Statistics of Victoria
1858. VICTORIA. AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK STATISTICS OF VICTORIA, FOR' THE YEAR. ENDING 31sT MARCH, 1858. PHESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COl\HIAND. tiy l!utuority: JOHN .FERRES, GOYERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNJ<J, No. 11. ... ,• ' / 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I l1 l1 l1 l 1 l 1 l 1 l 1 l 1 l 1 l 1 l 1 l 1 l 1 l 1 . l 1 l 1 l 1 l 1 1 REPORT. -,q;- Registrar General's Office, SIR, ~felbourne, September 30th, 1858. H::tving recently submitted for general information an abstract of the Agricultural Statistics for the year 1858, shewing the aggregate results for the several counties and pastoral districts of the Colony, I now t..'tke leave to present some Supplementary Tables shewing in detail the cultivation, the classification of the holdings, with the distribution and description of the Live Stock · These Tables are replete with matter of the highest interest to the public, and are well deserving of an attentive analysis, considering especially the important position which ' agriculture is rapidly attaining in this country. It appears that in March, 1858, the additional quantity of purchased land of which the occupiers had entered into possession during the preceding twelve months, amounted to 580,785 acres. .As the population had increased during that period 58,871 persons, or from 410,766 to 469,637, it follows that for every individual added to the gross population very neurly ten acres were occupied for agricultural purposes, either of grazing or tillage.
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