TABLE III.—COMPARATIVE RETURN showing the NUMBER and EXTENT of HOLDINGS (classified) and the AREA under CULTIVATION in the YEARS 1885 and 1891, together with the INCREASE and DECREASE and the PROPORTION PER CENT.

Holdings of Various Sizes.	Number of Holdings.				Extent
					Leasehold.
	1885.	Per Cent.	1891.	Per Cent.	1885.	Per Cent.	1891.	Per Cent.
Acres.					Acres.		Acres.
From 1 to 5	2,278	11.62	2,231	10.96	1,524	0.02	1,469	0.01
From 6 to 20	1,399	7.14	2,045	10.05	4,862	0.07	18,165	0.17
From 21 to 50	1,038	5.29	1,059	5.20	13,136	0.20	15,688	0.15
From 51 to 100	1,448	7.38	1,469	7.22	42,833	0.64	49,026	0.45
From 101 to 250	3,150	16.06	2,869	14.09	236,780	3.57	236,316	2.24
From 251 to 500	4,271	21.78	3,882	19.07	881,973	13.27	876,569	8.17
From 501 to 1000	4,292	21.89	3,867	19.00	1,923,214	28.94	1,775,244	16.56
From 1001 to 2000	1,045	5.33	1,650	8.11	753,491	11.34	1,498,408	13.97
From 2001 to 3000	258	1.31	418	2.05	331,918	5.00	700,915	6.54
From 3001 to 4000	106	0.54	206	1.01	193,417	2.91	549,761	5.12
From 4001 to 5000	56	0.29	120	0.59	134,534	2.03	437,229	4.08
From 5001 to 10000	133	0.68	298	1.47	460,514	6.93	1,678,083	15.65
From 10001 to 20000	76	0.39	183	0.90	566,112	8.52	1,962,008	18.30
From 20001 to 30000	26	0.13	29	0.14	236,511	3.56	315,063	2.94
From 30001 to 40000	15	0.8	15	0.7	267,034	4.02	186,066	1.73
From 40001 and upwards	17	0.9	14	0.7	596,934	8.98	420,389	3.92
Total	19,608	100.00	20,355	100.00	6,644,787	100.00	10,720,399	100.00