TABLE No. 28., Return of Lands held under Lease from the Crown, showing the number of Acres of each Class, from the year 1859 to 1869.
| LEASES. |
1859 |
1860 |
1861 |
1862 |
1863 |
1864 |
1865 |
1866 |
1867 |
1868 |
1869 |
| Class A |
566,763 |
1,701,207 |
2,000,550 |
1,959,527 |
2,492,749 |
2,737,574 |
3,371,417 |
4,398,656 |
3,940,178 |
5,035,658 |
5,476,624 |
| Class B |
4,668,322 |
3,838,498 |
4,619,998 |
5,077,363 |
5,297,663 |
5,210,963 |
5,619,563 |
6,365,866 |
6,589,687 |
5,127,324 |
4,745,918 |
| Class C |
|
|
|
|
|
|
50,000 |
414,400 |
1,197,436 |
809,400 |
689,400 |
| Tillage |
7,401 |
23,317 |
36,558 |
42,496 |
45,415 |
38,771 |
52,357 |
58,137 |
65,942 |
77,436 |
89,108 |
| North (free) |
|
|
|
|
|
900,000 |
2,946,000 |
4,720,000 |
5,805,000 |
5,605,000 |
4,059,000 |
| East (free) |
|
|
|
|
|
304,000 |
304,000 |
304,000 |
100,000 |
100,000 |
100,000 |
| Mining |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,308 |
160 |
80 |
260 |
| Total No. of Acres |
5,242,486 |
5,563,022 |
6,657,100 |
7,079,386 |
7,835,827 |
9,191,308 |
12,343,337 |
16,262,367 |
17,698,403 |
16,754,898 |
15,160,312 |