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AGRICUL'rURAL AND LIVE STOCK ., . ~
' ' . STATIS'fiOS OF VIO'fO·RIA
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 3ls:r .MARCH,
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:wiTH PRELIMINARY STATISTICAL NOTES.
lS!? tbe ltegisttat=~enetal of 1:J ictotia.
P*ESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY illS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND .
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BY AUTHORITY: ' . JOHN FERiiES, GOVERNMENT PHINTER, MEI~BOUUNE •. ••
APPROXIMATE COST OF RETURN.
DETAILED PARriCULARS.
a. [ d. Cost of Prepamtion* Printing .. t8r '9 .lxo Total I8t
* The cost of preparing this Return was defrayed out of a,n amount of £~,soo voted by the Legislature for collecting and comp!llng Agr!cult'!ral Statistics. Tile precise sum expended on tlie compiln,tion cannot be determined. CONTENTS~
PAGE PAGE Rep()rt V Summary Tables, &c.-continued. . Proportion of Principal Crops' to Total Culti- Summary Tables and Tabular Results vation-Decennial Return 32 Summary of .Agriculture and Live St REPORT. Registrar-General; s Office, Melbourne, 4th September, I 866. SIR ' I have the honor to present the Agricultural Statistics for the· year Agrlcul!nrruStatistws, 86 en~ing 31st March, 1866. • H· 2. An approximate statemeQ.t, containing four tables, embracing a·A!ei:.!!".!~~aay - general · summary of these returns, was forwarded to the Government published. Gazette on the I 2th April. This was earlier by a fortnight than the · pr~liminary re~urn had ever previously. been published in Victoria, and was also earlier than the returns of South Australia. In that colony, the season .being in advance of ours, there is less difficulty in securing an early production of the returns, and hence their rough ·statement haf? generally- anticipated that of Victoria by a short period. · 3· -The number of holders returned• was 2o,o63, bein2:...._... an increase ofNnmb~rofoccupiers. I, 708 upon the return of the previous year. In 18 58 the holders numbered !0,259, so that they have nearly doubled in ten years.-( See Table Io.) 4· Holders increased in all the counties and districts except Gipps I~;,';~~~.~~ Land, in which th()re was a falling off of 24. The greatest increase ( 349) was in Bourke, the next ( 2 55) in Grant, and the next ( i 6 5) in Ripon.- ( See Table 4·) All 'classes of holdings increased in number during the year. Increll!l!lof 5: · holdings of The greatest increase was in the largest sized lots, or those of upwards of differentstzes. soo acres, which numbered 330 more than in the previous year. The next greatest increase (3 10) was in lots between 200 and 350 acres in extent, and the next ( 2 12) was in lots between 5 and I 5 acres. The class with the smallest increase was that between 30 and so a~res, which only showed 93 additional lots.-( See Table 5.) · 6. The most numerous allotments were those between 100 and 200 Most and least # numerous acres, of. which there were returned 3,864, or 19 per cent. of the ~hole ; ~~~~~g~~ the next were those between so and 100 acres, which numbered 3,622, or I 8 per cent. of tlte . total ; then those between 5 and I 5 acres, which numbered 2,676, or 13 per cent. The least common size was from 350 to soo acres, of which there were only 677 lots, or 3 per cent. of tlie whole ; then between I and 5 acres, of which there were 1,4~0 lots; then over soo acres, of which there were 1,7o4lots.-(See Table 6.) 7. The holders may be divided into those having, some portion ofF1reehohldlersdease o ers. and their land in freehold and those having no freehold land. The former numbered 14,429, and the latter 5,634. Thus 72 per ce~t. of the occupiers were freeholders, either wholly or partially, and 2 8 per cent. weve tenants. · vi t~~':~:~~il~~d~f 8. Of the freeholders, i 2,599, or about 63 per Ce!lt. of all the occupiers, or tenure. had tlie whole of their land in freehold, 592 rented son.ie portion of their land from the Crown, I,20J rented some portion from private individuals, and 3 5 rented land from the Crown and from private individuals in addition to that they held in freeho~d. Of those who had no freehold land, 1,323 rented their allotments fi·om the .Crpwn, 4-,266 from private individuals, and +5 partly from the Crown and partly. fi·om private ·individuals.-( See Tables 7, 8, and 9·) . 8 ,'t~~~;~!a~7~g. · 9· Further divisions as to tenure. may also be found in Table 7. ,ay holders. it is shown that 552 holders of runs had: purchased -land· attached, whilst the remaining I 9, 5 ~ ~ holdings ,v:isited were unconnected with squatting stations. By Tab~e 6 I, th~: material of' which iii not procured by the collectors, but by me~~s of. circuiars, addl~~ssed fr~m this office to the pastoral licensees, 59 5. ru11.~ arf:_l;showll.; ~o ,have J1.a4 purchased. land· attached. · The difference has· probably arisen from the purchased lan'd upon several runs being considered by the collec.tors as one holding if held by the same squatter. · Land in .:· .Io. TheJand. in occupation showed a g~oss ir_1crease of 66o,~2 I. acres occupation~ upon the returns of 1865. The total area occupied was 6,785,225 acres. These figures indicate an,J~~tent more than three times .as great as tlte. ar.ea. in occupation ni:ne years ago.~( Serf Table I g.) . Average size of . ;II. holdings and ·J:he ·average size o.f e~ch, ho. lding WaS 338 acres, __ .t.. hat of ea9,4 tarms, &c. farm"· W;:t,s ,:! oQ. . ac;~:~s.;- the f!.Y~rag~ a,.,;rea in. occ'!lpation,tp ei}~h· ·p.er:sOIJ. in t4e colony was 1o·8 acres, or I~8 _acr~s,.to ~very,ten... inq~viduals::.· Nhwc yeai·s since. the average size .of.holdi:Qgs w!ls 2:06 acres, that of._far:ms .-w:a;s go acres, and-the ext~1.1t occup,ieg _to e~vh head of .th-e p,opulation was +l acres .. -:-;( $e~ Table2o.-). . --- · r •. ,. ,, . . :··. .. ., ,.· . , '; . · . ··:: Counties with largest and . ;; · "; I 2... The ;:tv~rage -si~~ of holdings was gre~test iil J:~ampd~n, ':yvherei'n smallest holdings. 7ST,+OI ;-acres ·w~,:r:e_ ,re~:ur.n.ed as .oc((UP,ied_ by. ~9+ pt;rs~:ms;.. oi· :po~ less .. ~h~J?. _2, 556 .acr:es ·tQ :~_ach; they w_ere -l1~~t larg~st ~~ Dy.~?a,s!::~hf~e .~-~ ~ ~~:.:e~ :l\~~,f~ in' the occupation of each holder; then in Ripon, with 867 i}C~es.~o ea:~h . . The holdings were sm,all~~t in Talbo't, where t~er!lverage ~9. e~c;:h~occupier was 1 56 acres; then in Bourke, where .it was I 6 5 acres.; .ne~t. in _p;:t~hou,sie, where it was-169 acres.-._(See.Table·I2.)., . ~.-~·:~·, 1 _ ·; _ • •• .:~· ••. • Increase of ~The:: Q.j~t,r_ict occupied land ·IJ. area .in occupa_tion in Greased. in, eaclY.• • .. county .an.d • - - ~~~~~~:~ut except=. Evelyn; Talbot, .. and., the. Loddon, -which : showe :; · .(a) :.an betw'een T and" soo in extent a:re .~oniiide&jl. al'\ ~arms.: it. being, assumed· that 'those ;under that size are no more than market and that those over that size ·are held chiefly for pastoi-S:i i>ilfiioses. · .. · " : : , · : .; . ~ "" • ~· ·•• ' . . ,,:: :; . '.t~.• !J:· '/ i ,";"'t . : ,, Vll ·occupiers was 3,798,480 acres. The average to the· former was- thus 5,4I I acres, and that to the latter was I 9 5 acres.-( See Table I 6.) I 6. rhe land enclosed amounted:OO 513571962acres, Or 79 per Cent. Of the L:l.lldcnclosed. occcupied land. Of this extent 326,984 acres were fenced in during the year. I7. The land in cultivation amounted to 530,196 acres, or Landil; · so,733, cultlvntlon. acres in excess of that shown in the previous year's returns. -The increase was not universal in all the counties and districts, since Anglesey, Dalhousie, Evelyn, H~ytesbury, Villiers, the 1\furray, an~ Rodney,. showed a falling off in the extent of c11ltiv;tted land.-( See Table 2 2.) . I 8. The_ average extent cultivated by each holder was about 26-! acres. A,:~~~!:u~~ to This was slightly in excess of the average in I 86 s, but was less than it was in each holder, &c. any previous year since I 8 59· The proportion of occupied land cultivated was 7'8I per cent., which was less than in any other year exc13pt I865. The number of persons in the colony to every I 00 acres rindet tillage WaS I I 91 Or I acre to !'lvery I· I9 persons. Relatively to the population, the highest amount of cultivation was in I 864, when I acre was cultivated to every 1 • I4 persons, and it was confidently expected that the .next year would show 1 acre in c~ltivation to every inhabitant of the polony. There was, h~wever, a falling off in I 86 5 to an average of I acre· to every I '23 of the population .. Upon this result the present year's ·rate shows an hnprovermint.--· (See Table Jr.) · . I9. The average extent cultivated 'Qy each occupier varied in the Amountot · 1 • • • • • ... ~ .._ . • cultlvntion different counties and d1stncts... Thus, whilst Tall)ot showed a proportiOn ~~~~":.~"t of 53 acres, Ripon a proportion of 44 acres, and Dalhousie a proportion of 37 acres, placed under crop by each holder, Evelyn only 'showed an average of 6 acres,· Mornington of 7 acres, and the Winmlera of barely 10·acres to .. . each. The greatest amount of cultivation was in Talbot, viz., Io8,9 I 8 acres, or. about a fifth of the whole area under tillage ; the next was in Bourke, _ viz., 77,74'f acres, or about a seventh of tha~ area; then in Grant, viz., 57, q6 acres, or over a tenth. · The least was in Follett, wherein only I29 acres were cultivated. Talbot also stood,.highest in regard to the relation of the cuitivated to the occ;Jpied land,· .i~~ p~oportion. being about a third. In Dalhousie, which stood next, the .pr;portion was i2 per cent.; and in the Loddon and the Murray, which. stood n,ext~ it was over I4 per cent.-( See Table 23.) · .· · · _ 20. The greatest. amount of. cultivation. was. tipon lots between lOO Amount of ' ' · · . · · • · ·1· ~ • ' · · · - cu1tivnUon on and 200 acres and between 200 and 350 .acres 1n extent. The area under !otsofd!tferent · · · · -- · · - . · sizes. tillage upon the former being I 52,970 acres, or 29 per cent.. of the whole; - and upo~ the latter, IOI 152I acres, or !9- per cent. of the whole. The average extent cultivated by each holder was greatest (nearly. 52 acres) on lots betwe~n 2oo and 3 so acres in size~ ~t 'w::J.s n~xt greatest (56 acres) upon lots of soo acres and upwards, and next (49-k acres) upon lo~s between 350 and soo acres.: The proportion of occupied land ·cultivated was greatest upon the Smallest lots, Or those betw~en I acre and 5 acres, and least UpOn the larges~, or those of soo acres and upwards ; the ratio of cultivation on the forruer being 64 per cen~. of the allotment, and. upon the latter less than 2 per cent.-( See Table 2 5.) - . 2 I. Freeholders upon the average cultivated less than leaseholders, culttvattonunder ' h f h I! b • . different klnde t h e ratiO to eac .one o t e 10rmer emg 26 acres, a~d to each of the latter of tenure. Vlll 27 acres;. the former cultivating 7 per cent., and the latter nearly 10 per cent. of the land in their occupation. On land not attached to squatting · stations I 3 per cent. of the occupied land was cultiyated, but on alienated land attached to stations less than I per cent.-( See Tables 27, 28, and 29.) Wheat. 22. The area under wheat was q8,628 acres, or 53,588 acre~ more than in the previous ·year. Although the year under review was one. of drought, the yield of wheat was very Slttisfactory, the gross produce of that crop being 3,5 I4,227 bushels, and the average 19·7 bushels to the acre, against I 1899,378 bushels and I 5·2 ·bushels in the. previous year. - oats. 23. The extent under oats fell off fi·om I44,3'o3 acres in I 86 5 to I02,8q acres in 1866. The average produce, however, increased fi·om 18·7 to 22 '2 bushels to the acre·; and, consequently, the gross produce, which amounted to 2,694,445 bushels in the former, only fell off to 2,279,468 lmshels in the latter year. narley. 24. ·But little barley is grown in Victoria, and this notwithstanding that the imports of malt in 1865 amounted to a money value of £I25,721. The acres under this crop only numbered 6,887, against 7,648 in the previous year; the average to the acre was 22·3 bushels, against r6·3 bushels; and thus the gross produce rose from I 24,849 bushels in I 86 5 to I 53,490 bushels in I 866. Potatoes. ' '2 5· The breadth of land under potatoes was 3 I,644 acres, against 3r,i72 acres in I865. The average yield to the acre was 2·6 tons, against only I ·9 tons in that year. The gross produce in J 866 consequently rose to 83,I66 tons n'om 59,828 tons in r865. · Hay. 26. Hay covered 97,902 acres, against 85,146 acres in r865. The .gross yield was 96,Ioi tons, against 97,73I ton~, the average being about a ton to the acre in I 866, or about a tenth less than in I 86 5. Green torage. 