Holdings Occupied under different Tenures, with Land Occupied and Cultivated, 1863 and 1871., TABLE IX.—Showing the Number of Holdings of over One Acre in Extent in the Colony of Victoria, Classified according to the kind of Tenure under which they are held, the Area of each Description of Land comprised in each Class, and the Total Extent Cultivated on each Class, during the Years 1863 and 1871 respectively.
| Description of Tenure. |
Number of Holdings. |
Land in Occupation. |
Land in Cultivation. |
| 1863. |
1871. |
1863. |
1871. |
1863. |
1871. |
|
|
|
acres. |
acres. |
acres. |
acres. |
| Exclusively Freehold |
9,742 |
14,322 |
1,618,915 |
3,064,121 |
246,294 |
219,324 |
| Exclusively Rented from the Crown |
1,252 |
11,256 |
14,472,549 |
14,769,562 |
8,225 |
174,166 |
| Exclusively Rented from Private Individuals |
4,097 |
5,262 |
627,847 |
1,097,286 |
148,530 |
122,171 |
| In one Holding— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Freehold Land |
786 |
4,549 |
1,877,178 |
2,264,116 |
16,313 |
164,339 |
| Land Rented from the Crown |
|
|
13,273,301 |
13,056,160 |
|
|
| In one Holding— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Freehold Land |
1,003 |
1,916 |
108,975 |
587,703 |
44,269 |
59,883 |
| Land Rented from Private Individuals |
|
|
127,560 |
387,269 |
|
|
| In one Holding— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Land Rented from the Crown |
26 |
644 |
300,207 |
162,351 |
732 |
27,563 |
| Land Rented from Private Individuals |
|
|
45,907 |
197,188 |
|
|
| In one Holding— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Freehold Land |
42 |
609 |
125,657 |
464,458 |
1,067 |
37,062 |
| Land Rented from the Crown |
|
|
899,437 |
706,239 |
|
|
| Land Rented from Private Individuals |
|
|
71,273 |
171,661 |
|
|
| Total |
16,948 |
38,558 |
33,548,806 |
36,928,114 |
465,430 |
804,508 |
| SUMMARY. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Exclusively or partly Freehold |
11,573 |
21,396 |
18,102,296 |
20,701,727 |
307,943 |
480,608 |
| Entirely Freehold |
5,375 |
17,162 |
15,446,510 |
16,226,387 |
157,487 |
323,900 |