220 



REPORT — 1859. 



sheep, 

 total, 



sheep, 

 total, 



The revenue has increased so much, that it amounted in 1836 to £89,117 ; and 

 in 1854, according to the financial minute of his Excellency Sir Charles Hotham, 

 to £2,479,461 8s. Id. . 



As the first °reat source of productive wealth was from squatting or depasturing 

 stock on crown lands, the following statistical information in reference to its rise 

 may he interesting. In September 1846, the following return was made by the 

 Crown Land Commissioners of the various districts: — 



Western Part.— Acres in cultivation, 2586 ; horses, 1974 ; cattle, 41,021 . 

 618,392. Population— males, free, 1659 ; females, 473 ; males, bond, 43 : 



2175 



Portland Bay.— Acres in cultivation, 2286; horses, 2906 ; cattle, 55,136 , 

 1,085,466. Population— males, free, 2408; females, 586; males, bond, 4: 

 0993 



' Murray.— Acres in cultivation, 1291; horses, 1297; cattle, 60,682; sheep, 166,978. 

 Population— males, free, 588 ; females, 178 ; males, bond, 50 : total, 816. 



Gipp's Land.— Acres in cultivation, 264 ; horses, 595 ; cattle, 29,191 ; sheep, 

 78,319. Population— males, free, 307 ; females, 71 ; males, bond, 20 ; females, : 



Bourke!— Acres in cultivation, 749; horses, 348; cattle, 11,249 ; sheep, 73,831. 

 Population— males, free, 362 ; females, 198; males, bond, 1 ; females,]: total, 562. 



Grant.— Acres in cultivation, 867 ; horses, 360 ; cattle, 4897 ; sheep, 128,414. 

 Population— males, free, 348 ; females, 129 : total, 477. „^,„„ , 



Grand Total.— Acres in cultivation, 8043 ; horses, 7580 ; cattle, 202,1/0; sheep, 

 2,151,400. Population— males, free, 5673 ; females, 1635 : total, /306. Males, 

 bond, 117 ; females, 2 ; total, bond, 119. # _ 



The increase of stock in the colony is very surprising. The folio win I ; > 1 > I ■■■■■'.- 

 hibits the numbers in the settlement each year for six years 

 Years. Horses. Cattle. 



1843 .... 6,278 167,200 



1844 

 1845 

 1846 

 1847 

 1848 



7,076 



9,289 



11,400 



14,153 



16,495 



187,900 

 231,600 

 290,400 

 344,300 

 386,700 



Sheep. 

 1,603,000 

 1,861,000 

 2,450,000 

 2,997,000 

 4,398,000 

 5,130,000 



In 1851 the stock of the colony had increased to 21,219 horses, 378,806 cattle, 

 and 6 032,783 sheep ; and in 1858 the numbers were 55,683 horses, 614,532 cattle, 

 and 4,766,022 sheep. The quantity of stock slaughtered in I808 was 197,947 

 cattle,' 998,824 sheep, and 25,249 pigs. 



The following return shows the number of vessels (and their tonnage) which 

 arrived and departed from Victoria during six years, from 1852 to 1857 :— 



VESSELS INWAEDS. 



Years. 



1852 . 



1853 . 

 1854. 

 1855. 

 1856. 

 1857. 



1852. 

 1853. 

 1854. 

 1855. 

 1856. 

 1857. 



Great Britain. 

 No. Tonnage. 



168,919 



251 

 630 

 650 

 274 

 214 

 307 



68 

 94 

 88 

 81 

 65 

 64 



284,719 

 349,342 

 207,800 

 197,033 

 290,680 



36,936 

 61,321 

 66,876 

 66,711 

 57,037 

 64,717 



British 

 No. 



1364 

 1740 

 1715 

 1443 

 1512 

 1756 



Possessions. 

 Tonnage. 



225,446 

 351,066 

 353,419 



274,180 

 274,794 

 330,594 



United States. 

 No. Tonnage. 



13 5,829 



119 

 78 

 50 

 55 

 50 



53,988 

 40,206 

 27,173 

 35,328 

 36,841 



Foreign States. 



VESSELS OUTWARDS. 



1305 

 1922 

 2082 

 1637 

 1705 

 1879 



286,163 

 471,817 

 532,133 



874,820 

 384,489 

 426,854 



1 

 3 

 12 

 9 

 4 

 3 



222 

 2,105 

 4,137 

 2,439 

 1,094 

 1,224 



No. 



29 



105 



153 



130 



99 



75 



41 

 249 

 427 

 265 

 185 

 261 



Tonnage. 



8,001 

 31,700 

 51,646 

 39,223 

 31,454 

 36,449 



26,975 

 129,624 

 195,691 

 104,208 



95,787 

 191,731 



The following Table shows the number of persons and places of worship belong- 



