322 Agricultural Notes on the Census of 1861. 
Scotland, and probably of some parts of England and Wales are 
not returned as cultivated : — 
Acres of Land in Great Britain, and Acres of Land returned as in the 
Occupation of the Farmer fey whom it is Farmed. 
Number 
of Farms. 
Acres 
of Territory. 
Estimated 
Number of 
Acres under 
Culture as 
returned by 
Farmers. 
Number 
of Acres 
Uncultivated 
or Unaccounted 
for. 
Great Britain 
Islands in the British'* 
Seas f 
285,936 
57,G24,377 
29,213,312 
28,411,065 
225,318 
'56,650 
3,968 
37,324,915 
20,047,462 
252,000 
24,905,758 
4,168,578 
118,976 
12,419,157 
15,858,8S4 
133,024 
The following Table represents the average size of farms in 
Great Britain at the same date : — 
Number of Farms. 
Acres. 
Great Britain. 
En plan d 
and Wales. 
Scotland. 
Islands. 
Total , . 
283,378 
223,271 
56,150 
3,957 
Between 100 and 200 
200 and 300 
300 and 400 
400 and 500 
500 and 600 
600 and 1000 
1000 and upwards 
190,573 
52.912 
20,603 
9,031 
4,063 
2,248 
2,816 
1,132 
142,358 
45,752 
18,401 
8,061 
3,585 
1,971 
2,372 
771 
44,469 
7,009 
2,166 
961 
471 
272 
442 
360 
3,746 
151 
36 
9 
7 
5 
2 
1 
The size of 2558 farms in Great Britain — of 2047 in England 
and Wales, of 500 in Scotland, and 11 farms in the islands of the 
British seas — was not stated. 
In the same year, the proportional number of farm-holdings of 
various sizes was given. Out of every thousand farms there were : — 
Acres. 
Great Britain. 
Enpland 
and Wales. 
Scotland. 
Islands. 
Under 100 
672-50 
637-60 
791-97 
946-68 
100 
186-72 
204-92 
124-83 
38-16 
200 
72-71 
82-42 
38-58 
9-10 
300 
31-87 
36-10 
17-11 
2-27 
400 
14-34 
16-06 
8-39 
1-77 
600 
9-94 
10-62 
7-87 
•si 
1000 and upwards 
3-99 
3-45 
6-41 
•25 
Had similar Tables to the foregoing been prepared for 1861, we 
might have made a more accurate comparison for the whole of 