2 7. The exte:rit under green forage increased from 4o,o6 I acres in I865 to 55,830 acres in the year under review. The acres undei· fallow: numbered 26,389 in the former, and 33,042 ~n the la;tter year. , Proportionoi 28. In the year under notice the land under wheat amounted to 34 land under different crops. per cent. of the whole extent in cultivation, that under oats to I 9 per cent., that under barley to I· 3 ·per cent., that under potatoes to 6 per cent., that under hay to I 8 per cent., that under green forage to rot per cent., and the area in fallow to 6 per cent.-;-( See Table 32.) Mtnorcrops. 29. Rye an!f here, mangel-wurzel, and beet, carrots, parsnips, and cabbage, covered larger· a,reas, and exceeded in gross yield and average produce the crops of I 865. · Maize covered fewer acres by 27I, hut produced" a larger crop by 787 bushels than in that year. Pease, beans, millet, and· sorghum covered a larger area by I 1470 acres, and produced I8,929 bushels more than in I 86 5; but the average yield of these crops fell off by nearly a bushel to the acre. Turnips covered a slightly less area than in I 86 5, and . also fell off in their gross and a,verage produce. Onions increased in acreage and gross produce, hut decreased in their average yield. Toba,cco fell off from 524 to 397 acres, and from 3,450 cwt. produced to 3,328 cwt.; and this although the average to the acre increased fi·om 6·6 cwt. to 8·4 cwt. VInes. 30. The extent under vines increased fi·om I3 1027 acres to I 8,o63 acres. The number of ·vines, including cuttings, amounted to 8, I99,618, being a fa.iling oft' of 550,790 upon the number returned in I 865. This IX reduction was, however, amongst the young vines, and the t:onsequence proba*y of the cuttings failing to strike, owing to the drought. The number of vines of three years old and upwards increased from 3, 109,7 55 . to J 178I,t69 i and thus 67I 14I4 additionai vines came into being in the year. !JI. The grapes gathered amounted to 49,749 cwt., of which JI,686 Grapesandw!ne. cwt. were made. into wine or brandy, and produced 176,959 gallons of the former, and 795 of the latter. a 3 2. ·The land under "Other Crops" amounted to I, 70 5 acres, against Gardens, &c. I1264 acres in I 86 5 ;·the area under gardens to 6,6 54 acres, against 6,o27 acres ;: and that under orchards t:o J 14I 9 acres, against 2,36 I acres.-( See Table:JJ.) . 33· The agricultural. machines and implements for the year under Agricu_ltural review were returned in much greater detail than upon previous occasions, machwes. the ~Ufllbers of the most ordinary farming implements being given. Accord- ing to the returns, I 67 steam engines, with an aggregate power equal to that 1 of I 1J I2 horses, were employed upon farms i and 8 steam engines, with a power equal to 72 horses, upon stations. The total-number ofimplements and m*chines in use was 59,427 upon tpe former and I,924 upon the latter.- ( See Table 52.) : 34· An attempt was made for the first time, upon this occasion, to val~eagncultural of procure statistics of the value of the plant and machinery upon farms and plant. stations, in each county and district, and an enquiry for this purpose was inserted in the schedule. The following is the result :-Value of implements· and machines upon farms, £jo4,588; value upon squatting stations, £24,693; total, £729,281. The county in which the value was greatest was Talbot, viz., £j153 1955 ; next Bourke, with £117,496; next Grarit; with £76,I83; then the Murray, with £72,8.72; then Ripon, with £53,324; the_n Villiers, with £4g,g87.-'-(See Table 53·) ·: 35· The extent ofland reaped and mowed by machinery was I65,566Landr.eapedhy • - machme. 1 acres upon farms, and I 12J7 acres upon stations, ·or, in all, I66,8oJ acres. In I 86 5 the total number of acres so mowed and reaped amounted to II8,287.-(See Table 54.) · 36. An enquiry was also made for the first time of the number of Hands employed • • ...... on farms and hands of both sexes employed upon farms,b and the number upon stations. stations. This was cheerfully responded to, and resulted in a total of 33, I4 7 ~ales and I2,86g• females returned as working upon farms, and 6,799 males and 2,336 female~.upon stations. The proprietor ormanager of t4e farm or station is included in these statements.-( See Tables 55, 56, and 57.) · 37. Taking the I9 15 11 holdings not connected with stations, containing Hands emplo;,:ed , . · ~ on non -sq uattmg 3,798,480 acres, there would be an average of 1·7 males and ·66 females to holdings. the holding, or, in other words, of qo males and 66 females to Ioo holdings. There ,would be a proportion of I male to every I I 5 acres, and I female to every ~95 acres in occupation, or I individualto every 83 acres. J8. ·Taking the number of squatting runs as I,I25, containing Hands employed 29,354',436 acres of Crown land, and with 2,8 56,300 acres of purchased land ~~;.:uatttng attach~d (see Table.6I),· or,-·in all, J2 12I01736 acres, there would be an X average of 6·o4 males· and 2 ·o8 females employed to each squatting' station, ·or of I male employed to every 4, 73 8 acres, and 1 female to every I 3, 7 89 acres, or 'of I individual to every 3,526 acres embraced therein. Live stock. 39· The horses enumerated amounted to I2I105I, the cattle to 621,337, of which 141,935 were milch cows, the sheep to 8,835,38o, and the pigs to 7 5,869. ·These figures, as compared with those of the previous year, show that the horses increased by 3,869, and the sheep by 429,146, whilst the. cattle fell offby 19 1288;and the pigs by 37,661. , Live stock on 40. The stock was dlvided amongst the farmers and squatters in ·the farms and stations. following proportions :-.Horses the property of farmers, 7 3 per cent., ·of squatters, 27 per cent. ; cattle belonging to the former class, 55 per cent:; to the latter, 45 per cent. i. sheep, 17 per cent. and 83 per~ cen:t. respectively;· pigs, 92 per cent. ~nd ~ per cent.-( See Tables 58, 59, and 6o.) · · " Live stock in . proportion to 4 I. Comparing the ).ive stock with the population of the colony, there the population and areas. were about 14 sheep, n{larly I head of cattle, about. a fifth of a 'horse, and about an eighth of a pig, to each individual ... Distributing them over its -area, there were I I I' I7 head of stock of all descriptions, consisting of I '39 horses, T 16 head of cattle, IOI'7 5 sheep, and ·87 of a pig to each square mile. :Reports of 42. The reports furnished by the Collectors of Agricultural Statistics Collectors of Agrlcu ltural Statistics. are published as usual after the ·tables. They contain much useful informa tion, and ·will, 4oubtless, be read ·with interest. I have 'the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, WILLIAM HENRY ARCHER, Registrar-General. The Honorable ~he Chief Secretary. r . ·, . . ,,, -. •' ···,.··' \ AGRICUL1'~ AND LIVE 8'-!X>CK STATISTICS OF VICTORIA. 1865-8. TA1!LE t.-8UMMARY OF THB AGRIOULTURB AND LIVE STOOK IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA DURING EACH YEAR FROM ITS FIRST SE'ITLEMENT DOWN TO THE PERIOD OF THB LATEST RETURNS. ...,,. ')"o .... +,Jih r,;t<>a r,d$ 351 ,. •.He- i . +,otis 111);),;91. tA-O!f,lH ..... '·'~' •ttJ• ~~~~ tlh .. I 6,118 i 167,lSti t,6Qz,;vt "•"'''} ~.414- t.,S6o r,oO~ ''•l ·;00 I ... ;,o;ti j 1111,11) t,K6o,9n 16-.s-~ t e, 11 ,9t J,ohf t,,Jti .... 9 3:.9116 1845 "5•'HI nrtli6l 4,!1; 1n .. , I 1,791•5l1 I •·996,99J. I . 'I "'"'I +I a,mtl l>SJ7*t 1 I·hlOrl ¥!rl .., I .... ,! ,,l.irot 1 J.J,hif Sit '"' ... I:::::: •·•ll1i i ,.. JI,Sf.j. 9)3. dot SJ,~l1 " ,., :t07t &a 8],l8} )ll l,9QS .., ll,Ot1i: l'lsl ;(. . ' • \. No. l3,a."' / ...... "J,* l ., - ' "·· ,.. f~ I' ' '• • -~~" ~··--fi~ ... n"""'·"""'""''""~~ . "'"" --··~ '·'sUMMARY-OF VICTORI.A;:...::.COUNTIE·s '.AND'UNSETTLED DISTRICTs •.:..='(l;) __ . .... ' ' • • ' ' • • • ' • • ( ' : " .. •• • • ' ' t ~ • • ! . TABLE z.-Showing the Number of Holders of Purchased Land and of Crown Land Rented for other than Pastoral Purposes, the Aggregate Extent of their Holdings, the Quantity of Land Enclosed, the Total: Area in Cultiv~tion, 'arid-the Number of Acres under each Description of Crop, in each County and Unsettled District, . and· in' the entire Colony, during the Year ending 31St March,, 1866. , I 'tp...... ~· :-. .... J.. _..; J E'!TENT OF LAND·IN OCCUPATION. EXTENT OF LAND UNDER EACH DESCRIPTION OF CROP. · .o: lP 1, ... ~ ~ ~~:.-;'! r. r ~ ~~ ~ l'uRcnASED LAND· . CEREALS,' l'lW!E, ANI> BEANS. ~· \ :a ~ ,.S fi: ! 0l'd "'t 'El lq COUNTmS AND· DIE!TlllOTS. I , ~1 ··I ·( i; '· 2! .t .·,r' · """" Fl 1-'l ~· ·t '0 ~ ' '.! '· ; -~ ~~.~ 3~ .'*: :§:. I.; 13 '. ~ :' • .~& I'§ 7il .l!! <:> m ·- ~: f} "&: ~ jj !1:1 •• ~ 8 ·~ ...... • ...... ••• -·-1-~""'1~-.., . . ~-t:l 1 11 • ":'~ r--::!(". ,.... •"'"" .. u ·~- :.t acres. J acres. . f~.a~s. ·~acres;~ acres. ~ -acresi~ .a :.acres.· '' acres.:- AngleseypJ.. ... ·•· ...... 1191 33,734·.' z,3I9 • ' z 455 ,!· 1784 ... 796 u · 8 1 5 I,$9~ !~· Bourke;·>·• ••• ... ••• ...... •..... ; 4,2.49 ·, 438,~30 ,. !zs8;367 •• 696,997~ 1 599i989,· ,77,742.·· ·.IS;Z7I 10,337 ~I,3IZ 2.3·· 940 zS,o59 I -",j :Q_alhousifj> ... ·•· ...... ••• · · ... .. •..... !·I1I36S , 144,790nl i 43;96z.•: . .)l88,7P.;. ~ ;3,pi~ i ~9:i.,:173~ ' 17t\:tiO '·!42.',373' :~5~316 13,752. 162.J '3 ,, 4i. ;:; 757·,. 3o,~37, . r:n . .l-- t " • ' ' ' ' 6 f i l 8 D pll"'¥1 " ... ••• ...... " ...... 407: .• i 317;53~~' • I6;6.o6 · cJJ34,~42.:o :.5_6,955r j ·3'9f,09l. H5?I7 .' -:··.4)57:!.'• , ..,z·,3,I:5. •·· '5oo : 32.,- · ,.. ,'.•: .. ,, .. ::- j ,z, 5~ . ~ •a Ey,elyn,...... •• 313 ; 44~2.40• :1.4,887 : 69,I2.7 . , ii,uz. 1 ·-76,:~49 -6g~Ig8 ::,.6-~8u ·: \468 _82.5 . 11 ,... i" · · ; 3o : I,334 I I I ! . • 1 ' ·, :~ I ..:jf; Follett.; "· ._.. " ... ··• ... ,.. ... ,.. 2.:1:1: i I'5i.357 .. i : .I3 ;. ';: I5,37o:. c• ,:1.,934 j ,. ·I ¥,304 · x6,8oz :l.'· :12.9 · :"'· ) 2.6 ·· · · 2.8;: :. . 1 ; ••• ,> · ,;.. 1, . 55 ·oo 1 ''\ 1"3. G!!lnt ... , ...... ··· ...... '"' ... " ... · , z,879., ; 509;911 ·: · I59,933· : :.669,844.. ·: ;6,679: 671,52.3 5371062. ,57,I76 .I9)0I3 ,8,716 z;3o8 .13 : 7I , ,I~389 • 3I,519. : tp.: G!enville:;, ...... ••...... •. ': 756)• : 5i7ii95J·,! 4I,2.34: . i5'58,4Z9 .. ' :5,I8~~ s6~,6I5··· 416,489" ·.19;04l'i· ::5:>52;1. r·M83 :1 369; ;... ;\ i39 -;} 143. '.~10,95~ t I ' . I ' . ~~ H'!t111pden ... •.. ,.. ... '" ...... 1 ,2.94\. . 70Zi49li:: r 1 2.-?,zo7 d 1·72.·2.,699:: i: :z.8,7.0.Z· '75h49I, ! 672.,798 • ·· 7,347' ; I;.9I;5 ''· ·905-. e 139 i ; ;'.'·•'·'·l . ; 53•,"' ;: !:.'5_-. :. ! 3,0~7. 00 1 1 '1-i!l H1Jyt~sbury ...... ···· ... " ... .. •..... • I88,{~ : '43/558 , I z,z;no :<55,678; .z),z8I. i 7~,959 . "53,,ox6 ·._3,998 ~·;1;,z44: ,. :,476 ,.l 1 61 · i'" ·~ ... • :. i zz., ji,8<>,3 (;1· 1 ' . . I ' . ' ' 1 ' I Mornington .•• ...... -...... I 67.3 · ·12.9!556.: · ; '5·3;36- EX'l'ENT. OF LAND UNDER EACH DESCRIPTION OF Cl;!OP. ~ : CROPS GREEN ·FORAGE. OTilER CROPS. a (Exclusive of M~~~t 1and Kitchen Gardens).' ' \ 2:l .... I .• ~ - e-3 COUNTIES :AND DISTRICTS. ffi.~ .. "tj 15§ !il.; .. .. '"'"' "S~ ~ ~ - ~ .. ::; ... •• D ill 0~~ a . Ill~ 8 0 ~ .s .. .. "' ~ oJ j§ "c _, ... ~t'i s ·"' 4'§_g !I d .." j .. 11 ~· Se; 'll· !5" ~ ~ "'il ... ~ ""'"' ~ -i . 0" ·e.. 1-'1 !>< E-<"' J ll TABLE 3.-Showing the Gross Produce of each Description of Crop in each County and Unsettled District, and in the entire Colony, during the Year ending 31st March, 1866. QUANTITY OF PRODUCE. 'll> - Q CEREALS, l'EABll, AND BE.A.Ns. i Gm:EN CROPS OWliiR CROPS. ~ {Jhcluaive ot He.rket and KitcheD G.ardena). a ...:- VINE B• .$1 g COUNTIES AND DISTRICTS. Grapes Gathered. Sl 'Z 1-3 !! .jf'O Cl ., ~ ·o a lrl . ~ ~ !>< INCREAS,~. OF O:CCUPIERS: TABLE 4.-Showing the Number of Holders in each Comity and Unsettled District i~ th~ Two Years ending _ .3.1 st.. March, 186 5 3!1d. I 866, with tpe .Increase _or I)e_creasei.rl each during the interval between those two · years. ~ · ~ · · · , · :.. : 1/. NmmER oF OcctJPIE:as. ~:l !· 1. 1". 1 ..; ~ • : 1---'------~-.:..__~..;;·-·_.· ___:·___,,-- __..._·1 '. v·-:Incr~y.' "' Decrease~· ·- · ,:· is_6s.'- r866: ---' : <· ---'-,------,---.,...--:----+'... __ ·.-_ '' -, . ', : 1:;·1< -~; :· ' L - 28' Ang~esey ····~··A .;91.' • I l '< '!191-1 Bourke ..... 3,9oo .. ~ 4;249 ' ··349 Dalhousie .•. I,IOJ i,i:36 •, I .·: 33 ·-·:(>un,das - ;%73 :-. --- ~.-:1-oT .. . .. 134. L) Eveiy.ti .-~· 3os'~ '3x:i 8 Follett.. . ,, ,;10 . --- .... i2' '.. .. Grant .... I . 2,624 2 2 h9 55 . -.: •Gr~nville .. :~ --:652 ' -~-.756 104 ·'' ~a~pden: .. ;'' ...... -· iz45:·;- ~ 2iJ4 49 Heytesbury-,.. .. ,12·3 . ·-- -- ·.- .I 88.. 6s '• ~xs:· ~- •. 673' ¥ornington ·~ .. ... 55 Nonnanby ;·'-: --7,52_::... ---: ,__ • -8J2· --!20- ·" Polwarth, ...... 292, '306 .. I4 ' I -~ ~i~n---:;::;------... ~---;.7 -·--.:;-:;;-,- ---;:--~" ~OI ~---·- :- . -'--·666------'--··T6s---' :· I ,. 1 "" ·- ~ 1 • Talbot' ••• ,-:, ... ,, 1,944' . '.: •r: .. ··t"'.Iz·3 .. . ; Gipps Land ~ I , .J. The Loddon f'h~.lVlurru.y·: :·· Rodney •••~ .-. The- wimmer:; r._ 1 Total ... ' ~ -~ -- .; ;., ·, . '' !; .• ; • '' ·,>J _ li I ;-;' •: ·{: ,' '• " 1 t; ~ ... 