Chapter 151 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

"Our technical school is not like a national university. It is just a technical training school with a smaller area. At present, our technical school has thousands of students. The main training directions are senior steel workers, senior railway workers, and medical assistants. and basic education teachers. The training time for these people ranges from one to three years, and after completing their studies, they can grow into outstanding industry elites." Minister of Education Richard introduced with a smile.

The establishment of technical schools is to cultivate technical talents with certain abilities for all walks of life in Australia. This is why technical schools currently only have three majors: workers, doctors and teachers.

At present, Australia is still in short supply of technical talents in education, medical care and industry, especially those who are the mainstay talents with certain abilities.

Although various factories, schools and hospitals also have corresponding training plans, these people who have taken up the job after simple training are only able to take up the post initially. They still have a long way to go before they have the ability to be the mainstay.

"Very good. Technical schools can be expanded in scale, and the number of students can be increased to thousands or even tens of thousands. At the same time, quotas can also be issued to factories, hospitals and schools, allowing them to spend a certain amount of money to send employees for training. Arthur nodded and said.

Technical schools are different from Australian national universities. The training of college students is very cautious, so the number of students admitted should not be too large.

Even at the current Australian National University, the annual enrollment is basically fixed at around 600 students.

Technical schools are different. The purpose of technical schools is only to cultivate talents with good abilities for all walks of life in Australia. Both the speed and efficiency of training are much faster than those of universities.

Of course, the talents trained by technical schools are completely inferior to college students in terms of comprehensive ability. They only have certain advantages and abilities in a certain industry.

But this is exactly what Australia needs at present. Mastering good abilities in a certain aspect can become the talents that Australia currently lacks.

After the Ministry of Education's report is completed, the next step is the report on the Ministry of Finance.

Along with the rapid growth of industry and other industries, Australia's economy also experienced considerable growth in 1902.

The total revenue of Australia in 1901 was approximately 4.3 million pounds. This figure increased significantly in 1902 to 7.3 million pounds.

This is because with the recovery of the Australian economy, many self-employed households, small farmers, and factory owners have gradually emerged.

Although these small businesses and factories are not large in scale, there are thousands of them throughout Australia.

The accumulated annual income is also very impressive. Coupled with the increase in per capita income brought about by various construction projects, it is not surprising that the economy is growing so fast.

However, Australia's total fiscal expenditure is still frighteningly high. By the end of 1902, Australia's total fiscal expenditure for the whole year was approximately 14.3 million pounds, an increase of more than 1 million pounds compared with the previous year.

The fiscal deficit reached 7 million pounds, almost nearly Australia's entire fiscal year's total revenue.

But it's also because of all the major construction going on in Australia. Without these costly construction projects, Australia's finances could actually turn into a surplus, even as high as two to three million pounds.

Although tens of millions of pounds are spent every year, the Australian Treasury still has more than 140 million pounds of available funds, enough to support Australia's current development plans for decades.

By the end of 1902, Australia's per capita annual income had reached as high as twelve pounds, and the per capita income in important development and construction areas such as industrial areas had reached fifteen pounds.

Compared with the period when the Principality of Australia was first established, the per capita income of Australians has experienced considerable growth, and they finally have some spare money on hand.

It is not only the construction of industrial zones that has brought about an increase in per capita income, but also the reclamation of agriculture.

Before the introduction of indigenous people, land development in Australia was very slow. Most of the land allocated to immigrants was uncultivated wasteland, and there was very little arable land that could actually be cultivated.

This also led to the fact that although many immigrants owned a large amount of land in name, they were actually unable to make a living by planting and had to find other jobs to make a living.

This has also restricted Australia's agricultural development to a certain extent. If it weren't for the highly developed livestock industry, Australia might not even be able to provide self-sufficiency in food.

According to reports from the Ministry of Agriculture, in 1902, Australia's available arable land increased by almost 40%.

In 1902, nearly 4 million tons of grain were produced, which could almost meet the food needs of 13 million people for a year.

But Australia's population is only just over four million, which means Australia has a lot of food to export.

Not only is the area of ​​arable land growing, Australia's livestock areas are also growing rapidly.

As a major country in the livestock industry, Australia had hundreds of millions of sheep in 1901, and now this number has increased by more than 10%.

Such a large number of livestock makes Australia's livestock industry very developed. There are countless wool, goat milk, milk, meat products, etc. produced every year.

Only a small part of these livestock products are digested by Australia itself, while more are exported to surrounding countries and even European countries.

Among them, the British Empire imported a relatively large proportion of livestock products. Australia is currently the most reliable supplier of meat and livestock products to the British Empire, a position previously held by New Zealand.

Because the livestock industry is very developed, meat products in Australia are very cheap. Even ordinary workers and civilians can basically eat meat every few days.

Needless to say, the college students and other technical talents who were highly valued by Arthur were, of course, indispensable. One meal of meat was even essential, and college students were provided with a glass of milk every day.

The growth of agriculture is certainly gratifying, and the achievements in transportation construction are also very exciting.

Since the opening of the eastern section of the Industrial Railway in February 1902, Australia's economy and exchanges between states have become faster and more efficient because of this railway.

Although the scope of industrial railways open to traffic is still very small so far, only the industrial areas of Western Australia and South Australia and the railways between the capitals of Sydney and Melbourne have been connected and successfully opened to traffic.

However, the completed railway has become an effective force in promoting Australia's economic development, and the economic and cultural exchanges between Australian states have become closer.

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