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REPORT 1859. 



their holdings was 1,532,358 acres ; the acres in crop were 179,982. In 1859 the 

 holders were 11,554, the extent of holdings 2,492,443 ; the acres in crop were 

 297,055 ; in the same period the population had increased from 410,000 to 512,000. 

 Recent tables demonstrate that the total amount of land alienated from the crown 

 in Victoria in 1857 was 2,748,415 acres, and in 1859 it is upwards of 3,000,000 of 

 acres ; of this quantity, no less than 2,592,443 acres were in the hands of agricul- 

 turists, and 1,731,929 acres enclosed, and 297,055 under cultivation. The neigh- 

 bouring colony of South Australia, which is, properly speaking, an agricultural 

 colony, had, in 1857, a population of 109.917 and 235,965 acres in cultivation. 



The following Table exhibits the acres in cultivation during the two years 1858 

 and 1859 :— 



Barley . » 



Maize 



Rye and Bere 



Peas, Beans, and Malt 



Potatoes 



Turnips 



Mangol Wurzel 



Red Beet 



Carrots and Parsnips 



Cabbage 



Bare Fallow . 



Hay . . 



Cereal Grasses 



Maize 



Lucerne . 



Clover . 



Sorghum 



Permanent Grass 



Gardens . 



Tobacco . 



Vines 



Other crops . 



Orchard . 



1859. 



Acres. 



5,2961- 



489J 



56i 



268 



29,822! 



331! 



124£ 



3 



95i 



51i 



5,938| 

 85,836 

 3,809| 

 278f 

 285 

 370 

 23| 

 2,508 



1858. 



Acres. 



5,409 



445 



1321 



20,697! 

 355 

 119 

 7 1 

 56 



75,536 

 1,277 

 357 

 163| 



277i 



66j 



5,475 

 66 

 530J 

 297J 



387|- 



There are, wheat 77,705 acres for 1857, and 87,230 

 76,9351 acres for 1859, and 40,222! for 1858. 

 The produce was as follows : — 



1859. 

 Bushels. 



4,657| 

 71 

 401| 

 4 

 310 



acres for 1859 : and oats 



1858. 



Bushels. 



1,808,438! 



2,249,800 



156,458 



6,558 



2,797 



Tons. 



51,115! 



1,583| 



2,876 

 27! 

 240f 



137,475! 

 Cwt. 



H 

 717 



Number of vines, 952,107 j fruit sold, 3404! cwts. in 1859, 4629 in 1858; wine 