'J INCREASE; OF ~EA:CH' CLASS OF OCCUPIERS ....;.NUMBER. '• '" -- '' I : ' _;: ' ', 5.-Showing·th!'l-Number.of, Hol~.in,gs pf \')a~;h Cla!'S in;the Two ·Years ending HSt March, 1865 and ~ 18_66,: .with the Incre:~;se j:lr 1De.9rejl.s~:;otea,ch~Clas(uuring t~e j_nt.ery'A~ r~et.ween those twp years. ~· ; V 9" ::<' , t 1.:1 ,.'1 l"t , .... /t) ~ , h i ~' • • l . ~I :;~ ~1 ' S,[ZE ,OF HOLDINGS. Iner ease. Decrease. .. .f't' 4 " x;J# 1',440 z,676 212 5 " IS " 2,464 .., 15. ,» I;ggq Zji7'J' 'x84; 30 " '' ... r,846 1,939 ' 91 lOO 3,486 3,622 136 " ...... ; " 1 ;, :_zoo 3;7Ii 3·,864 14;?· ,. .: zoq..:- ,- J50 " •.. I,65J 1,967 3I~ zoo 3So1. , ·~50.9 ,, .677 ...; j •"': ! ·-· :;;m~ ;.. sod~. ;, upwards • j ·;.~ ""'! •.• ~ ';:' I }'.-. ., . -_:, .~otal ... -.. , .... ::" ·~... :: ''26,ot'fj ~-' tO:: - . .; ' ;,._} :.~ ~,J: .. ~ ~~~ :~ r~ -~;, AGRICQLTURAL AND :LIVE STOCK~S.'I'~'I.'ISTIQS OF. YJCTO;RJA,; .186 5-6. 9 ); • "' . • ,, t " ~ ' ,, • ;·. • OCCUPIERS ·oF VARIOUS SIZED 'HOLDINGS 'IN EAC}J COUNTY. 1 7 TABL~ 6.-sb.~'w'm'g. the Nu~ber of · Hoidings -of· diffe~ent Sizes in ~~h Co~nty ~nd U~settled District in the . _ Year ending_ 3Ist March, 1_866. . ~ . · NVXBER OF HOLDINGS OF- COUNTIES AND DISTRrC'l:'S. TotaL ·• 350 o.cres soo acres and uru.!er i and soo acres. I upwards. I II Anglesey ... I ••• ., ••• 119 ' 3 .• 6 9 25 2J IS . 363 ~ -~ z.:i Bourke, .. . ' ... : ... : 4,2,1-97 485 sn 531 593 . : 649: 380 12 Dalhousie ... I 1:iJ6 19 :s. 63 (.97. : 145 . 253 ~ ;": 3II; I 50 41. ;6 Dundas · ... • ... j 407 : 21 36 . 30 29 49 ,: 79: 37 31 .. 95 Evelyn ... 3!3 19 31 20. 71 : 64 . 40 14 31. Follett ... i1. I 4 l ,, . . 4 ' ! 5 3 4 Grant •...... 2,sz9: ,139 375 ~;~ 391 ..• .. 5Ioj 183 70 177 Grenville ...... "' I 75~ 30 8r 103 83 .• 123 57 IS II4 28 . Hampden .. . r ••• ... i 294 ' 5 ' '-3 .)8 • 45 . 3I' 22 SI, Heytesbury 188 7 6 IO 8 ' : 55 40 7 1.7 Momington ·~. . . . • • • i 673 66 59 5 · .. . ,,· ; . ' . . OCCUPIERS UNDER VARIOUS- KINDS OF TENURE. ' ( -.· • r ' ~ ,.. • .' • 'I 1<~ ..... ~ TABLE 'j.:..:..Showing the Number. and Relative. Proportio~~, 9£. Holders of Land,. not attached and attached to . Runs, u?der.all the different nesQripti~ns ofTen~~·· du:Hpg.the Ye_;r ending 31St Marct, I866. ! NQT,ATrAC~D ,;,, :RUNS. ll' AT.l'ACIIED TO RlJIIB. I I TOTAL. DESCRIPTIO~ OF TENURE. l j ~.. • ' l ' . ,.. N~lnber of Pro!;Kiitlons ,Number of ProportiOns N!llllber of Proportions Holders. per .Ceut., 1 Holders. per Cent. ¥olders. ll'lt.'Cent . l' 1·2;148 I• 81'7 12,599 62·8 t;3z3 11,323 6·6 4,254 2'2 14i266 21'3 . 534 10'5 l 592 ' 2'9 'i;177 4'7· J I 1203 ', · ··' 6·o 44 •. "2 '2 : . 45 '2 ... 31 '2 7 35 '2 ,I IOO'O IOO'O 100'0 I ••• .. . ~ . . • SUMMARY. Having some portion of their land ln freehold ·.... 539 Having no freehold land ••• ...... 13 IO AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK STATISTICS OF VICTORIA, i86s-6. OCCUPIERS OF LAND NOT ATTACHED TO RUNS. TABLE 8.-Showing the Number of Holders of Land not attached to Runs, held under. different Kinds of Tenure, in each County and Unsettled District, during the Year ending 3 rst March, I 866. OccUPIEru! 07/ LAND NetT ATrAC!IED TO RUNS, Occupying Occupying COUNTIES AND Occupying Occupying Land R<>nted from Freehold Land, Exclusively Preehold Land . DISTRICTS.. Exclusively Renting from Freehold Land the C:rcrwn and Land R OCCUPIERS OF LAND ATTACHED TO RUNS. TABUJ 9:-Showing the Number of Holders of Land (not Rented from thE~ Crown for Pastoral Purposes) attached to Runs, held under different-Kinds of Tenure, in each County and Unsettled District, during the Yel\1' ending 3 Ist March, 1866. · . . . OccUPIERS OF PURCHABBD LANI>, AND QF CROWN LANDS RENT~D 1'01\ OTHER THAN PA$TORA.L PUllPOSE.9, ATTACHED TO RUNS. Occupying . Occupying · COUNTIES AND occupying Land Rent I'. I \ ' .AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK STATISTICS OF VICTORIA, 1865-6. 11 OCCUPIERS OF EACH CLASS-1858-1866. TABLE I c.-Showing the Number of Holders of each Class during the last Nine Years .. N!lllllER OP !IOLDERS OF- Total Number · Year endlng of I ' 31st Murcb. t acre s acres IS acres 30 acres so acres 100 ncres 2.00 ncres 3so acres soo acres Holders. to to to to to to to to and 5 acres. IS ll.Cles: 30 acres. so acres. roo acres. aoo acres. 350 acres. 500 acres. upwaii'JB. 868 1858 101259 11o82 1,429 1,143 997 1,812 11722 · 1,2o6 1859 II,573 786 1,674 1,241 1,206 2,199 2,087 l,r40 273 967 186o I 3,17 5 I,oSz 1,905 1,439 1,380 2,477 2,316 11220 327 1,029 1861 13,653 1,04i 1,900 1,402 1,369 . 2,573 2,520 1,340 380 r,127 . 1862 14,960 998 z,ooo 1,648 1,533 2,864 2,843 1,444 381 1,2.49 r863 16,416 r,o54 2 1273 1,917 1,638 3,104 3,279 1,457 423 1,271 1864 17,679 1,348 2,437 1,975 1,749 3.396 3.440 1,545 459 1,33o 1865 18,355 1,344" 2,464 1,990 1,846 3,486 3,717 1,657 477 1,374 1866 zo,o63 1,440 z,676 2,174 . 1,939 3,622 3,864 1,967 677 1,704 INCREASE OF LAND IN OCCUPATION. TABlE H.-Showing the Aggregate Extent of Land in Occupation in each County and Unsettled District in the Two Years ending 3 I st March, I 86 5 and 1866, with the. Increase or Decrease in each during the interval between.these two years. EXTENT OF LAND IN OccUPATION. COUNTIES AND DISTRICTS Increase. Decrease. r865. 1866. -----0-- ' Anglesey ...... 30,).61 36,2.76 5,815 ... Bourke ...... 656,9oo 702.,583 . 45·?83 ... Dalhousie ...... 191,92.4 192,2.73 349 ... Dundas ... '··· ...... 2.71,719 391,097 II9,378 ... Evelyn ...... 70,549 70,2.49 ... 300 Follett ...... 15,093 18,304 J,z·u ... Grant ...... 643.351 676,523 33,172. ... Grenville ...... 543,456 563,615 20,159· ... Hampden ...... 6t6,463 751,401 1 34;938 ... Heytesbury ...... 50,644 76,959 z6,315 ... Mornington ...... 177,443 194,815 17,372 ... Normanby ...... 277,102. 375.783 98,681 ... Polwarth ' ...... IJ51241 122,797 7.556 ... Ripon ...... '512,949 577.635 64,686 ... I Talbot ...... 360,109 32.3,232 ... 36,877 Villiers ...... 67z,6oz 746,472. 73,870 ... { ·--- Gipps Land ...... 217,882. 2.2.:1.,416 4.534 ... TheLoddon• ...... - 310,942. z68,686 ... 42,256 The Murray ... ' ...... 254.4Il 297,831 43,42.0 ... ' Rodney ...... 69,875 8o,304 ... 10,42.9 . .. . TheWimmera ...... 66,o88 951974 29,886 ... Total ...... 6,125,204 6,785,225 66o,o21 ... . No. 13,b.* · ' 12 _ ~AGR~C"f!L~RAlz ~N)i'!:ii~~~!-~_CI(S'!'_~:r!STICS-OF VICTORIA; t86):..ti. LAND OCCUPIED IN EACH COUNTY AND DISTRICT. ,<.·.j·-··.:-·t- ...... ~ . ~ ,:.J: ~.:· ·-" '. ~- ~ •• TABLE u.-Showing in each County imd Unsettled DfStri'ct the' Number of 'Acres Occupied, the Average Size of Holdings, and the Percentageof:the.whole Area in Occupation, during the Year·en;ding.-31stMarch, 1866. 'l LA.ND IN OCCUPATION. - - ,__ ·• • I -· NUMBER OF AcREs. •••• t •• · ·I · . Proportion per Cent. Total. ' . A. verngc In each Holding; 1 .... ! •. ~. •~;----1------Anglesey .. 36,276 '3o5 '54 0 •. 1; Bourke 702,583 • 165 10'35 Dalliousie .. ,' I ' 192,273 . ''169 z·83 J: Dundasr · '1.391,097 :961 5'76 ., Evelyn ~ ... : 70,249 •. 224 1'04 ·•· Follett --- .., 18,304 - 832 '27 Grant .... : "; ... .:· 676,523 .• . 235 9'97 . , ,Grenville 8'31 '·' S63,6I5 ,. 746 ; • Harqpden ·, 751,401 2,556 ... u·os· ~· · Heytesbury .• 76,959 ' ''409 I'l3 . ,. Morpington ... 194,815 289 2'?7· .. ~ .. t' · Normanby 375.783 431 5'54 '\:: Polwarth c·r 122,797 · - . '40I I'8V' Ri:pOn .J';: ...... 577,635 .,. " 867 8·p 'Talliot '' · '• 323,232 .. '"' ·..• i 56 ' r ~" ·.;;,.. • 4'76 • Villiers · "'", .- ... ~ .. ~ • 746,472 "545 II'OO , GippsLand ... 222,416 367 . 3'28 The Loddon ••• :!.68,686 :!.OI 3'96 The Murray .. . 297,831 2 53 4'39 Rodney ...... - - .. - 80,304 550 X'I8 The Wimmera 95.974 I99 ' I'fl-2 Total 100'00 ":;' ' --- ···-~ ..:..:.._::__,:_"-'----=..:--.....::~--- ':INCREASE' OF EACH CtASS OF· HOLDINGS-EXTENT. TABLE' ry-L:Sli(nvii:tg' the.,.~ggregate Extbt of I:and- comprised in. Holdings 'of.each. Class in" the Two·-:years ending 31st March, 186) and 1866, with the Increase or Decrease1pf e_acl). Class during the interval , between, those.two y~ars. · AGGREGATE ExtiNci' OF~luum COMPRISED IN ... . EACR·CLASS OP•HOLDlNGS • . SIZE OF HOLDINGS. Decrense . .. x865• . 1866. ' ' .. ·.: acres. .. ·hC acres. acres. acres. I acre to 5 acres ...--~·· . 3,906 4,203 297 ' "';:-...... 11 ~ . . . 5 IS .....·1' .. 2I,2I9 •. t• " 23,069 x,Sso. . ' ... IS " 30 " 41,182 43.785 2,603 ., . . :~tn-r 30 ".. so " ...... 69,9i8 72,9Ji" 3,0I9 so- 109 ".. .; ... }... ,:.. ... 248,597 \(.•• :.: 259,033 10,436. IOO 2.00 5II,5I7 535,6~6 2.4,169 ...... I ~ !,' <" •: ·;..,·.. '. 86,664 ioo " 35? )>" 431,565 5J8,229 . c z8o,220 84,470' 350. " 500 I95.7SO ";: " ," and upwards 4,6oi,550 ,5,o48,o63 446,513 soo " 1 ' ' ,.. Total .... \ 6,125,204 ' '· 6,785,225 ~--66o,ou--l.:. _;:- 1_; ,:·. LAND OCCUPIED BY EAOH.:0LASS OF HOLDERS; , ~~. ,(,. , , · , • , I !, , • >< TABLE H.-Showing in Allotment!!, classifiE!P. as to size,J~e .Number !'!f Acres Occupied, the Average-Size of Holdings, and the Pj:irc(mtage of the :whole Area in OcCI!pl!,ti:on, during the Year ending 31st March, I 866. ·~·· . . ,...... ·-<~;· '':'('~... ..• . •f. "'· . ··- i"l'· .·' ; LA.ND IN OCCUPA.TION. -----~------·-- ,.. ;.,_,. ~.:L)! : · NuMDER QF AcnEs .. SIZE 01>' HOLDINGS. 1 ' Proportion per Cent. Total. , A. vernge of each Clnss. x acre to '5 acres·-;;.:. · ... --. .. . :: '.\\"' 4,203 3 .. ;... --- •66 5. 15 ...... , ... 23,069 9 \. '34 .!_..;., ;; .~,C~f -I5 " 30 " ' ... 43.785' 20' ·6s " 30. " so . ~ ~ ;- . 72,937 38 1'07 " IOO " 2.59,033 7I 3'8Z so ". ··:. .. -.: n._,-..- 1oo" " Z09 " .:. ' 535,686 I39 ·rs9 ~oo .. " 350 " ;:,.~ ..~ •. I ..~'.tJI.l•J .... ,... ;.a,,"6~ 518,2\19· · 263 • ··u. 7•64' 350 " 50(). " !.t• ... ,:!!,_... ~- 28<;>,~~0 4I4 4'13 --- ~-.. - --·- ~-·- soo " and upwar&:" . . ~,048,093 2,962 74'40 " l r. t· ~ ' ' . .xoo·oo J ••• -I~ •"'. 338.~ ~'.1 ,. AGRIC~TUR4L AND LIVE .§TOClf STATISTICS OF VIC:ro~J;A,. 1865-,.6.. 13 . . L • .. LAND EMBRACED IN VARIOUS SIZED HOLDINGS .IN EACH COUNTY. T.A.:BLE 15.-Showing the Extent of Land embraced in Holdings of vario~~·Sizes in each .County and Unsettled ·. . . ;. Dist~ict during the Year ending 31st March,. 1866. · · . " . , .... ' . EXTENr OF. LA.!ID oociJPIED BY HOLDERS' 0~ COt'NTIES AJID DISTRICTS. Mor~ than s ~er~ J. 15 ~~~e~-- .30 ~.;,es so aeres , 100 acres -~acres 350 Mres 15""' acres t•acre u.nd and under . and under nnd under and Under nnd under n.nd under and Wlder and ~ .. •. __ under s acres.. xs acre~:..! ~30 acr~~- ~so _acres. 1~ ~~· ~ !:~~cres. 359 aCres. soo ~cres. , t:PWllrds. ~~------1------1------1.. ----- ! - Anglesey ..• 36,276 6 .. 90 120 352 !1,858' 3,334 •4,i58 1;172 25,o86 Bourke ••• 702,583 1,453 7.437 10,856 13,549 41,428 . 91,no 100,562 54,154 ·382,034 Dalhousie ... · ~~. 9:i,2i3 · ss . 5&7·· -- 2,on. 5.4-o9 17,993 42,370 38,856 17,253 , 67,674 Dundas ..• 391,097. 57 · '29o 622 ·:· 1;i83 .3,839 10,737· .. 9,936 12,205 -352,z2s Evelyn ... 70,249 53 270 429 . 724 4,834 9,104 ro,6o3 5,8o9 · . 38,423 Follett .•• 18,304 8 46 ••• 36 ••. 190 1,576 1;243 15,205 Grant ... •• ; · · 676,)23' 425 3,453 8,688 14,509 43,oo8 .. 69,517 47,~97 :1.9,285 460,441 Grenville .•• 563,615 98 .. ::·694 2,073 3;126 (o,8s6 . ~6,983. IS,p6 6,093 50S,s66 Hampden .•• 751,4o1 . 12 203 38! 1;044 ':~.,851 6,o69' .. 8,so:~. 8,597 .723,742 Heytesbury . 76,959 20 61 • 196 306 21 I03· 7,6II'· 10,543 3,081 • 53,038 :M:ornington ' 1941815. 1.70 ....'t89 .. , 1,0~0 ... 1,489 _:6,158 .. :1,424 26,<;)44! II,539 12.5,592 Normanby .. . •. , 375,783 195 :,898 1,:1.571 •• z,669 r'I,I92 29,283 :u,4.o4 15,456 293.429 Polwarth .•• U.:1.,797 55 • 32~ 430 '978 3,831 10,34Z 9,650' 2,999 - 94,188 ~ipon ... 577,635 III :1.95 1,097 1,552 .9,672 20,815 23,990 19,7i1 500,392 Talbot .•. ... , 323,232 220 11797 _5,392 8,619 3·5,159 65,089 55 1 I76 18A.64 133,316 1 Villiers .•• 746,47~ 452 · ~ 2-;35~ 2.,749 3,638 h,104 33,2.99 32,42.4 16,8oz 642.,646 •" .,... - •,· 1 .... '• ·: ... Gipps Land •••; Z22;4I6 ,. 192 ' :. 64~ ; ·1,146 ··, 2,015 .4.990 14,280 18,489 7,699 172,963 The Loddon z68,686 299 1,207 3,354 6,594 20,833 32,566,. 28,757 17,643 157.433 The Murray ·.297 183'1: 90 ·919 1,483 3,142 19,373 42.,450 41,322. 2.21791 166,2.61 Rodney ... 8o;3o4 :14 , l 69 136 358 '2.,470 3,88o 6,441 4,622 62,314 1 TheWimmera •.. . -~95.974 i i15 ~\949 .__ ~,~ ... 1,645 .__ :4_,4.:..8_1_ __4_,z_3_3_ __6_,4_7_3 ____ 3,_6o_2 ___ 7_3_,o_9_2 1 1 Total 1 .::: '·'~'~:; ~~:-3--~~ z.;::~~- 43::8 5 7~::37 25:::33 . 53;::86 51:::29 28:::zo _5·-o;-:-::-6-3 :Percentage . 1 "'1 I'::" ~< '::-, =t. - '1.,. (. ': . LAND· occuPIED uNDER ·v ARio·us: KINDS OF TENURE. . r : , . : ;. . . ~~ : ...... ·. ~ .~ ~ : :. :(. tl'ABLE r6.-Showing the Number of Acres of Land not attached and attached to Runs,1the AverageJ3ize of 1 • the Holdings, and their Relative Proportions,. under all the different Descriptions of Ten)lle, during the Year ' din 't M ·h 1 ,,866' : .