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

of Holdings.								Under Cultivation.
Freehold.				Total.
1885.	Per Cent.	1891.	Per Cent.	1885.	Per Cent.	1891.	Per Cent.	1885.	Per Cent.	1891.	Per Cent.
Acres.		Acres.		Acres.		Acres.		Acres.		Acres.
3,712	0.07	3,061	0.06	5,236	0.04	4,530	0.03	1,849	0.07	1,700	0.07
11,984	0.21	10,402	0.19	16,846	0.14	28,567	0.18	6,460	0.23	10,973	0.42
23,846	0.42	21,436	0.39	36,982	0.30	37,124	0.23	11,299	0.41	11,407	0.44
70,292	1.25	64,196	1.17	113,125	0.92	113,222	0.70	32,422	1.18	30,990	1.27
309,538	5.49	265,008	4.81	546,318	4.45	501,324	3.09	215,949	7.84	180,624	7.03
704,937	12.50	587,026	10.65	1,586,910	12.92	1,463,595	9.01	663,756	24.11	552,700	21.48
1,154,072	20.46	970,897	17.62	3,077,286	25.01	2,746,141	16.92	1,195,751	43.43	968,908	37.72
685,206	12.15	843,537	15.31	1,438,697	11.71	2,341,945	14.43	416,701	15.13	567,680	22.10
286,513	5.08	311,439	5.65	618,431	5.03	1,012,354	6.24	103,150	3.74	111,516	4.34
181,540	3.22	186,204	3.38	374,957	3.05	735,965	4.53	28,443	1.03	41,063	1.60
121,003	2.14	96,444	1.75	255,537	2.08	533,673	3.29	14,384	0.52	17,288	0.67
499,537	8.86	487,913	8.85	960,051	7.82	2,165,996	13.35	39,804	1.45	29,698	1.16
508,027	9.01	609,249	11.06	1,074,139	8.76	2,571,257	15.84	11,263	0.41	20,343	0.79
420,540	7.46	368,785	6.69	657,051	5.35	683,848	4.21	5,656	0.21	13,527	0.52
243,301	4.31	311,018	5.64	510,335	4.16	497,084	3.06	1,599	0.06	8,819	0.34
415,989	7.37	373,674	6.78	1,012,923	8.26	794,063	4.89	4,976	0.18	1,254	0.05
5,640,037	100.00	5,510,289	100.00	12,284,824	100.00	16,230,688	100.00	2,753,462	100.00	2,568,490	100.00