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IN discussions relating to white settlement in Australia, reference is often made to the scant population in the Northern Territory in comparison with the dense population ofJava, though portions of Java are said to possess similar soil and climatic conditions to the Northern Territory. Sir David Rivett, on behalf of the Commonwealth Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, and with the assistance ofthe British Consul at Batavia, has made an inquiry into this matter and has been supplied with information by Dr. J. G. B. Beumee, Chief of the Agriculture and Fishery Service, Batavia. Dr. Beumee reports as follows:
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Utilisation of Tropical Australia. Nature 137, 714 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137714a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137714a0