~. ~,,. ·. :·· ; '';. · : • · :.: ;· : · . · ' ' .. .. en g 31 s arc , 1 i - ' -- NOT .. ATI'ACiiEl!. T9 )!Ul'!!!, _.,. ATrAcHED ~ Rtms. I TOTAL. ------~·~·~"-·-·----.----~---~·--,1~------ :Number of Acres\ Number of-Acres. I Number of Acres. DESCRIPTION OF TENuni. I; · 1 · Proportions )-----,---,,,--/Proportions' ; I ,' ~· l'?oportlons · · · -Total. Average of _per. Cent, Total. Avern.geof per_lJent. Totn'i. Average of !'er Cent. ; Ien~h Clnss. • , · each ClLlss. each Class., -----~~------~------~~-~-~,-----"i------I-.~.------1~--.~.--JI------,J!----~--I------·,------ Exclusively freehold ••• .•• 2,2p,866 18~ ..s8·78 2,zo1,672 4,~82 73'71 4,434,538 352. :'f6n6 ;Exclusively rented from the Crown 281 2.98 213 7'41 2.81 :1.98 2i3 4'14 Exclusively rented from private .i}l- ~:· ' I : : ...~- ~:· ...... 1 ••. ' ilividuals ··• ~ ••• ' ... 748,369; . Ii6 :: . :~9'70 7~jOII 5,8,,34. 2'34 818,380 . ~92 12'06 Freehold and rented from the Crown ·· • in one holding...... :.. __i}l3,193 I 343 4'82 49S;s8z s,$96 16'69 681,7,75 1,152 ::xo·o5 Freehold and. rejlte rented from private individuals, in ' 1 1 on~ holding .•• .•• ... 1S,o89 487 I '39 i 59,016 14,~54 1'98 I 74,105 ------)------J---~-1------Totaf ... 195 :: ioo'oo 2;986,745 S.f;II 1oo·oo ~,78 5,1.2.5 'I I sminu.nY.~ ~~ -·" . lt Freehold Land .:,'; ' ~.... z,~11.,oz7~ 66'13 : 2;669,305 89·37, 's,1sx,33z 3.S9 . 76'36 Rented• Land ••. l,i.s6,iJ.5f. h~7 317,440 1o·63 r,6oJ,8\J3 ~ss .: 23'64 ·! ~· I ,, ... LAND NOT ATTACHED TO RUNS OCCUPIED UNDER DIFFERENT KINDS OF TENURE. -!'- TABLE 17.-Showing the Number of Acres of Land, not attached to Runs, held under different Kinds of Tenure, in each County and Unsettled District, during the Year . . ending 31st ¥arch, 1866. ... > OCCUPIED ACRES OF LAND NOT ATTACHED TO RUNS. ~ FREEHOLD AND R~NTED FROM THE I FH.EERQLD AND RE:h'TED RENTED FROM T1IE CROWN AND FREEHOLD, :RENTED FROlr TirE CROWN, CROWN IN ONE liOLDING~ FROlll PRIVATE ll-'DIVlDUALS IN ONE laNTED FHOM PRIVATE AND Ull:NTED FROM ~ COUNTIES AJ).'l> DISTRICTS. ~. HOLDING. INDIVIDUALS IN 0!-."'E HOLDING. PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, IN ONE HOLDING. 1-3 I I I I!-- -1 - J "'" ~" !:: ~§ s ui -;o ..,; E~ ~~ ~ iH ~ 0 ....e "" ~ :;;e t":t I id '"~'<"' ~~ 'g~~ g -a" sE:- -5 ~,.- so :1 i ~a ~ o"' ~ ~" S" > ~ ~ . l'lll ~J:;~ ~ E-< £ J !>l:i ~;!;~ ~ ! !>l:i ~ z 1:::1 Anglesey 9,65o 6,867 1821 1,974 54 41 95 Z27 305 532 Bourke 7o2,583 389,983 4,892 214,982 zp·59 621 z.,s8b 46,298 42,188 88,486 40 440 480 90 33 757 88o ~· Dalhousie 164,725 ,111,717 r,2o2 35,102 1,955 2,142 4,097 s,s41 6,653 IZ>494 46 67 II3 00 Dundas 90,202 28,809 38,109 3,504 5.399 s,n6 10,625 8,196 452 8,648 267 106 373 So 10 44 134 1-3 0 Evelyn 57,206 37.590 ~40 15,372 796 1,8o6 z,6o::. 280 4h 240 1,002 0 ~ Follett 3,0:1.4 77 2,934 13 Grant 563,432 381,300 5.481 125,981 2,030 r,o68 3,098 zo,459 26,844 47.303 So 22 102 55 so 62 167 f!3 Grenville 398,6os 338,468 4,868 p.,864 378 Z03 581 xz,986 8,o9z 2_1,078 20 18 38 26o 708 > 353 95 :j Hampden 66,256 29,653 27,788 4>901 724 914 1,638 970 1,3oii 2,276 :i:Ieytesbury 42,062 12,141 r6,369 5,846 4,iss 2,490 6,675 98 to6' Z04 659 t68- 8::;7 ~ go,zgx 4z,861 2,921 11,483 200 I 300 0 Mornington 159,2!5 7,382 2,977 s,s9s 5,184 6,299 700 400 1 00 Normanby 156,762 I 11,374 zo,o84 8,196 6,329 5.2 73 I 1,6oz z,ssx Z,495 s,o46 I 55 155 ISO 460 Polwarth 108,343 8o,xz2 r,68x s,962 3,oo6 683 3,689 15,307 I,58Z 16,889 ~· Rip on 172,927 59>788 68,452 16,943 n,no II,I87 Z2,Z97 3,225 2,092 5,317 40 26 ~64 130 ;::1 0 .Talbot · 266,398 150,024 3,926 71,618 5,205 ZJ494 7,699 17,199 13,587. 30,786. 1,166 11004 2,170 55 40 So. I75 Villiers 305,677 99.997 r6,8n xoo,983 27,371 22,462 49,833 15,079 12,198 z7,277 3,582 3,582 7,164 1,13 3 I ,I4I • I,337 3,6H ;~ Gipps Land xoo,o85 63,075 5,278 21,313 943 261 1,204 4,468 4.747 9,215 ... The Loddon 191:419 ro8,269 ro,563 29,913 s,su 8,418 r6,939 II,563 10,964 22,527 4Z9 324 753 1 >753 233 469 2.455 00 0\ 166,457 26,323 7,026 I z8,392 3,440 1,714 r,6r3 2 v-.. TheMurray ••• 94,394 12>434 5,958 5,154 514 z,n7 9 7 1,637 477 3,041 I , Rodney J6,J60 26,694 3,257 1,544 938 11 3Z7 z,265 900 1,700 2,6oo ?' The Wimmera 37,092 1:!.,233 15,07'5 1,471 1,168 2,518 3,686 1,531 1,983 3,514 So 7 87' 236 26o 530 1 1026 Total ... I 3,798,480 I 2,232,8661281,298 I 748,J69 96,986 86,207 lr83,193 176,3r8 147,113 323,43 I 7,982 6,252 14,234 s,8s7j 4,56:!. 4,670 15,089 LAND ATTACHED TO RUNS OCCUPIED UNDER DIFFERENT KINDS OF TENURE. TABLE 18.-Showing the Number of Acres of Land (not Rented from the Crown for Pastoral Purposes), attached to Runs, held under different Kinds ·of Tenure, in each · County and Unsettled District, during the Year ending 31st March, 1866. OCClJPIED ACRES OF PURCHASED LAND, AND 01<' CROWN LAND RENTED FOR O'£HER THAN PASTORAL PUllPOSES, ATTACHED TO RUNS. FREEHOLD AND RENTBJ:) RENTED FRO'! THE CROWN ANI) }...,BEEJIOLD, RENTED FROH TI:IE CnoWN, :!l FREEHOLD AND RENTED FROlt THE FUOM PIUVATE lNDIVTDUALS lN liENTED FROM P.RJVAT:t AND RENTED FROM i CROWN IN ONE HOLDING. \ COUNTIES AND DISTRICTS. -2 'g ; ONE HOLDING. INDIVIDUALS IN ONE ~OT.DING. PRIVATE lNDlVIDUALS, IN Q}lr."E HOLDING. ~ ~ ~~ ~ 1-3 ~ .!:> .!:>::; ... s.,; a . s .n s . - s . a . Cl £ g:'r:; :~~ :S ~~ :si ~ g e .a e 71 ~ ~" " :si .b~ -(1\.g ; ~.g -~~:s .8 if ~ ,g ~~~ .... """' - ]~· 'g~·;; ~~ Sj~ 3 +">- j ~ ~ ~ ~ § ~ f ~~ ~ ! m.>;; ~ lii'-' 5-s:: 'S ~ !'l:l ~f~ ~ ~P-i .... ------1----1 [4 1>11.!: 1>11.!:1'1 ""' ~il E-< [<, ~:t.s E-< I ~~ ~ tl>: Anglesey 2.6,626 2.6,:!.86 300 4-o I 340 ~ Bourke ~ 0 Dalhousie 27,54-8 24-,128 64-0 640 5091 131 640 1,5oo I z,14o .;. ;] Dundas I . I 2o6,1o8 300,895 7,000 67,094 13,34-3 80,437 1,85o 5,soo 7.350 r.tJ. Evelyn 13,04-3 2,154- 394- ...... • •• 3,420 7,075 10,495 1-3 0 Follett I 5,280 15,280 Grant.•• U3,091 83,572 22,495 7,024 I 29,519 ~ r.tJ. Grenville 165,010 165,010 Hampden 68$,14-5 671,14-5 14-,000 Heytcsbury 34-,897 13,834- 13,300 1,571 14-,87 I. 192 6,ooo 6,x9'z ~ Mornington 35,6oo 20,954- 5.450 1,196 6,646 4-,ooo 4-,ooo S,ooo g Normanby 219,021 2 14-9.475 2,000 24-,581 4.985 4-9.566 3,700 Soo . 4-,5oo 3,6oo 8,6oo 1,280 I 3,4-80 r.tJ. Polwarth 14-.454- 6,94-1 7,186. 327 7,513 0 Ripon 4-04-1708 307,766 2.5,ooo 23,299 2.9,603 52.902 18,720 320 19,04-0 ~ Talbot 56.s'34- 56,sj4- ~. Villiers. Q \ ... 44-0,795 15o,957 8,997 157,203 8 3,670 I 2.4-0,S 73 18,ooo 6J2 18,632 ...... 5,161 1 7,073 9·102 21,336 1-3 I. 0 Gipps Land 122,331 101,739 ...... ••• ...... I 13,948 6,644- 20,592. 1 TheLoddon 77,267 30,776 ••• . ... n,64-o n,7oo 2.3,34-o I 19,032 4,119 23,151 F The Murray ...... 131,374- 83,454- ... I 7,280 u,ozo 4-,420 16,440 ,. ••...... 2.2,ooo 1 1,ooo x,2.oo 24,200 (X) 0\ Rodney ••• , 4-3,94-4 35,4-82. ••• , 4-,ooo 1,962 2,5oo 4-,462 ... ••• .. . The Wimmera ••• .•• 58,882 4-~,7771 ••• I .7oo 6,523 x,88z 8,4o5 1 ...... 1 ... ·•· j ... ! ··· ,__ ..._ ~ Total ··: I,,,86,745 '"o' .'7• I ... i 7o,on l'J,$8< • 75PO< 498,ss. In '"'' "'''' • """ "' 6p~ I '•' 8' J0,76•1 ''•'"I n,582 59,016 ... "' 0 16 AGRICu;LTURAL AND .UV"E 'STOCK STATISTICS OF VICrORIA.""":'iS6s-6. ·LAND ctoNTAINED IN HOLDINGs oF EAcH cLAss:-185~-1866. . - . ~ . . . T4J3L~ 1_9.-Showing the.:Extel).t of ~~d comprise~ in Hol~ings of e!Joch P,Ip.~, ~uring' t~~ t4st Ni~e Ye~rs. ' • t .. '' ; J}i' ; J •' -·; ExTENT OF LAND CONTAtNED IN HoLDINGS OF- •'· " '· I Year Total; : ...... '• ·j . . ending '31st Extent . :March.~ ' · · Oecupied. i i acre'to ·s to IS 15 to 30 30 to so I 50 to lOO" 100 ,to ~oo · ~oo ~ ~so ; 3_50 \O 500 soo and s o.cres: acres. acres. "' acres. acres. acres~ 80 8 t acr~s. upwards. ·' ;, ' t --·------· \01 -·----'-·- acres. " , .. ~cres~ acres. acres. acres. ~ncrcs. acres. acres. · acres. acres. " ...... t8S8 z,II3,I34t . z,z33 u,z63! zJ,88ol 37.736! IZ7,156t 235,64ot 361,szh .. t,jl z,697 ; 1859 2,519,156£ z,zsxl ' i4,458! zs;sz3 44,1it6l I5J,I50t zs4,o47t 298,68tl: IIO,ZI2t x,5ss.715l .. < ' ' ------...... ' t86o J,015,607t 3,oo~ t6,55s 30,0JZl 52,288~ 173,979 .J17,518£ . 318,485}, 133,100 1,970,637 '• z86z 3.517,033l 3,007! 16,388~ ' z9,z3zl S4JJI3! t87,876! 352,136£ 345,344! zs6,6nt z,3721o6o ... ~ .. - .... ' 1862. ,;;;90,784 ' 3,421 17,175 34,012 " 58,400 io1,524 392,036 '377,I7i 155,IIf z,8 51,93'I . " z863 : 4,7zz,osoi 3,_108 'z9,5o5l 39,868! 6z,681! 2:u,o66 453,416 380,037' 173,931 ,3,367.437 '1864 5.554.531 4,039s- 21,3751 41,457 ~8,091 249,458 479,051 406,303 •z88,664• 4,o96,o9z 1865 '6 IZ5,Z04 4t,t8z 5n,5I7 431,565 ' 4,6oz,55o 1 ,. 3,906 Z1 1Z19. ?9.918 248,597 :195>750 I ' x866 6;78 5,zzs 4,203 ·z3,o6g 43.785 72,937 zsg,o33 535,686 5I8,ZZ9 z8o,z.2o :S,o48,o63 .. .. ·- . - " ; . ' .. l .., "' AVERAGE AREA IN OCCUPAT~ON, ETC.-DECENNIAL RETURN. ' ·, ' . . . . ' TABLE ZQ.'7Showing for ea!l.h .. J?f J~e last ':,r~ Years _the Average Size of Holdings and of Farms;_ also the Extent of .Land Occupied in proportion to the Population of the ·colony, and "the Perce~tage of Occupied Land Enclps~ll·. . .f. . .. . ,; : ' ... ,, .... l. Avcmge Size Averagc Area In Percentngo of o:X:upled 'Year ending 31st Marcl!.: Average Size of of Occupation to each Holdings. ; Farms. a· Person In the Colony. . i · TAlJ1d Enclosed. '"' ',. ·:' ' acres. !>ere~, licres. .. 1857 3'7 ts:Ss ·. zo6 90, '4'5 ,. ..., ... 1859 -~~8 :95 4'9 68·4' 186o. ·zz9 :· . -· 94; ... 5'6' 6;e9 c· : z861 258 103 6·5 7°'9 :\' .I86z 273 97 7'5 68·z i' 1863 zSS 96 8•6 .~71 ;0 ,. 1864 314 9? 9'6 m·s •·';· 1865 97 10'4 -,Sz•o ., 334 1866 338' 10:1. 10'8 . 79'0 .. ;._;, ' ( (a) Tl!e ftgures.' In this col~mn denote .. tbe·~~... crage alz~: of: ;ots larger tiian ·s acres and less tb~· soo acres in extent, which are" found to be those usually devoted to !arming purimlts. ·. • ...; ... . • '·. : . ; • , · . • ·. .. ,. • • AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE ·sTOCK STATISTICS OF VICTORIA, t86)-6. · INCREASE· OF ENCLOSED ·LAND. · TABLE 21.-Showing the Aggregate Extent of Enclosed Land in each County and Unsettled District in the Two Years ending 3 rst March, r86) and r866, with the Increase or Decreas~ in each· during the interval between those two years. · · - "' -. ' EXTENT.. Oll ENCLOSED LAND • ... COUNTIES AND ,.DISTRICTS...... Increase. Decrease . 1&65. I!,. 1866. -· acres. acres. ne res. acres. Anglesey ...... 26,858 .• 28,762 1,904 ... Bourke ... , ...... s8o,546 ...... 599>989. 19.443 ... Dalhousie ...... 162,610 171,210 · .. 8,6oo .. . Dundas ...... ' 247,672 315,176 67,504 .. . Evelyn 66,907 69 198 2,291 ...... I ... 1 ... Follett """! ...... I5,093 16,8o2 1,709 ... Grant ...... ~ ...... 517.458 537,062 19,604 ... Grenville "'I ...... 521,052 416>489 . ... 104,563 Hampden ... r ...... 5Jo,6:i9 672,798 142,159 ... Heytesbury ...... 4.5,o23 -• .,, r·.. .. 53,o1.6 7>993 ... Morningt I ---~.' ' Gipps Land ...... ;_ 211,268 .. . . 214,09~. ... 2,828 . The Loddori .. ;...... 188,11b 189,157• ······ ... ,. ... 1,047 ... The Murray . ,...... 210,838 208,283 ... z;555 Rodney ...... ,., ...... 45,222 57.968 12,746 ... The Wimmera ..... ~ . ... 42,104 49,200 7>096 ... . '· 1 Total ...... 5·030,978 ' 5>357.962 326,984 ...... TABLE 22.-Showing the Aggregate 'Extent of Land in Cultivation in each County and Unsettled District in the Two Years ending 31st March, 1865 and 1866, with the Increase or Decrease in each during the interval between those two years. .. ... -~~ ~ . . .. ' ExTENT oF LAIID mm:m CRoP. COUNTIES AND DISTRICTS: " ~ '"'' .. -- ...... , ~ ~ •• ..Increase. Decrel!lle. 1865• .. 1866, ' .. .. , . .. ; ,. acres. •; acres. , ' .I ·acres. aeres. ··- - . ' Anglesey· ...... ·J;107 - " - 2>455 -- .. ... 652 Bourke ... 77>742.. 3,023 ...... 74-.!~9 . ' ... Dalhousie ...... 47,056 42,373, ... 4,683 Duridas ' ...... 4>264. '4,572: J08 '· ... Evelyn .... , ...... "' 7,763: 6,821: ... 942 Follett ~ ,..._ -- -··...... II7 129, .. 12 .. . Grant .57;176, ' ...... ' .. . 401867· 16,309 ... Grenville ...... 161ox6 1910461 3,030 , ' ... Hampden ...... 5,096 .. 7.347' 2,2.51· ... Heytesbury ...... 5,050 3.998. ... 1,052 t- .... ~ -· ... Mornington ...... 4.735 4>752; 17 ... Normanby ... · ...... 12,228 '., 15,986 3.758 ... Polwarth ...... 5.398 9>3II; 3.91 3 .. . . ., •• ~= Ripon ...... ·- 27,835. ·2.8,894: ... 1,059 ... ' • Talbot ...... 92,377 I . 108,918 16,541 ... Villiers 38,75o' ...... I 39,293: ... 543 ' .. I. "· .. GippsLand --- ...... 7,693; I017JI J,OJ8...... I TheLoddon ; ...... 34.747' - 39,922 5,175 ... The Murray ...... 42.,568 42,325 ... 243 Rodney ...... 4,317 , ' 4,271· ... . 46 The Wimmera ~ ...... 4,1.17 ... -- 4,677 41!0 ... . ,.. .. ,, ' Total ...... '' .. 479.463 ' 530,196 50,733 ... - - .... I IS AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK STATISTICS OF VICTORIA, r865~6~ LAND CULTIVATED IN EACH COUNTY; TABLE 23.-Showing in each County and Unsettled District the Total and Average Number of Acres Cultivated, the Percentage of Cultivation in each County and District to the Total Cultivation, and the Percentage of Occupied Land Cultivated in each, during the Year ending 3 r st March, I 866. LAND lN CULTlV ATION. COUNTIES AND DISTRICTS. N!ll!lllm OF ACRES. Pereentage of I..and Proportion per Cent. Avemgc on each in Occupation. Toinl. Holding. Anglesey ...... 