., and the third from 6,129 oz.

to 15,637 oz.
The Dewan then called the attention of the Assembly to the working of some of the principal departments of the State, beginning with the railways, and, after giving a very satisfactory account of the progress made, concluded this branch of his subject by observing that "As regards our main railway policy there will be no pause in the course of development, and should our financial condition continue to improve, the next decade will see the Province intersected with lines which, in the decade preceding the rendition, were only thought of as remote possibilities." He next remarked on other public works, and showed that in the last ten years no less than 471 miles of entirely new roads had been opened up, while 218 miles of incomplete roads, which had been inherited at the time of the rendition, had been brought up to standard.

Then he turned to irrigation, and stated that the large irrigation works commenced in former years were advancing towards completion.