Land Sold, Occupied, and Cultivated.—Averages and Proportions.—1857-1871., TABLE IV.—Showing, at the period of the last three Censuses, the Average Proportion to each Individual in the Colony of Land Sold, Unsold, Occupied, Cultivated, and placed under Wheat, Oats, other Cereals, Potatoes, and Hay ; also the Proportion which the Land Sold, Occupied, and Cultivated at each period bore to the Total Area of the Colony, the Proportion which the Cultivated Land bore to the Occupied Land, and the Proportion which the Land placed under Wheat, Oats, other Cereals, Potatoes, and Hay bore to the Total Land in Cultivation.
| Year of Census. |
In Proportion to each Individual in the Colony. |
Proportion per Cent. of— |
| Number of Acres. |
Acres Occupied. |
Acres Cultivated. |
Acres under Wheat. |
Acres under Oats. |
Acres under Cereals, exclusive of Wheat and Oats. |
Acres under Potatoes. |
Acres under Hay. |
Land in Victoria Alienated. |
Land in Victoria Occupied. |
Land in Victoria Cultivated. |
Alienated Land Occupied. |
Occupied Land Cultivated. |
Cultivated Land under Wheat. |
Cultivated Land under Oats. |
Cultivated Land under Cereals, exclusive of Wheat and Oats. |
Cultivated Land under Potatoes. |
Cultivated Land under Hay. |
| Alienated. |
Unalienated. |
Total. |
| 1857 |
5.567 |
131.851 |
137.418 |
80.338 |
0.438 |
0.195 |
0.061 |
0.006 |
0.040 |
0.127 |
4.051 |
58.463 |
0.318 |
67.010 |
0.545 |
44.535 |
13.904 |
1.422 |
9.046 |
28.884 |
| 1861 |
7.392 |
97.076 |
104.468 |
75.030 |
0.776 |
0.298 |
0.160 |
0.012 |
0.046 |
0.168 |
7.076 |
71.820 |
0.743 |
88.049 |
1.034 |
38.450 |
20.587 |
1.561 |
5.923 |
21.680 |
| 1871 |
10.579 |
66.583 |
77.162 |
50.481 |
1.100 |
0.388 |
0.204 |
0.036 |
0.053 |
0.223 |
13.710 |
65.421 |
1.425 |
* |
2.178 |
35.322 |
18.559 |
3.256 |
4.851 |
20.283 |