2,4SS 20'6 ·46 6'77 Bourke ...... 77.742 I8'3 14'66 II'07 'Dalhousie ...... 42,373 37'3 T99 2.2.'04 ' Dundas ...... 4>S72 II'2 ·86. 1'17 Evelyn...... 6,821 n·S 1'29 9'70 Follett ...... 129 S'9 '02 "07 - Grant ...... 57,176 19'9 1078 8'45 (!renville ...... 19,046 :z.s·2 3'59. 3'33 Hampden ...... 7.347 2S'O 1'39 '98 Heytesbury ...... 3.998 . 21'3 76 5'19 Mornington ...... 4.7S2 7'1 '90 :1.'44 Normanby .•...... I5,lJ86 I8'3 3'02 4'25 Polwa.rth ...... 9,3II 30'4 1'76 7'58 ' Ripon ...... 28,894 43'6 5'45 5'00 Talbot ...... 108,9I8 52'7 20'54 33'69 Villiers ...... ' ... 38,7,50 28'3 7"31 5'19 GippsLand ...... 10,731 17'7 2'02 4'82 TheLoddon ...... 39>922 • 2 9'9 7'53 14'86 The Murray ...... 42,32S 35'9 7'98 14'21 ' Rodney ...... 4,271 29'3 ·81 S'3 2 TheWimmera ...... 4.677 9'7 ·ss 4'87 ------Total ...... S30,I96 2.6'4 100'00 7'80 INCREASE OF CULTIVATION ON EACH_ CLASS OF 'HOLDINGS. TABLE 24.-Showing the· Area Cultivated on Holdings of each Class in the Two Years ending 31st March, r865 and 1866, with the Increase or Decrease of Cultivation on each Qlass during the interval between those two years. ' AREA CULTIVATED ON EACH CLAss OF HOLDINGS. . SIZE OF HOLDINGS. i Increase. Decrease. r86s. rS66. acres. acres. acres. ac/es. 1 aere to 5 acres ...... 2,274 2,692 418 ...... 10,754 12,297 1,543 ... 5 " IS " .... IS ,; jO '' ...... 17,740 20,463 2,723 ... 30 so ... 27,674 29,026 1,352 ... " . " ...... so IOO " ...... 89,918 92,714 2,796 - ... " ' 152,970 10,390 ... [00 200 j) .. ~...... 142,$80 " :too 3SO ...... 87,1S5 roi,$2I 14,366 ... " " ... 350 soo ...... 30,090 33.476 3,386 ... " " ... soo , and upwards ...... 71,278 s s,o37 .. 13,759 ... ... Total ... 479.463 . S30,I96 . . $0,733 ...... I ' AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK STATISTICS OF VICTORIA, t86s-6. LAND CULTIVATED BY EACH CLASS OF HOLDERS. TABLE 25.-Showing upon Allotments Classified as to Size the Total and Average Number of Acres Cultivated, the Percentage of Cultivntion on each Class of Allotments to the "Total Cultivation, and the Percentage of Occupied Land Cultivated upon each Class, during the Year ending 31st March, I 866. NUlfBER OF .NCRES IN COLTIVATION. Proportion Percentage oi Land SIZE OF HOLDINGS. per Cent. In Oecupation; Total. ;i Avcmge • o! each Clus. I ------1 acre to 5 acres I 2,692 1'9 '51 64'05 z:p 5 " IS " n,:z.97 4'6 53'31 , 30 3'86 15 " 20,463 9'4 +6'74 , 29,026 30 so " 15'0 5'47 39'8o 100 so " " 92,714 25'6 17'49 35'79 100 200 2s· 6 " " 152,970 39'6 :z.8'85 5 200 " JSO " IOI,p.I 51'6 19'15 19'59 350 " soo " 33,476 49'4 6'31 11'95 soo and upwards 85,037 49'9 !6'04 1·68 ~--- Total 530,196--j,-- z6·+ --~ IOO'OO T8 LAND CULTIVATED ON VARIOUS SIZED HOLDINGS IN EACH COUNTY. 'TABLE 26.-Showing the Extent of Land Cultivated on Holdinga of various Sizes, in each County and Unsettled District during the Year ending 3 I st March, I 866. ' EXTEh"l' IN ACRES 0!' TJAND CULTIVATED BY HOLDERS OF- COUNTIES AND DISTRICTS. Total. I More than s acres 15 acres I ;o acres .so acres J too acres too acres \ 350 acres Isoo o.eres . I acre and o.nd under and under tmd under and under and under and tmder ' and under nnd ,under 5 acres. r~ acres. ---3o·ncres. ' ---soucres. ---100 acres. t.oo acres. ;so acres. soo acres. upwards. Anglesey ...... 2 98 667 781 413 ~55 4 . '-7 '-4 9'- 349 Bourke ...... ·77.74'- 1,oz5 4,151 4,41.8 4,2.41. 10,546 19,734 14,342 5,6o8 13,666 Dalhousie ...... 42,373 . 37 292. 862. 2,353 6,I57 13,780 Io,on 3,412 5,403 Dundas ...... +·57'- 7 8o 189 233 742 I,5o6 433 185 I ,197 \ Evelyn ...... 6,8:u 53 I 58 109 205 1,211 1,419 1,031 6o6 2.,02.9 Follett ...... 129 3 ll ... 4 ...... 15 ... 96 Grant ...... 57,176 344 2,037 4,5I8 +·912 II,972 14,575 8,11.9 3,187 7,502 Grenville ...... 19,046 56 345 920 1,376 4,980 5,325 3.777 661 1,6o6 Hampden ...... 7,347 3 70 II3 459 1,127 1,162 6o8 101 3,704, Heytesbury ...... 3.998 17 32 97 140 285 1,1.67 839 I5 1,3o6 Mornington .•• ...... 4.752. 18 54 91 u6 4II 88+ 1,184 297 1,697 Norman by ...... I 5,986 104 425 526 703 3,117 +·955 1.,420 759 2,977 Polwarth ...... 9,3II 24 74 !26 249 685 I,8J6 773 22. 5.542. Ripon ...... 28,894 59 175 501 794 5,896 10,457 7,923 2.,IJS. 954 Talbot ...... to8,918 2.08 1,2.29 3,084 5·"99 22,281 37.343 2.4,387 5,383 9>704 Villiers ...... 38,750 J2.7 I,6oo 1.459 I,75I 4.432 9,308 6,362 1.,177 II,334 --- Gipps La.nd ...... 10,731 66· 146 402 +67 881 z,o68 1.,230 473 3.998 . The Loddon ...... 39.922 21.7 797 1.,015 3.444 8,561 II,093 6,2o6 3,520 4,059 The Murray " ...... 42,325, 53 3:33 574 1,522 6,956 . 14,155 8,+20 4-.315 5·997 Rodney ...... 4,1.]1 3 27 ]6 II4, ?14 6]6 1,480 449 732 TheWimmera I ...... +.677 I 54 234 349 : 545 i 1,093 666 +72 I 79 . 1,18 5 ' ' I I Total ...... I 530,1961 2,691. n,297 1.0,463 29,02.6 92,714 i I 5Zt970 IOI,52I 33.4-76 85,037 . I ------___! ___ ------Percentage ...... -::-I '5 I 2'3 3'9 5'5 17'5 I 28'8 19"1 6'3 16'1 No. 13, c.* N 0 ', ~ •Q' • "; ·• : .. LAND CULTIVATED~ON HOLDINGS-OCCUPIED. UNDER VARIOUS KINDS OF·TENURE;- 1 ~· 'TABLE 27.-Showlng; upon Holdings ~ot attached and attached to Rims, the_:Total and Average Number of Acres Cultivated. under each Description of Tenure, the Petcehtag1(0f'Ciiltivation unde1·-eacJ:! Descriptiqn of"Tenrire w'tlie 'Total 'Cultivation, and the Percentage of Occupied' Land Cultivated mrdet e~ch Description of ~ .. · · '!enure, 'during the-;Year ef.iding ·3 1 ~t March,- 'I 866.- ·- · · ' · - ' .· 1 ~ NOT·ATTACJIED TO RUNS. ATTACHE]) TO Ro:NS. TOTAL. ~ .~~ ·v Number of Acres I I. • Number of Acres Number of Acres . DESCRIPTION OF TENURE. Cultivated. l'ro rti · Percentage ·• Cultivated. Pr · rtt ' Pareentage Cultivated. Pr rti Percentage :~- ._, ., , , . , . . po _ons ... ~of'Land . opQ, ons of Land _ •: , opo oilS of Land t·L • 1 ·1 per Cent. , . · . .Per Cent. . - . • I 1 per Cent. _;, Average of llnOccupatlon. Average of · ' in Occupation. Average of · · In Occupation. ·~;. Total. each Clllss. '.' · . Total; each Clllss. Total. each Class. 1 ·--1 I ' ! ·: -' ' . ·r.n .' '· ':,.> ·• Exclusively freehold ·'... ..~ · ··.' .. -· "" ... :t85,666: %3'52 ·wo4 u·So 14,939 33'I:l. 73'09'·' .:68 ...... 3oo,6o5 23'86 . 56'70 6'79 3 0 E:x:clusively'rented from the·Crown .. : . ••• 8,465 6'40 1'66 3'01 8,+65 6'40 1'60 3'01 ~- Excl;;,sively:~eilted from.private individuals .•_.. . - · .. . . 143,664 33'77' z8·1S 19'1'9 .• :t38 19'83 1'16' '34 143,90% 33'73 :t7'14 17'58 F!:'eehold~_and rented from the Crown in· one holding· .. . 18,644 34191 ,• 3'66 ·10'18 3,941 6n}s 19'%8 '79 " zz,s8s' 38'15 4'Z6 3'31 ~· 'Freehold' and rented from private individuals in one holdipg ... .•• ...... 50,456 4%'87 9'90 15·6o 1,038 39'9% 5'08 '69 51,494 4%'80 9'71 10'85 ~ Rented from the ·Crown 9.!id rented from private indi- ~ viduals in one holding ' ... · .. ~ ... · ••. 1,$40 35'00 '30 'I,O'Sz 'lo8 108'00 1,648 36'62. '31 8'07 .a. '53 1'74 r.n. Freehold, rented from the Crown, a.nd rented from private . '28 :!.'0% O· in~~idu_als, i~ one h~ld~g~~ · ... :.. , .. : ·1 1,3n .-1 4z·65 ·~~z_:_j· 876 I 175 I 43'75 I •86 ·I '30 I 1.497 '\ 4%'77 I II-.---,--- ~ .••• ?~ ,. ' ... 'Total ... 509,757 ;. :t6'13 IOO,'oo 1 13'4% zo;439 37'03 100'00 ·68 530,196_ 26'43 100'00 T8I ;:!· ..~ . I 'I . I I I .g ... I , I I l I l o: 8 Ull!li1ARY•• ~ On holdings some portion of which is freehold 356,o88 25'64 69'85 14'18 :!.0,093 37':t8 98'31 '75 376,181 :t6'07 70'95 7'%6 P"-! 2 ... On holdings oil which there is no £Irehold' · ... I53,669 ' %7'34 30'15 II,'95 346 :t6'61 1'69 'II 1$41015 27'34 9'05 9'60 00 .....0\ I '11 ?' . , AGRICt1LTURA.t AND LIVE STOCK STAT-ISTICS OP V1CT01HA, 1865-6. LAND, NOT ATTACHED TO RUNS, CULTIVATED ON HOLDINGS OCCUPIED UNDER DIFFERENT KINDS OF TENURE: TABLE 28.-Showing the Number of Acres of Land Cultivated upon Holdings not attached to Runs, occupied under different Kinds of Tenure, in each County and Unsettled District, during the Year ending 31st March, 1866. ! • . CULTIVATED ACRES (l-F lnlliD; goT ATTACIIED TO RUNS, ON HOLDINGs- ···--- Freehold, . .. ~ .. COUNTIES AND I J<'reehold I Rented from Rented from the Occupied Exelusively Exclusively Freehold :and llented from: tile Crow11 Crown, DISTRICTS. under Exclusively I I Anglesey·· ...... 2.,013 I,:Z.I8 I 642. 19 I33 ...... Bourke ...... 77.742. 43,52.5 ·I,o26 2.3,348 538 9,185 :z.6 94 Dalhousie ...... 42.,I30 26,:z.8I I48 II,ou 744 3,907 29. ... Dundas ...... 3,700 2.,486. 2.37 339 s6s. 7I ... 8 EveJyn -·· ••• < ., 6,347. 4,783 IO ,. I 13I?. ... ~98 ... 40 5··- IS. I Follett ... ' ... IS ...... '"r· ...... Grant ...... 57,003 3I,505 2,049 I7,4I2 753 5,219 I 64 Grenville ...... x8,888 10,786 807 5.376 I65 . 1,748 .. . 6 IIampden ... ' ... 3.942 2,464 169 797 HO 402...... IIeytesbury ... 3,18o 1,485 ' 44 1,429 135 70 17 ... Mornington 664 u6 ...... 4,313 3,092 46 385 ...-. ... Norman by ...... 14,300 I0,075 184 x,sss. x,844 639 ...... Polwarth ... l ••• 9,232 7,604 14 11105 224 :z.8s ...... Ripon ...... 28,488 n,878 440 II,474 954 3,647 .. . 95 Talbot ...... , 108,577 51,050 11616 36,o8o 3,86.1 15,154 771 45 Yilliers ...... 34,395 13,o56 - 76 I8,2.87 2.70 2,663' 3 40 -- ] ·.: Gipps Land ...... 9,II9 : 5,523 3 2.,331 69 1,193 ...... The Loddon ...... 38,702 2.6,399 432 6;383 :z.,J86 :z.,68o 192 2.30 The Murray ...... 40,078 :z.6,936 921 3,263 5,148 2,646 483 681 Rodney ... . ~ .. 3,703 2.,991 105 331 2.76 ...' ...... The Wimmera ...... 3,887 z,sx7 137 so8 457 2.3I IS 19 Total ... 28s,666 8,465 143,664 18,644 50,456 1 540 1,322 ... 509,757 I I I 1 LAND, ATTACHED TO RUNS, CULTIVATED ON HOLDINGS OCCUPIED UNDER DIFFERENT ' KINDS OF TENURE. . TABLE z9.-Showing the Number of Acres of Land Cultivated upon Holdings (consisting of Purchased Land or Land Rented from the Crown for other than Pastoral Purposes), attached to Runs, occupied under different Kinds of Tenure, in each County and Unsettled District, during the Year ending 31st March, 1866. CULTivATED ACRES OF LAND, ATTACillm TO l COUNTIES, AND . I ! Froellold, . . Freehold Rented from Rented from the DISTRICTS. Occupied Exelus!vcly ExclusiVely i Freehold :and llented from the Crowu Crowu, under Exclnstvely Rented from Rented from i n.nd Rented from Private and Rented from and Rent.ed from all Tenures. Freehold. the Crown. I I'rivate ., tile Crown in Individuals in Private Private • '. Indlvidu~ls. one Holdl~g. 0':'0 Holding. Individuals in Individuals, in I . , one Holding. one Holding, ------l------l------l------~----.--.-1--.-- Anglesey Bourke ...... - Dalhousie 2.43 ; 227 15 I Dundas 872 637 6 220 9 Evelyn '474 2.14 ::r.6o Follett Ill Ill Grant 173 139 Grenville IS8 xs8 IIampden 3,405 3.403 ... IIeytesbnry 818 412. " 108 Mornington 439 ' :z.66 Normanby 11686 1,316 .... I44 Polwarth 79 79 ... '· Ripon 406 357 14 20 Talbot • 341 341 I ... Villiers 4.355 1,132. 8 320 Gipps Land .. . 1,612 1,584 I ... 2.8 The Loddon .. . 1,220 9.55 43 222 .... TheMurray .. . ·•2,247 I,gi8 56 Rodney .. . 56s 555 I The Wimmera ... 790 6g3 97 Total ...... 20,439 1 14,939 1 2.38 roS 175 / 22 AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK STATISTICS OF VICTORIA, 186s-6; LAND CULTIVATED ON HOLDINGS OF EACH CLASS.-1858:..1866. TABLE 30.--,-Showing the Extent of Land Cultivated on Holdings of each Class during the last Nine Years. - ' EXTENT oF l~AND CULTtv.ATED o:~ HoLDINGS or- Yoor ending Totnl,Extent )tst 1\lnrch. Cultivated. I acre to s to 15 tS to JO • >o'to so ' so to too 100 to :z.oo 200 to 350 350 to soo soo acres 5 acres. I acres. acres. acres. ucres. acres. acres. ucrcs. and upwa.rcts. I ------acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. I8S8 ~37,1i9t •1,789! I 8,039 I2,J~It 14,619 4o,2'75i 59,083i i ... 39o444i 1 ... ' ! I8S9 ~98,959! 1,788-~ 9.379!1- IJ,~9If 19,zt6! 55,7.75! 79,026! 56,88z?; I7oii3t 46,g8st x86o 358,727i 20t8t! 10,566 15,s69! 7.4,153! 69,II7 96,o6o;t 67,963!' u,s98t 51,2I7f t86t 419,38o;t 2,JOI;i I 10,940!1- I 5,876~ Z6,474!t 79o264 II),729~ 80,741f z8,749! 59.302{ I ,, x86z 439,895 . 2,253 Io,S sS 17,38z 27,770 .83,413 124,930 S7,2h 2.4,754 6!,2.53 8 . I x863 465,430 1>973:\- I II,9J8f 19, 02.jf ' 2.9,639! 90,093! 134,473~ 83,649! 2.7,196! 66,664 t864 507,798 z.,8z.8} l2,7.79! 7.0,537! 30,872. 97,884 147.375! 91,02.1 32.o54It 7Z,458f x86s 479>463 z.,z74 10,754 17,740 27,674 8g,9I8 147.,)80 87,1 ss 3o,o9o 71,2.78 1866 530,196. z.,69i . 12,7.97 2.0,463 2.g,oz.6 92,714• 1)2.,970 I01,5:l.l 33,476 85,037 • I AVERAGES AND PERCENTAGES OF CULTIVATION-DECENNIAL RETURN. TABLE ~I.-Showing for each of . the last Ten Years the Average Area · Cultivated on each Holding, the Extent of Land Cultivated in proportion to the Population of the Colony, and the. Percentage of Occupied . Land Cultivated. . Average Area Cultivated Number of Persons in the . Percentage of Year cn ------I acres . . ' 23'9 ... 2.2.8 11'74 1857 ,. ' 1858 2.3'2. .. •. 