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TSE BRITISH EMPIRE: — NEW SOUTH WALES
The total land alienated or in process of alienation at the end of 1897 was 45,738,687 acres. The total land occupied under leases of various kinds was 124,184,284 acres. The following table gives the statistics of holdings of 1 acre and lipwards for the past ten years ending March 31: —
Acreage
1889
1890
1891
1892
1S93
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1 to 15 acres .
6,889
7,290
8,804
9,201
10,164
10,892
12,301
13,101
14,082
15,179
16 to 200
21,503
22,048
22,153
22,815
23,790
24,062
25,707
26,529
27,627
28,404
201 to 400 .
6,612
6,774
7,059
7,392
7,796
7,821
8,299
8,315
8,579
8,fi79
401 to 1,000 .
6,750
6,849
6,906
75158
7,453
7,313
7,569
7,423
7,517
7,623
1,001 to 2,000
2,089
2,191
2,388
2,402
•2,547
2,508
2,475
2,436
2,557
2,631
2.001 to 10,000 .
1.774
1,810
1,994
1,905
2,006
2,012
2,013
2,046
2,109
2,108
10,001 and upwards Total
580
658
656
677
672
643
656
679
672
674
46,197
47,620
49,960
51,550
54,428
55,251
59,020
60,529
63,143
65,298
The area Under cultivation and the crops produced were as
in New South Wales during the last four years follow : —
Year ending 31 March
1895
1896 1897
1898
Area under
Acres
Acres
Acres
Acres
Cultivation
1,325,964
1,348,600
1,659,717
1,821,829 •
Principal Crops
Area
Prtxiuce
Area
Produce
Area
Produce
Area
Produce
Acres
Bish.
Acres
Bush.
Acres
Bush.
Acres
Bush.
i^Grain . Wheat {
647,483
7,041,378 Tons
596,684
5,195,312 Tons
866,112
8,853,445 Tons.
993,350
10,560,111 Tons
iHay .
125,797
136,837 Bush.
172,614
99,679 Bush.
161,136
118,337 Bush.
213,720
181,646 Bush.
Maize
/■Grain, Barley {
208,308 10,396
5,625,533 179,348 Tons
211,104 7,590
5,687,030 96,119 Tons
211,382 6,453
5,754,21? 110,340 Tons.
209,588 5,151
6,713,060 99,509 Tons
iHay .
953
1,285 1,744 Bush.
1,398 Bush.
1,615
2,231 Bush.
1,509
2,008 Bush.
( Grain . Oats {
30,636
562,725 23,750 Tons
374,196 Tons
39,530
834,633 Tohs
29,605
543,946 Tons
I Hay . Potatoes . Lucerne and
96,856 30,089
95,517 120,857 86,170 24,722
79,635 56,179
133,946 31,170
142,957 84,214
152,598 23,816
138,546 55,332
sown grasses (Hay)
21,637
48,234 24,081 Cwts. 1
48,959 Cwts.
30,512
71,467 Cwts.
S3, 246
83,154 Cwts.
Tobacco .
716
8,132| 1,231
11,142
2,744
27,468
2,181
19,718
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Sugar-cane
Vines
Year
ending
31 March
Total Area
32,909 32,927 31,053 25,865
Tons
Total Area
Wines
Brandy
Table Ffuit
1895 1896 1897 1898
264,254 207,771 320,276 269,068
7,577 7,519 8,061 8,083
Gallons 731,683 885,673 794,256 864,514
Gallons 6,356 7,149 7,134 10,790
Tons 4,617 4,017
2,885 4,230
The principal fmit-culture of the colony is that of the orange. There were in March, 1898, 13,943 acres under oranges, with an estimated produc- tion of 527,508 cases, or 6,330,096 dozen.