199 11'2.5 ' ., ' ,,. 1859 25'8 .. 161 11'87 . 186o 27"1. 149 ,11'89 1861 30'7 . 12.9 u·gz. " 1862. . 29'4 . ' 12.4 10'75 1863 28'4 uS 9'86 . • 1864 28'7 1}4 9'10 1865 26'1 .. ' 12.3 7'80 1866 26'4 ll9 7'81 .. -- ..... PRINCIPAL CROPS, ETC., 1865 AND 1866. TABLE 32.-Shqwing during the Two Years ending 31st March, 1865 and 1866, the Number of Acres under Wheat, Oats, Barley, Pota!oes, and Hay; the Gross and Average Produce of each of these Crops, the Percentage of the Acreage under each to the Total Cultivation; also the Acreage under Green Forage and in Fallow; with the Percentage of that Acreage to the Total Cultivation. :rEAT. OATS. 1 BARLEY t> Yenr ending 31st llfurcb. ,- ~-- 0 Acres under Gross Per Cent. of 'rotal A vern.ge Produce Acres under Gross l'cr Cent. of Total A vemgc Produce Acres under G.r:oss Per Cent. Qf Total Average Produce ~ Crop. rroduee. . Cultivation. per Acre. Crop. Produce. CultiYation. per Acre. Crop. Produce. Cultivation. per Acre. 0 0 bushels. bushels. bushels. bushels. bushels. bushels. t86S •• • • •• •• •• IZS,O.jO 1,899,378 ~6·1 15'~ 144,303 z,li94,445 JO"t 18'7 7,648 , IZ4,849 1'6 16•3 El r866 .. .. .• .. .. 178,~8 3.5•4.~~7 •__ 2!2_._. _ .'9"7 10Z,817 z,~79,468 19'4 ~~·z 6,887 •S3,490 I"3 2.Z'3 Inerense In 1866 ...... S3,S88 1,614,849 7•6 4'S J ...... 4'5 .. 1.8,641· .. 6•o ~ Decre"se In 1866 ...... _ _.. 41,486 414,977 10'7 .. 761 .. · 3. .. ~ "' t:-1 f?OTATOES. HAY. GREEN FOR.AG't. LA.ND m F.ALLow. Year ending 31st ~furch. > Acre,.-<; under Gross l'er Cent. of Total A vcro.gc Produce Acres under I Gross l'er Cent. of Total Avcmge Produce Per Cent. of Total Acres in I Per Cent. of Total , 2:" Crop. l>roducc. Cultivation. 1 per Acre. Crop. Produce. Cultivation. per Acre. Cultivation. F"llow. Cultivation. tj tons. tons. tons. tons. t86s • • ...... 3•.•7~ 59,81.8 6·s •·9 • ss,•46. 97.731 17·8 1'1 40,06! 8'3 1.6,389 1 s·s 1866 .. .. •• .. 3•.644 8;,166 6•o ~·6 97,90Z 96,101 18·s 1'0 55,830 IO'S 33,041. 6·~ ~t?1 Increase In 1866 ...... 47z ~3,338 ·7 ~~.756 .. ·7 I .. I ·s.7~ r ~-~ 6,6n ·7 Decrense In 1866 ...... ·s •• .• 1,630 .. •t •• •• ·~ r.tl 1-3 0 ~ r.tl MINOR CROPS, ETC., 1865 AND 1866. 1-3 . . . > TABLE 33·- Showing during the Two Years ending .31st March, 1865- and 1866, the Extent of Land under each of the Minor Crops, with their Gross and Average :j Produce; also the Number of Vines, the Quantity of Grapes Gathered, the Quantity of Wine and Brandy Manufactured, and the Number of Acres under other Crops, 00. 1-3'...... Gardens, and Ot·chards. 0 r.tl MA.iz& RYE AND B'ERB. !'EASE~ BEANS, MtLLE'l\ AND Sonomnr. r TuRNIPS. 1\IANGEL~WURZEL. Year ending pst Marell. Acres under Gross , -~-;.-:: Acres under Gross Average Acres under Gross A vemge Acres under Gross Average Acres under Gross Average ~ Crop. Produce. per~""' Crop. · Produce. per Acre. Crop. Produce. pe~ Acre. Crop. I'roduee. per Acre. Crop. Pro 0 z{. AGlUCt:JLTtJRA.t AND: tiVE STOCK STA~tlSTICS OF VICTORIA, xs65-6. ·, :r PROPORTION. OF LAND UNDER PRINCiPAL AVERAGE PRODUCE OF PRINCIPAL CROPS 'CROPS. IN EACH COUNTY. IN EACH C01JNTY. , ; , . . . . . TABLE 34 ..:-Sho~ing ''the ',P;oportion: to the Total TABLE 35.-Showing the Average'Produce per Acre .' Land in Cultivation of that placed under each of the of the Principal'C~ops, in ~eh County and Unsettled · Principal Crops, .iri each County. and Unsettled District,.a.nd in the entii:e during the Year :·District; and in the entire Colony, during the Year Colo~y, 1 ending JISt-Marc~, .. x866.· ' ending JI.st M~rch; ~ 866. : · ' I . PERCENTAGE TO TOTAL CULTIV+TtON OF LAND UNllER- AVERAGE PRODUCE 70 Tl!E ACRE OF- 'COUNTIES ~ND COUNTIES Ah"D DISTRICTS. Green DISTRICTS. Wheat.' Oats; lBarl~i. Potatoes Hay. Forage. Wheat. Oats. Barley. Potatoes. . ·nay. 0 .. .. ------' ' bushels. bushels. bushels. tons . tons. Anglesey ... 31'93 31.'42. "45' V' 3'54 2.6'40 .. 2.'12. Anglesey. ... 18·26 14'18 16·36 1'63 1,'07 Bourke '" 19'64 13'30 . 1'69 6·78 2.5'83 14'45 Bourke ...... 20'98 22.'2.2 23'96 2'22. ·g8 Dalhousie · ... 36'15. 32.'45 '38 . 6•38 13'64 ' 6'95 Dalbousie ... 20'50 2!'51 8·10 1'74 1'03 Dundas ... ~ 50'63 10'94 '70 4'94 2.0'2.3 T81 Dundas ...... '18'1.1 • 2.!:23 15'00 2'06 1:07 Evelyn ... '6~86. 12.'10 ·1'6' :1o·io. 10'70' 6'51 Evelyn' ...... 2.0'78 1.5'87 2.0'36 4'15 1'38 Follett -- .... . 2.0'16 1.171 '78' :i·33 39'5~ 9'30 Follett ••• ". 40'Iz 2.5'96 40'00 1'33 1'14 Grant ... i· ... 33'25· 15'24' "4'0'4. ;i'o8· 2.1 '77 7'43 Grarit . ::., · · 2 I'f;4 25'62. 2.'3'66 2'52. . 1'23 Grenville .... 1.8'99 :.6·16 1'94. . 5'37' 30'85 3'10 Grenville ... 1.1'23 2.4'00 2.1.·8'1 1'75 1'21 Hampd~n : ... 2.6'07 U'32 . r89 "3'95 II'53 43'34 Hampden ...... 19·88 20'45 27'11 3'11 1'32 : .. Heytesbury ..: ... 31'12. II'91 . ~'53 ih6 6'13 32'99 Heytesbury 18·87 23:31 2.1'30 2'79 1'78 Mornmgton ...... 18'12.' 18'67 '48 1S'68 16·48 -~21'99 Moriiingtou ... xg·oo 19'64 u·61 no I 'I 5 Normanby ... :36'91. 5'01. '33 3'59 . 10'2.8 ' 15'88 Norman by .. . 16·85 :1.1'13 18'44 2.'44 1'19 ~olwarth ... ·.. 2J"l4j 10'39 ·6x· 1'971 3:69 . 57'79 Polwarth. ... . 19'62. 2.4'60 . 23'91 2'34 .. 1'33 Rip,on ! ... 29'70: in6 ·'36 .., 5'62· 2579 3'34 Ripon 'C"'23'8'g- ·zs·26. '2.1'49' 1'44 . '1'2.9 Talbot ... 46'55. 2.7'12 .'33 • rs8 12'48 1'02. Talbot ...... 22'37 24'38 19'72 1'26 .. '98 1illie~ ... - 22.'36, 6·ss .. 1:4~ .1?'92. 5'8! '41'54 Villiers ... 1.1'44 25'21 2 9'~4 4'44 1'66 I I' .. ) -- Gipps Lar\d ... 39'82.' 19'8'6 . :' z·oJ_ I 6'07. 6'97 :1.1'38 (!ipps.Land ... z !I I - ...... , I • f • -r~· ' ,.. f I • . PROP.ORTio~:_Q.I; .P~CIP•L ·cRoPs RA~SE~ ·IN. EACH ·qo.u~'fY.: J ' • • i ' ...."l I - . . • • I ' '~AB~E .,36.-Showi\}g ~he Proportiqn of ~he Produce of each of the Principal!Crops raise!I i'n'each County and 1 1 1: ·· • ·' · • • .U1;1settled Dist~ict during the Year ending 31st March, x.866. ·, • I PEJ;tc_E>\TA<'E IN. EAC!I CcUJffY OJ;; TilE PRODUCE ~F"': couNTIES Ah"D msTincTs. : • t ~ • 'l • I ~ t,: , ' , • - Wl!eat. Oats. Potatoes. ' .Hay, ~- 11 Anglesey ...... '41 '49. '12. . .'17 '72 ···~ ~ourke .. . - 9'12 xo·o8 ·, · 2.0'49 1, t4~II ~20'46 :Oalbousie.. . .· .. 8'9:1- • 12'98' '2'09. . . s·6s 6'21 :Qunda!': ..~ 1"2.0 • '47 '31 '56 1'03 Jj)velyn '28 '94 '15 3'47 1'04 Fonett · ... • ''03 -.03 '02. .... ·ox ··o6· ,....g·So' ;12.'27~ .' I Grru:!.t· ·"; .. ;' '.: """ ~ .~ I ••• ·. II'43 fs-:ss · 15'7.4' (}reri.ville .. . :3'33 '5'25 '5'48 2.'15 7'40 ]Jampden ...... :; :::. .1'08 ·Sx 1.·45 1'08 1'16' .) -.~- . . Heytesbury · '67 '49 . '9i 1'79 • '46: 1\:fornington 'l ···:···~ . '.47 ''76 '34 3'14 '94 ~ormanby .. 2.'83 - '74 ·6z !'68 2'04 ~olwa.rth ... ..1'2.0 ;1·o4 ·89 '52. '48 Ripon · 5'83. '8'70 1.'46 2.'82 1 ~xo•ot · Talbot ]2·o8 31'60 '4'6o' 6'40 13'91. 'rilliers .... ! .. -5'29' 1.'81 IQ,'78 ' ;41;~4 3'89' .~ , Gipps Land 3'59 2'13 1'14 'Fhe Loddon l 2'65 '29 ns The Murra.y .. '9'03 .33 3'55 Rodney .. ~ ·z8 '01 '52 The :Wimmera. ·:.6 I. '18 l 1'86 :1 - ' 'l !• "I _,i' IOO'OO ,. ! 100•oo 11 ' :r. :. Total .. .:: 100'00' 'l ).~. .1 i : :;·~, ti LAND ·UNDER-VARIOUS CROPS,· AND PRODUCE RAISED BY EACH CLASS·OF HOLDERS •. TABLE 37.-Showing the Relative Proportion of Land Cultivated with Wheat, Oats, other Cereals, Green Crops, Hay, and other Tillage, and of Produce ·Raised on Allotments classified as to Size, in the Year ending' 31st March, I 866. ' < 11> jp WHEAT. OATS. CEREALS, EXCLUSJ:VE OF WIIEAT AND OATS. ~ ,0~·· ACru:AGE. PRODUCE. A.CliElAoE. PRODUCE. AcREAGE,.· PRODUCE. SIZE OF HOLDINGS. :8 l .s. - .... .a...... :>-ol:. <1:'.5 4) d 'l:l ~10§ !. Ea~ _a~ 11· ~~ ·~.l sa~ 4> =H ~ • = -· t:J : ""' ::I '~ ~ ~ H ~ • !tf 2S~~ ~ 8~-g :a~ &0 &r3 8~:;l ~ ~ ~ ·~ t+;l'a e ~ .~ oZ: ,~oS o~ ~....,:! E >0 ·~~ l .t 1 ,.. • _ ~'S.o · -~ P-..8 f: E-10 .~ P: Jt ~ ~'a? 0 ~~ 1_;_-=-ccl-___;,.,:._"-,-l..;..:..::....;c_+:--'---1--+-- -.------.-' bushel~. bushels. bushels. ' ·. ' 'busheis: bushels. bushels~ ·: ' tiushels. bushels. buShels. I acre to 5 acres... ••• ...... 259 ·i 9·6 4,852 187 'I 78 ·x 2'9 ·. 1,i8o 22·8 'I 29 '·2 · 1'1 576 I9'9 '2 -~ 5 ?' I5 , ...... ••• ... '1,916_ 1·1 15·6 37,503 19·6 I'l 916 '9 T4 21,618" Z:3·6 '9 258 2'1 2'1 ,4,739 I8'4 2'1 ti I5 " '3° ., ..~ ... ;.. ... -~ 4.977 2·8 24·3 103,623 · 2o·8 3·o 2,85o . -2·8 ,I3'9: 65,161 . 22·9 : 2·8 409 3'4 . 7,636 18'7 3'4 -~ 3° ,. · i 5° " .,. .,,• "' ... 8,595 4'8: 29·6 1691815 19·8 4'8 4,296 4'~ 14'8 95,796 . 22'3 · 4'2 640. 5'3 H,476 ,17'9 5'I 5° " 1oo , ...... 34,379 19'3 37'1 678,472 .19'7 19'3 2o,o6I I9'5 21'6 445,231 22'2 19·5 1,978 16·5 2'I 35,838 18·1 .. I5'8 ti.l, IO~. JJ '200 JJ "' "' ,,. ,.·, 60,73I 34'0 , 39'7 11I97,560 19'7 34'I 35,709- 34'7·. 2J'J· 778,349 ·21'8 34'2 3,638 30'3 2'4 66,633 18'3129'4 20~ . '». 350: " ...... ,., ,., ~ 38,42I 2.1'.5' 37'8 . , 779,334 ,. 20'3 22.'2- 22,365 21'7, . 2.2:0,. . 509,739 2?-'8 22'4. 2:>554 _Z.I'3 2'5 50,122 19'6 · 22'I ~ 35° ; "- 500 " ...... •.... u,48s' 6'4 34'3 2<;>7,953 I8'1 5'9 6,33If ~ .6'2 .. 18'9,·· .' 'I3I;478 '29'8 5'8 :' 778. 6'5 . 2'3 I 16,I92 '::.o·8 7'I 0 5°0 and Upwards ,., ••• - ••• ·... 17,865 IO'O, '2.1'0 335 II5 .I8'8 9'5 I0,2II , · 9'9 I2'0 2.30,3I6 22'6 10'1 I,733 I4'4 . 2'0 33,668 'I9'4. 14'8 "' 1 ~ Total ... LI/'.8,628 I 100'0 I 33'7 I 3,5I4,i27 197 1 IOO'o 1102,8I7 J .IOC!'O ~- 19·4 I 2,::.79,468 2.2'2. I 1oo·o 12,o17 I 1oo·o I · 2'3 I 226,88o_·1 I8'9 1 1oo·o . ~1-4 GREEN CROPS. . ! HAY• OTHER TILJ;-AGE. ~: . '" - ' . I 0 m AOR!!AGE. PRODUCE. ACREAGE. PRODUCE, AOllEAGE. SIZE-OF· HOLDINGS; oi ..!l. fo:;j • ' .. .!l = ' -::1' .. .-::;! ... ·' r ~ ':' § t'g_s • . ~~ ~ • . ti . ~ : .. ..:~~. ~ g . '""' d ~ ·Ja~ . § . ~ 5 ~ ~ ~ ~ .· ~ s ~ E-1 : • ~· ~ ..- . ' • . -~:E-1 • § ' :e i ;:::l~c!. ~-- 0 0 -::: •. 0 "'"'·'= "' fl- LAND PLACED UNDER WHEAT BY EACJI CLASS OF HOLDERS. TABLE 38.-Showing the·. Extent of Land pla!!ed under Wheat, on Holdings of different Sizes, in each County and Unsettled District, during the Year !lnding 31st March, 1866. - "- EXTENT IN AC!U:B UNDEf! WHEAT ON HOLDINGS OF- - COUNTIES AND DI~TRICTS. Total. 1\fore thlln S acres rs n.cres JO acres so acres ! too u.cres 2.00 acres ;so acres soo acres 1 acre and nnd under and under and under and under nnd under and uudef a.nd under nnd 1 ' under 5 acres. IS acres. ;o aoies. so acres. 100 aC:t:ei!· ' :2.oo acres. ;so ncrcs. sooacrcs. upwards. Anglesey ••...... 784 ... 14 10 7.0 194 286 135 35 go Bourke ...... 15,271 48 148 3ll 387. 2,406 4.9ll 3,228 1,148 2,687 Dalhousie ...... 15,3 I 6 20 100 384 971 2,i9o 5.3°9 3.555 1,182 1,505 Dundas ...... 7.,315 3 33 76 ISO ' 435 1,oss 217 81 235 Evelyn ...... 4~8 I 3 4 9 II9 '101 67 • 61 103 Follett ...... 7.6 ...... :t6 Grant ...... 19,013 38 400 . 1,287 1,284 4,102 s.sso 3,220 1,037 2,065 Grenville ... *••t ... 5.su 16 g8 143 ,316 1,365 2,152 1,048 108 276 Hampden .•...... 1,915 2 21 52 202 589- 629 239 68 II3 Heytesbury ...... 1,244 2 10 s6 62 141 575 356 5 37 Mornington ... . 861 . 20 :t6 107 171 47. 243 .. .. ". 3 249 Normanby ...... 5.900 27. 108 I Il9 I74 1,7.17 2,56o 1,091 Z56 353 Polwarth ...... 2,1·55 6 !6 26 97 431 1,008 454 II !06 Ripon ...... 8,582 10 38 109 291 1,736 3,184 2,754 446 14 Tal bot ...... 50,400 21 258 997 2,084 10,357 18,28 5 II,4tj4 2,493 4,4II Villiers ...... 8,66.5 29 387 469 648 I,6o3 3,054 1,729 363 383 ---- Gipps Land ...... 4,273 2 47 187 237 39° 1,043 I,IIZ 299 956 The Loddon ...... 13,770 32 106 3:1.9 7I3 2,782. 3.944 2,430 I,639 1,795 The Murray ...... 19,909 5 97 310 8oz 3,690 6,404 4.347 1,990 z,z64 Rodney ...... 1,571 ... 6 ':1.4 34 7.55 308 623 213 108 The Wimmera ...... 668 2 7.3 163 93 170 141 73 8 _: 95 : Total .... I78,628 I,916 i 60,73I 38,421 11,48 5 , ,86 ···I 259 4.977 8,595 34.379 ------7 5 Percentage ... 100'0 "I I'l 2"8 4'8 19'3 34"0 21' 5 6"4 10'0 LAND PLACED UNDER OATS BY EACH CLASS OF HOLDERS. TABLE 39 •..,.-Showing the Extent of Land placed under Oats, pn Holdings of different Sizes, in each County and Unsettled District, during the Year ending 3 I st March, I 866. I EXTE!'.'T IN ACRES UNDER 0AT8 ON 'HOLDINGS OF-- Total. COU.lo."TIES AN.D DISTRICTS. l\lore than S acres r 5 acres ) JO acres so acres too acres 2.00 acres 3So acres. I soo acres and· and under and under ; and under: und under antl.nnder and under and under and S acres. xs acres. 30 acres. so acres. roo acres. 2.00 acres. ;so acres. soo a.eres. upwards. ------Anglesey ...... 796 2 3 3 I8 22.8 335 625 so 37. Bourke ...... '10,337 9 I 36 264 261 I,765 J,6I 5 1,962 736 1,589 Dalhousie ••• ...... 13,752: 3 7I 204 soo 1,980 4,8o8 3,721 I,317 1,148 Dundas ...... 500 ... 10 8 '4 67 126 91 9 175 Evelyn ... • ...... 8zs 2 :1. II 34 115 II3 149 . 69 ' 330 Follett ...... 28 .I ...... 2.8 Grant ...... 8,716 19 285 I,ug . 956 2,015 1,916 1,101 289 916 Grenville ...... 4,983 3 37 178 246 1,~86 1,379 1,286 2.05 363 Hampden .•...... 9os ... 6 15 89 z6o 292 151 7 ss I2. 265 130 2 7.3 Heytesbury · '. ~ ~ ' " 476 ... 4 7 33 Mornington · ...... 887 I 5 22 18 . 108 2.20 2;p 39 232 Normanby ...... 803 I !8 4Z Jl 151 27I 155 42 97. Polwarth ••• ...... 967 ... :z. 13 47 147 ... 497 !63 7 91 Ripon ...... 7,849 3 32 :83 ·14I 1,628 3,164 ::.,325 416 57 Talbot ...... ::.9,542 7 IOZ 410, 1;124 6,707 I0,961. 6,408 1,244 2,579 Villiers ...... 2,538 IS ss - 125 153 45:1. 918 soo 120 170 Gipps Land· ...... z,IJI 4 JO ' 78 82 ' I86 590 556 109 '496 . The Loddon' ...... 2,411 7 17 "61 129 SOl 803 507 280 · 105 The Murray ...... q,629 z 6o 76 374 2,18I I 5,321 2,6I8 1,368 ' 1,629 16 61 137 7.0 25 Rodney ...... 402 ... 7 ! IJI ... s- I I 2 The Wimmera ...... 340 ... 4 26 51 119 I 54 38 46, ! · Total ...... '102,817 78 916 2,85o ! 4,296 zo,C?6I I 35,709 22,365. 6,331 10,211 : Percentage ... 100"0 "I '9 2'8 4'2 19"5 34"7 ZI"7 i 6"2 9"9 AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK STATISTICS OF VICTORIA, r865-6. 1.7 LAND PLACED UNDER CEREALS, EXCLUSIVE OF WHEAT AND OATS, BY EACH CLASS OF HOLDERS. J TABLE 40.-'-Showing the Extent of Land placed under Cereals, exclusive of Wheat and Oats, on Holdings of different Sizes, in each County and Unsettled District, during the Year ending 31st March, r866. EXTE..'Jff IN AcRES UNDER CEREALS EXCLUSlVE OF WHEAT A!.'D OATS ON.. HOLDINGS OF- ' ' COUNTIES AND DISTniCTS. 'l'otnl. acres More than 5 acres .I 15 acres ·I 30 acres .I 50 acres.\ 100 ncres.l ~oo acres 350 acres soo I u.cre and and under and under . and under . and under and under nnd under o.nd under and --- nnder s acres. IS acres. 30 ucres. so acres,. ! 100 acres. 2.00 acres. 350 acres. soo acres. upwards. . ' .Anglesey ...... x6 ...... 2 7 4 ...... 3 Bourke ...... 2.,451 I 43 So 8x 313 730 568 !81 454 Dalhousie ...... 969 ... 8 li 45 11 I 357 261 76' 100 Dundas ...... 37 ...... 2 5 x8 ... 2 10 2 12 Evelyn ...... ~ . 41 ...... 9 9 4 5 Follett ...... I ...... ••w ... I i x6o 1.77 461 Grant ...... 3,781 I 18 12.3 754 1,097 591. 'Z99 Grenville ...... 451 4 4 IS 8 62 'zoo 59 1.0 79 iiampden ...... 197 ... 2 -14 47 61 11 36 6 20 Heytesbury .•• ...... 83 ...... 10 IJ 40 14 ... 6 :M:ornington .•• ...... 109 ... I ... 3 7 15 21. ... 6I Norman by ...... So ...... 3 5 I6 2.1 16 6 I3 Polwarth ...... 96 ...... 7 8 54 19 ... 8 Ripon ...... 165 'Z 4 9 7 30 33 47 6 27 Talbot ...... Ss8 ... 2I 33. 37 I94 'ZI4 248 23 88 Villiers ...... 8I7 2 28 38 J6 12.1 239 22.6 73 54 Gipps Land ...... 278 ... I 10 7 20 57 I4I 9 33 The Loddon ...... 740 ... 17 IS 33 I33 221 I83 s6 79 The :M:urray ...... 726 'Z 2. 8 27 94 307 74 I6 I96 Rodney ...... 57 ...... •I 2 ' ... 42 I I ... 12 The Wimmera ... 8 5 I8 II :t ... I6 ...... 1-6-4 4 I ------Total ... I2,0I7 :t9 258 : 409 640 I,978 3,638 2,554 778 I,733 ... 1~ ------Percentage ...... IOO'O • '2 2.'I '3'4 5'3 I6'5 30'3 2I'3 6·s I4'4 LAND PLACED UNDER GREEN CROPS BY EACH CLASS OF HOLDERS. TABLE 41.-:---Showing the Extent of La~d placed under. Green Crops, on Holdings of different Sizes, in each County and Unsettled District, during the Year ending pst March, 1866. I" EXTE: COUNTIES AND DISTRICTS. Tom!. l\Iore than S ncres 15 acres 30 o.ores ;o acres 100 acres I zoo acres .1 350 acres ! soo acres ' 1 acre and and under and-under and under and unrter .and under and under and under ' and under 5 acres. IS acres. ;o acres. so acres. roo acres. ~oo acres. 350 acres. · soo acres. upwnrds. Anglesey ...... 88 2. 3 I 6 11 2.1 20 2 22. '406 827 . Bourke ...... 5,si8 i , 83 47I 323 I,643 I,035 270 760 Dalhousie ...... 2,73I 5 28 105 269 492 670 668 21.2 272 Dundas ...... 2.37 I 4 3 8 29 78 29 22 63 Evelyn ...... 735 I5 3I 7 39 I38 96 I94 62 153 Follett ...... 3 ...... I ...... 2 Grant ...... 4,512 86 348 593 597 947 97I 502 I 59 309 Grenville ...... I,073 6 32 So 92 'Z2J 276 271 32 6I Hampden ...... 291 I II 7 IS 41.. ss So 20 54 Heytesbury ...... 566 8 r8 2.8 30 73 u6 106 ... 77 :M:omington ...... 748 9 I 25 3I 40 88 198 154 43 16o Norman by ...... 589 2.0 26 13 38 96 2o6 83 29 78 Polwarth ...... I95' 6 I6 IS I2. 30 55 29 3 29 Ripon ...... I,772 II 30 36 58 394 574 366 I97 I06 Tal bot ...... 4.405 23 99 2.11 262 984. I,293 I,079 234 :no Villiers ...... 7,803 207 868 524 6oo I,o88 2,238 I,J38 4I3· 527 Gipps Land ...... 720 43 49 so 47 84 I7I UI 20 I35 The Loddon ...... 6IJ 6 19 5I 42 I40. 105 I:tl 56 71 The Murray ...... 3II ... IO II 7 57 92 6I 28 45 Rodney ...... 46 l 2 I ... 9 6 x6 3 8 The Wimmera 240 I 20 22 24 40 46 26 I ...... I ' 7 54 2 z,26o Total ...... 33.494 534 I >045 2,5I3 5.792 9,023 6,299 I,822 3,2o6 Percentage ...... I IOO'O I'6 6'J 6•8 7'5 IT3 26·9 J8'8 5'4 '9'6 No. I3, d." 0 ·~.8 ... AGRICULTURAL· AND; LJ:v:E· STOCK STATISTICS OF. '.VICTORIA, 1865-6• .., .. "··-' LAND._ P~ACEI> :UNDER.J:IA:Y BY .EACH JJLASS .OF HOLDERS.. I • •. TABLE 4z.-Showing the Extent of Land placed under Hay, on Holdings of different Sizes, in each County and c. • • : . • . . .·· . u nset'tled 'District, during the year ending J'I st March, I 866. .. . - - . . . . . ' ' ' ·• '•. • ~ • ~ ' ' - • '' ' ' ''' ' ' ... . ~ . > • ' • I I ExTENT IN AcnEs UNDER RAY ON HoLr:~rHlS oF- .• ' · COU)).'"TIES AND ·DISTRICTS. Total. Jl[ore than I s ncres I r s acres J 30 acres I so acres roo ncrCs Z:OO acres 350 acres soo acres L I ~~ acre and i and under ·and .under : and under n.nd under und under and under and under and ... 1 .. I ,.... ' " .. " un:der S acres. IS~u.cres. :· 3oucres.-.!· foncres. · 100o.cres. 2.00acres • 350 upwards. ' .. . ' acres. soo acres . Anglesey ...... I 648 ... 2 IO r 22o 126 I07 I29 ! . so 4 Bourke .1 ...... 29,07.9 I'23 779 904 1,144 2,j38 4o9 15 4.455 2,039 . 2;982' Dalhouse '. - ...... 5.77.9 ' . ·I •40 i36 416 11103 · I1882 1,266 386 549 Dundas' ...... 9. l ..... ~ 1 925. - ! . ~ '.I : I >IS ' 89 32 . I 1.5 · u6 So 17 460 Evelyn ..... '; ... ., •'•• . 730 I - 2 6 ·I I 27. 132 ' 159 . 89 139 ' I76" Fol!ett I 51 I ..... II ~ ~ I 22~ ... "••• ... - .. . 3 ... •')' ... ··15 ... I I Grant ...... 12,449-- 73 450 I: 747 ' 1,083 2.759 3,510 1,721 .623 ·1,483 Grenville .. ~~ ... 5,875. 21 . I 52 448 68"6 1,862 .. 1,057 949 I6o 540 Hampde~ ~::: ... 847 ... 30 . 24 103 . J72 92 ·251 ... : . . .. 17-5 ... Heytesbury:...... , 245 2 ... 6 26 25 107 . 30 7 •4-i Mornington ...... i 783 '3 "•7. 12 2 ·ss 143 t83 30- 348 Normanby ...... f,644 ·49 321 I 241 28! I ... 5 34 99 519 . 95· Polwart!:J. "" .... ~ ...... i 3'1;4 3 16 ·32 45 :S7 84 -29 ... 78~ Ripon ' ...... 7;452 13 40 ' 225 239 i,n.o 2,778' 11JU 574 502 Talbot ... "'... .-~.. 13,592: .28 '2<}6 ;710 971 2,657' 3,883 2,842 956 1,249 Vil!iers : ~ ...... t·?-50. . Z78 ·I 37 I 51 183 . . . ..; -5 !354 576 375 ···:3~~: ;. . I - ... l•.·· Gipps Larid ...... : 748 3 9 I JI 39 !132 I2I II7 ·-- 24 272 The Loddon ...... t5,632 .62 317 1;093. t,8oi 3>759 4,378 2,074 11044· 1,104 TheMurray· ·'' 3,82~ • :'4 ' 32 I-ll 257 : 6I7 I,o68 68 330. - 72i 1 ·-· 5 Rodney ·.:...... " i,5I4 2 ... 25 6o :223. 157 538 179: 330' The Wi.J.irrnera ..;. .... ~ ' 2,489 : 2 I06 146 249 ! i 592 I 340 • 276 6o ]IS y I --- I ~-:-1 . - Total ---- -· 2 6,85o 12,623 , ...... 97.9°2 ..353 .435 I 4>931 I 7.478 -_ 1~,666~~~ 17.475 ::r· .. ·• --- .. .. Percentage · 100'0 I ... I ... '4 ·2'5· s·o 7'0 12'9 . . ... , .. .. I .. I .. / 7'6 ~ :20'1. 267 17·81 LAND ·PLACED 'UNDER MISCELLANEOUS ·cROPS BY EACH CLASs.· OF 'HOLDERS. TABLE. 43.-,Showing t4e Extent _of Land placed .under all Crops, exclusive. of. Cereals, Green Crops, and l ''Hay, on Holdings· of different :sizes, in each ·Oountj and ·Unsettled· :01strict, duriq.g the Year endmg 31st 1\farch, 1866. ·' · ... · .. · ·: . · .- ·, , ' ·· · · ·· · · .. :FlXTENT IN AcRES UNDER 1t(JSCELLANEOUS CROPS ON HOLDINOS OF- COUNTIES AND DISTRICTs.,,, TotaL- More than 5 acres 15 net·es ~. \ . 30 acres So 'u.cres 100 acres :r.oo acres 3$0 acres .I soo acres .. \ .. ,, ... 1 acre·and and under and under and under nnd under and under and under nnd under and., ~on.cres 100 acres. 2.00 acres. 500 acres. upwards. ···-.--· ' • .,...... ¥ .. .. --·_ .. _.!und~r 5 acres. 15 acres; .. so o.cres. 350 acres. - .. - ~ I ! Anglesey ... ·. .:; ... 123 ... 5 ... 2 . 7 9 ,26 I 73 . Bourke ...... ; • 23,786 ~ 761' 2,639 2,397 2,051 2,497. 3,919 3,094 . 1,234 s,-194 • 22 Dalhousie ... :."'.t 3,821!.: 1,8· I ·'45 ; I 52 181' .754 6o6 229 1,~29 . t ... •. 2 Duri.das ...... ' .. . '.558: I8 I3 27 '91' 83 t6 SJI. 254 ~ 'u6 IOI 270 1,2_6.1. Eve_lyn ... ; ..... I .. 4,022_1 '33 74 698 941 528 Follett ... I ... . ···-- ' 20: 3 ···- ...... 17 Grant . ~ ... 8,705. IIO ' "43.1 512 1 I,395.. 1150I 780 2,?-68 ... : 7 5 993 Grenville ...... ~.142" . 6 '"22 56 28 182. 261 I64 I36 2~7, -. ; ••• + Hampden "••• ! ... : ... 3,19~• ' .. ... I % •• , ... 10 ... 31I8I ., I ~ Heytesbury •••...... 1,384 5 ...... 54 203 I I,I2I .6 ···' .1.37 Mornington ...... ~.364 1 --5 . I3 27 46 334 143 653 Nor}.nanby .,,, ... ' ... 6,970 56 ·.::\24 315 356 I 13I6 1,378 834 331 2,},6P Pohvarth ...... 5.554 9 . 24 ·-40 41 • 12'. II8 79 I 5,230, Ripon ...... : 3,074:' 20 ; :31 39 ss 338 '724 1112o 496 24~ Talbot _ ...... , IO,I2,i 129. '453 :723 821 . 1,382. 2,707 2,316 433 I,I 57 · 16.3. Villiers ,., ... ••• ..... 16,677 . .. 69 154 t66 81'4. 2,283 2,I94 1,025 . 9,8o9. ... , _10 j 86 12 2,1o6 Gipps Land ...... i,5Sx. ' 14 ·~46 55· 69 183 TheLoddon...... 6,758 ,. 12,0 .321 '463 726 1,24'5 1,642 8gl 445 .9°5 The M urray: ...... 3,924 40 'I32 ss 55 . 317 963 635 583 I,I4_lc Rcidney ...... '. ... 68I ' .... 12 ! .- 21 3 94 144 124 34 249 The Wimmera...... 876. i 49 'on . 84 123 1~4 i 74 57 2 25? ... .. I (( .. , : 5,«36. .,_ Total. .. .. _____1o;,;;s J. , 5.5°4.. 10,8381 '17,778 39,399 ·-. I .439 ""I 4i~~7- ' ------~~~~~ : Percentage ...... : loo·o ·I I:4 . 4~4 ; 4"8 5'2 10'•3 . 16'9 13'7 I 5'9 . 37'4 A:GRICU:LTlffiAL".AND ·LIVE ;STOCK .. STATIST!CS OF: VlCTORIA, r865-6. PRODUCE OF WHEAT RAISED BY EACH CLASS OF HOLDERS. TABLE 44.-Showing the ·Gross 'Produce 'of Wheat gro-fiti, on Holdings of:difFerent SiZes,..in each'County ~d V nsettled District, during the·~ ear ending 3 I st March,, r8,~6. ' " OF PRO~UCE ":I:IEA;T ORO~ 0~ H~:W~GS OF- . ' i ; COUNTIES AND DISTRICTS. Total. More tha.n ': ' acte.. and i I 5 acres ;o acres so acres too acres ' 1.00 acres JSO acres j soo acres 1 acre and· under i and under and under and,under and under and under and under i and .. under s IS n.crcs. 30 ~cres. so acres. 100 acres. :.eo acres. ·Jso acres. soo acres. : upwards. i .. ------: ·. ~ . I '. '. ' I I I bushels... b~shels. bushels. bushels. bushelS. buslie!S: .. bushels. ·bushels:· bushels. bushels. I Anglesey ...... 14,318 .. 295 zoo 3io 3,50~ . $,184 2,248 315 2,.250 Bourke ...... [' 32qr148 • 772 2,504 7,310 7,961 51,386 100,452 70,466 2o,s6s 59,032 Dalhousie ...... r·I ·314,oo8 · 470 1,851 6,9f0 20,727 45,634. 103>492 78,209 26,255 30,430 Dmidas...... ' 42,1.63 t 74 510 1,118 z,33i z,ssz:· .20,290 3,767 lj264 4.956 : z,s68 Eve_lyn ...... ~·. 9·72.7 35 ~5 233 ~,Ifo 1,687 1,447 1>455 I :?? Follett ...... 1,043 ...... "*'· .... ' ...... 1,043 Grant ...... 401.,859 8o9 8,946 3o,;ii'5 28,647 s 5,s5s II5,934 68,079 21,258 41 ,6q Grenville'...... ! u7,229 32'5 x,65x 2i952 5/i84 28,31i 47,604 '22,315 2,547 5,84o Rampdeu· ...... 38,o68 36 r '3$l ;8~4 . 4,622 rq,9,63. I2,5I5 5,556 1,380 x,84o Q 33 Heytesbury ...... ;' 23>478' 43 ir6 1;229 1,522 xo,so8 .5,73° 698 Mornington '6z :·*9.i. 884 ...... ~ ~~.361 ... 3i9 596 ,.7.3.. ~,889 4,803 s,cm ·~ . 366 r,868 x8,87o 6,963 Norman by ... ~·. ' 99>40.1 1>454 3,347 20,837·' 4i:,6I2 4,084 Polwarth ...... 4:i,279 J 63 174 i96 1,700 7,·5?.~ . 2~,919 7,935 154 2,470 Ripqn ...... 205,043 234 838 2,8~8 7,874 45,045. 7~,694 64,3'59 II,775 336 Talbot 266,670 86;779 ... - . .... ' . 1,127,264 : i98_ 5,306 21,149 :43,648 243,i82 · 407,587 52r145 Villiers ...... ' · ·· r85,i~?: . 733 9;344 I r;7,fl 14,847 3~,2~7' 68,516 34,696 7,317 7!37~ --- . '"I ' .. )., GippsLand ... '. · u6,i3~· :.t:<> 1,r27 5,109 6,025 10,79"5. 31.,4'!-o 33,618 8,325 28,753 ~" J 10,268 The Loddon ...... ' 9J,17{j• 359 i,190 . 2,984 5.533 1~>97;2 I 28,692 x6,342 7,836 Th.e Murray ... .. ' 31i,24Z 65 1,247 . 4,875 12,820 ' 5~>4!17. . 1oj:>,o78 68,727 35,753 . 38,x8o '8 .. Ro~ey ,••.• 1'.' 9• :1-9. ···. .., :~-8 : $101 229 · 1,423 1,417: 4.457 1,776 I .39$ The Wimmera ...... 9>249 .. .. .3£...... 323_ j... 958. . I 1I.f~ 1,926 . .. .~,oso ' 1,040 100 . 674 j 1 •" ;·,,, •• t ··,· ! . ' ' ' Total ~· ~, ' ' :..,4,8 37>5?3. 1j197;56o 779.334 207,953 335,115 - .. : =-· ~ J,s r_4;,2:.~i'. 5~:.:.... _ .103,§: f. ]69,s.r5 ~~>47_2 ~ _--~-- ... .. ~ ----~--~ --- .. :. . 1 l 1'1._ ---. f'ercentage IO?'O 'I 1'o 4'8 ;9-:i:-- 34'1 :1.2'2 '5'9 9'5 • • • ~l" .~ , ' f\f":'< .. ., . . . .. ' '(.. ' - , -· -'· ...... PRODUCE OF OATS RAISED BY EACH. CLASS OF HOLDERS. T.A.BLE 45.-Showing the· Gross Wodtice ·of Oats' grown; on Holdings of difFerent"JSizes~ in each County and 'f!nsettled J?isprict, during the Year ending 31st M~rch, I866. " • • ... '~ -·...... • ,; ' 1' -l"' .,. '/--~----~-~~·~~~·~--~·~·-~·~~~----~~·~·------~~--~_,,---~-.~---- COUNTIES AND DISTRICTS. · 1 ' ' · Total: - !>fore than ·is aci'es·ilnd xs acres 30 acres I so icres I Ido acres 100 acres 350 acres I soo n.cres 1 acre and · . under . and under and under and under and under and under and under i and · under s acres., 15 acres.. 30 n.cres~ so a.cre.s. 100 acres.\ 2.00 acres. JSO acres. soo acres.,: upwards • ... \' ... ------;------i . ! ~' t --- - -·- ~ ·bushels.- ·bushels. bushels. ·bushels. . bushels. . bushels.· . bushels•. . bushels •. .bushels. . bushels• . so Anglesey ••. ... · · 11\12871 • '25' •. 1o5· 130. 2,13.3 · 5,787 1,715 700 642 Bourke ... n!),683 J20 ' 2,936 5,164 ; 4,557 39,767 77.,258 44,7,38 r6,o87 38,856 Dalhousie ... ••• 295,836 50 1,430 .'1-.173 ,11,047 45,074 9i4o5 82,197 30,260 29,2oo Dundas ... ••• 1d,63:1.· 166 ·138 286 !,226 :;,o64 1,794 225 3,7.33 E"~Celyn ...... 21:,339 . 6o I ··55 235 793 z,no j,o33 3>453 1,840 9,100 Follett ...... 1 727 .... 727. Grant ...... ·••· · • 223,310 l .;;837 '31.404 z6,617 51.,8-56 49.436 · 28,538 6,153 21,105 Grenville .. . ••• ·. cH9,61;1 , 1,1$0· 4,003 6,265. 29,485··. ·34,203 32,726 4,550 7>IJO Hampden .. . ••• xS,s·xo· ..... ; 130 2.10 : r,86o 5,394. 6,J05 2,746 170 '•695 Heytesbury • ... ll,095' >100 • ' 170 I 210 I 77H 6,071 3,193 30 . 550 ... • L Mornington 17,42:1.• zo: .so 339 275 210<)2 . : 4,098 41626 Ss<:> 5,042 Normanby .... 16,967. 28. 3°7 -726 6os 3,1.74 5:·315 3,823 931 • 2,os8 Polwarth .. ;··i .. t z3;790 '10 248 8oo 3,j6o Ii,82J 4,286 .133· z.;IJO Ripon .. : •• : • 198;:~.44 : 1,065 '2,244 . J,i(i8 4I',o-r6: 78~212 59,zs8 II,950 - 1ji61:' Talbot ...... ·720,409 2,4,15 9·,070 25,545 162',704. 272,654 165,353 2$,047 57>521 Villiers ...... ·- ... '-·· 63;991·. 2,.1·58 . 3,285 4.7'70 ro,5·zs · 23',769 U,fJO 2,687 3;972 •t••. ·;,, 0• ! t:·( :, ~ L I Gipps Land The Loddon The Murray Rodriey ... The Wimmera Total . . Percentage ;o AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK STATIS.TICS OF. VICTORIA, 1865-6. PRODUCE OF CEREALS, EXCLUSIVE OF WHEAT AND OATS, RAISED BY EACH CLASS OF HOLDERS . . ' TABLE 46.-Showing the Gross Produce of Cereals, exclusive of Wheat and Oats, grown, on Holdings of different Sizes, in each County and Unsettled District, during the Year ending 3 I st March; 1 866. ' ' l'RODUCE OF CEDALB, EXCLUSIVE OF WHEAT AND OATS, GllOWN ON HOLDINGS OF---.. COUNTIES AND DlSTRICTS. Total. 1 More than s acres IS acres 30 acres i so acres 100 acres 2.00 ncrcs ~ 350 acres soo acres 1 acre and and under and under nnd unrter : a.nrl under and under nnd under ! ann umter nnd under s acres, IS years. 30 acres. so acres. xoo acres. 2.00 acres. 3SO acres. soo acres. upwards. ------bushels. bushels. bushels. bushels. bushels. bushels. busltels. bushels. bushels. bushels. Anglesey ...... 204 ...... so 44 8o ...... 30 Bourke ...... 45.912 25 579 1,296 I,357 5,53o u,g66 12,486 J,i47 9,526 Dalhousie ...... 12,379 ... 77 117 281 1,048 4,162 3,981 1.453 1,260 Dundas ...... 537 ...... 39 ss 214 ... 69 IJO Evelyn ...... 964 ...... 68 ... 125 194 so 215 31Z Follett ...... 40 ...... 40 Grant' ... ' ...... 78,440 347 2.754 3.359 5,371 i4,640 23.450 n,102 7.370 9,047 Grenville ...... 9>585 . 70 56 268 18o 1,397 4,482 1,147 280 1,705 Hampden ... ;...... 4,789 .. . 26 360 1,113 1,710 530 540 150 360 Heytesbury ...... 1,8Io ...... 200 493 688 269 .. . 160 Mornington : ...... 1,903 ...... 40 88 125 355 ... 1,295 Normanby ...... 1,384 ...... 6o 78 317 354 ... 314 136 125 Polwarth ...... 1,929 ...... 148 98 1,125 278 ... 28o · Ripon ...... 3,204 64 32 216 328 777 475 931 90 291 Talbot ...... 12,795 ... 165 359 476 3,089 2,8s4 3,405 286 21161 Villiers ...... 23,401 so 827 974 848 2,938 7,380 6,372 2,282· 1,730 --- Gipps Land ...... 10,524 ... 46 335 185 487 2,593 5,18 5 308 1,38 5 The LOddon· ... 3.504 ... 109 78 22.9 838 1,104 748 76 322 The Murray ...... _n,289 20 IS i • 38 490 I,863 4,662 1,679 I 330 3,192 Rodney ...... 290 i ...... 37...... 240 ~ .. . 18 The Wimmera ... 53 ..;oS f 31 271 1 I 40 i ... 2 ---997 I. 95 99 Total u6,88o 576 4,739 7,636 .II>476 35,838 66,633 50,122 16,19:1. 33,668 ...... i : Percentage ... 100'0 '2 2'1 3'4 5'I I 5'8 29'4 22'1 7'1 14'8 I t PRODUCE OF GREEN CROPS RAISED BY EACH CLASS OF HOLDERS. TABLE 47.-Showing the Gross Produce of Green Crops grown, on Holdings of different Sizes, in. each County · . and Unsettled District,,during the Year 31st March, 1866. . PRODUCE' OF GREEN CROPS GROWN ON HoLDINGS OF- COUNTIES AND DISTHICTS. 'l'otnl. More than I s acres IS acres I 30 ncros so acres 100 /zoo acres .1 350 acres soo n.Cres l acre and and under and under i nnd under and under and r! a.nd under :and under • and under 5 acres.: IS ncres. 30 acres. ; so acres. 100 acres. 2.00 acres.: 350 aercs. 500 ucres* upwards. ------~------1------tons. tons. tons. tons. to us. toll!l. tollil. tons. tons. tons. Anglesey .. . I44 2 4 3 11 3 38 40 3 40 Bourke .. . 15,545 !81 1,364 1,741 I,038 t,8o6 3,787 2,533 635 2,460 Dalhousie ..• 4.772 8 43 163 446 9I6 1, 149 1,203 4°3 441 Dundas ... 507 6 4 18 79 161 71 30 qS Eveiyn ... 3,072 51 115 24. 156 6oo 390 780 Z54 702 Follett · ..• ' 4 l 3 Grant ... 1 5,1 17 2 75 x,o65 1,741 1,864 3,131 3,341 1,942 493 1,265 Grenville •.• I,983 10 62 151 !82 383 552 496 33 114 Hampden ... 921 4 40 19 4Z III 189 289 56 171 Heytesbury ••• 1,862 22 49 88 II7-. 202 6os 315 464 Mornington ••• 2,613 28 73 93 !56 32o 703 481 140 619 Normanby ... 1,568 38 so 7.9 89 2 93 6o3 188 76 202 Polwarth ... 433 14 22 34 25 62 .133 44 9 go I,OII Ripon ••• .3 1I66 IS 99 37 103 599 783 373 146 Talbot .•• 7,078 u8 219 283 356 1,472 2,039 1,749 371 471 Villiers ..• 35.506 810 3,909 2,279 2 16u 4,f90 10,553 6,392 2,159 2,303 Gipps Land ... 108 560 The Loddon !6 392 The Murray 4 49 Rodney ... The Wimmera Total Pe~centage ... , -- AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK STATISTICS OF VICTORIA; tS65-6. 31 PRODUCE OF HAY RAISED BY EACH CLASS OF HOLDERS. Ta:BLE 48.-Showing the Gross Produce of Hay grown, on· Holdings of different $izes, in each County and Unsettled District, during the Year ending 31st March, I 866. ' J>RoDUCE OF HAY OHO\VN ON HOIJUNGS OF~ COUNTIES AND DIS'rlllCTS. 'l'otal. l\Iore than i s acres rs acres ·llo ne res so acres 1 roo acres wo acres ' acres soo ncres 1 acre and . and uuder and under and under and under antl under and nnder under nnd under sncres.! IS acres. JO a.c1·es. so acres. 100 acres. UXl n.cres. :iso acres. soo acre&, upwards. tons. tons. tons .. tons. tons. tons. tollB. tons. tons. tons. Anglesey ...... 695 ... 2 16 35 261 13:1. IJI 4 114 Bourke ...... 19,666 136 955 1,050 x,:z.86 2·494 4,297 4,714 2,020 2,714 Dalhousie ...... S,965 I 35 124 381 1,143 1,970 I,3S4 409 54S Dundas ...... 99:1.. 2' 12 I 53 32 66 II7 s2 1 I4 514 Evelyn ...... I,004 3 5 14 23 I65 202 II9 I64, 309 Follett ...... ss ... 7 "*• I ...... r8 ... 32 Grant ...... I 5,12.6 106 634 86I 1,300 3,ZS4 4.238 I :z.,o63 737 I,933 Grenville ...... 7,II4 :z.6 :1.07 557 788 2,069 1,427 I,I40 ISO 7:1.0 Hampden .•• ...... I,II9 ... 52 25. 94 I75 ' 333 127 ... 313 Heytesbury ...... 436 5 .. . 14 34 70 176 49 10 78 Mornington ...... 904 6 II I4 3 55 172 I99 3I 413 Normanby ...... 1,964 7 63 33 128 357 574 314 IlO 378 Polwarth .•• ...... 457 6 IS 37 56 77 108 43 ... II5 Ripon ... , ... 9,619 14 57 255 290 2,196 3,666 1,844 752 545 Talbot ...... I3,366 29 :1.64 6o8 8z6 :z.,627 2,911 944 1,449 . 3·~~: i Villiers ...... 3.740 1 213 214 632 667 362 -- . 9 39 554 Gipps Land ...... 1,097 2 rs 41 70 171 202 ISO 22 394 The JAJddon ...... 7,091 48 189 599 876 1,655 I,930 842 6u 340 The Murray ...... 3.405 5 43 ss 194 554 966 665 243 65o Rodney ...... 502 I ... :1.3 16 87 43 105 54 73 TheWimmera ...... 1,781 I 70 86 . . 211 368 ! 316 210 _I 24 495 Total ...... 96,101 407 2,775 4,So8 6,858 18.476 I :1.5,527 I7,877 6,692 u,68~ Percentage. ... IOO'O '4 2'9 )'0 7"1 19':1. 26·6 x8·6 7'0 13'2 AVERAGE- PRODUCE,-DECENNIAL RETURN. TABLE 4.9.-Showing the Average froduce per Acre of ea~h of the Principal Crops during the last Ten Years. AVERAGE PRODUCE PER AcRE ·oF- YEAR ENDINO 31ST 1\IARcn. : \Vneat. Oats. Bnrley. Potatoes. Hay~ bushels. bushels. . bushels. tons. tons. 1857 23"2 :z.5·6 31'1 1"2 r6 1858· 20"7 31'0 :z.8·9 2'4 1·8 1859 20'0 27'9 21'4 3'6 1'3 I86o' 21'4 ' 28"3 23"9 rS 1'4 r86r :1.1'5 30'5 10'3 3'1 r6 • 1S6:z. 18·3 :1.3"5 19"9 2'1 I'2 18·6 r863 ' :1.3'1. 20'9 . 2'0 1'I r864 9'0 :1.3"0 16'8 . 1'7 1'3 1865 15'1 18·7 16'3 1"9 I'1 1866 19"7 21"1' 22"3 2"6 1'0 AGRICULTURAL 'AND LIVE STOCK STATISTICS· OF VICTORIA, 1865-6. PROPORTION· OF PRINCIPAL CROPS TO TOTAL CULTIVATION.-DECENNIAL RETURN. ·TABLE so.-Showihg the Proporiion.to th~ Total Land under Tillage of that under each of the Principal Crops . _during the last Ten Years. - - PIIOPORTION TO TOTAL Lil.'D 0!1LTIVATED OF TllAT UNDER- 'l:':EAR ENDING 31ST l\IARCR. J ·• Wbeat. Oats. Potatoes. lln.y.' Groon Forage. I J l ----~--· ~TO~- --· per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. I 18_s7 44'5 •13'9 1'2. .. 9'0 z.8•8 .'4 1858 36'6 16'9 'z.•z. 8'7 31'7 2.'5 1859 z.6•z. 25:9 . . ;1'8 ' 1o·o . 28'9 ... 2.'9 ' 2.9'8 25'I - 1'1 4'2 186o ' 7'7 27'4 x86r, 38'4 20'6 1'o iI 5'9 21'7 3'8 •. ' r862 44'8 20'7 I ·8 I 6'2 . J6'9 . 3'8. I 21'9 6•z ... J863 34'8 ·' i2r~ ' :1'5- 5'3 r864 29'4 30'0 '~'5 5'4 19'0 7'0 1865 26·1 · 30'1 '1'6 6·s ' 17'8. 8'3 - 1'3 6'9 18·5 10'5' 1866 337 :19'4 c ' I -· AGES OF VINES. . . TABLE 51.-Showing the Number of Vinos of different Ages in each County and.Unsettled District, and in the entire Colony, during the Yea],' ending 31st March,_ I 866...... ·. , ., .. ,: ,. NtmBU AND :t\GES 011 Vni:Es, · ...... • , ~ ~' ' . ' .. .. COUNTIES AND DISfRICTS. ' - -- • 1- I . . •' ." fYearsand .. l Under 1 Yoo.r.,. · 1 to~ Years. ~to 3 Yeat'S. l upwards. Unspecified. Total. ! ... ' .. "' I : ·- ~- - ' I Anglesey ...... ' ...... 112oo z.,3oo 7,400 10,900 Dourke ...... 191,150 203,200 28~,910 563,802. 51,700 1,292,762 Dalhousie ...... 7,6oo 1,453 .ro,6oo 18,no 8,ooo 46,423 ...... ' Dundas ...... 4:9.?. - 1,65_~ .. 1,226 14,330 .. . .17,696 Evelyn ...... 104,500 193,1 12 414,8oo 26o,6oo 12,000 98s,on Follett ...... so .. . 50 a a~, lOO Grant ...... d6,Ioo 470,2.60 316,oo8 1,259,364 .40.500 2,312.,232 Grenville ...... :. i. 4,2oo ·Il,900 51 1150 15,5oo 1,5oo 84,2.50 Hampd~n ...... :z.o,ooo ...... ~,coo 23,000 .. "' ' Heytesbnry .. , . ... , ...... , ... ~ ' . .... - . .. . ·..· . 6,610' J,400 6,ooo . 76,o2o l:l:ornington ...... """'r .. 2,5~'? 59.500 Normanby ... - ... ·.••• 7,40Q .. . 2,29'? . ·- 6,8 5'?. II,050. 1,ooo z&,soo l'olwa.rth ...... 1,300 4,5oo 350 ,.5,100 so II,3oo Rip on ...... ' ...... 7,65o 16,264 I5,J30 51,312 ....• -- . 90·956 I Talbot ...... 94,250 I 35,5JO. 6o,1oo 2 ~ . ' , •• !.::..: Villiers...... : n,ooo '" 8o 40;61o ... 52,690 . I ... , . --- I .. ~ .Y.: 1 ' Gipps Land ...... ,&,ozo 2,770 .. 1,700 3,6oo I,ooo . 17,090 The Loddqn ...... ·...... 93,44°. I ;42,355 . .. 176,575 S66,7,I5 'I••• 779,085 The Mur;ay ...... 71/,460 298,924 199.2.10 83~.;7-36 2,500 . ~,fl 5,330 Rodney ...... -99,072 6,o68 42,632 35>992 70,200 244,964 -.218,8z.8 The Wimmera ... '••• ~ ...... nq,Soo 35,360 28,430 3_4,,2.38 ... - Total ' ...... 1,035.942 1,564,206 1,6xo,951 3,781,,1~9 207,350 r· ~~~99,618 AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE 'STOCK STATISTICS OF VICTORIA, 1865-6. I AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS.-NUMBER. TABLE s:z.-Showing the Number and Description· of Agricultural Impiements and Machinery in operation . upon Farms and Stations in each Colility and Unsettled District, and in the entire Colony, during the Year ending 31st March, 1866. · · · COUNTIES AND DISTRICTS. NAJ\l:ES Total OF IM.PLEl\fENTS. . of , ~ VIctoria. - ~ On Farm" and Land Ml attacl!Rd to Squaui11{1 S/tar(m:;. Steam Engines · No. . •&7 . 15 1.3 •s 1. ·.I 2 .. IS, . 4(5 9 9 4 19 10 Steam Engl!)es •• Horse-power 1,31:2 "5 163 <}6 IS u !8 11.3 JSZ 74 88 1.6 . 147 Chaff Cutters No. 2.,4Z4 II 447 1.49 ITO 11.) ,4 Z1 . 5· IS 181 ' li94 87 166 "7 57 Cheese Presses ·zs z 10 ...... ! 6 l Cider Presses 3 ' Clod Crushers 4 z I •• Corn Crushers 84 '7 6 4 9 IS I4 6 Corn Shollers z Cultivators 37 19 I .• • Z 4 Drays 19,512 89' 4,o69 1,37:1. '21.4 348 IS 1,331 617 ... zi6 SJ7 s67 :1.39 5SZ ~,II6 1,38:1. 391 I,li91 Grape.lllills ,., Gruhbers .• 6s 6 ,s Harrows, .. 1:1.,678 4 I,S79 470 94 171 440 •1.9 f96 ~.939 864 Harrows (Drlll) :1.7 8 4 6 8 Hay Elevators 14 II Hay Press .. ' I Hay Rakes (Horse) 374 16 8 4 ·~ 4 6 7 Horse Hoes 1:1.3 1 ... 13 14 4 Horse Shovels z 1 B or.s_c Works ' 713 31 8 3I I, 64 171 ... I01 43 zs Irrigo.tlon Works '5 7 5 Land Scoop I Mowing Machines 83 tS 7. 11 z 1. 7 Ploughs 14,995 66 3,15Z I,I8t 7.0) 30S s. I79 311. 447 I76 645 Z,6SJ 1,139 344 1,083 n8 104 Ploughs, Vineyard 1 Potato Diggers .. 6 ·; I t Reaping ll!aohlnes I,fl9o 6 :1.18 4 sz s6 7 6 7 .. 174 . 7l6 7 37 IZO 156 9 Rallers ••. ss• .471 6 13S ,7.6 7 I4 96 . 513 35 1 ~I 3 10 39 Root Cu ttel'!l .. ; • n .. , 9 Scnrlfiel'!l ... · .•449 6 4 73 55 10 4 Scuffi.ers •• l Seed Drills ·. 66 I6 6 zs Sowing Machine .. ;, 1 Strippers .• ' 7 s 6 9 71 1 .. Threshing Machines 99 36 13 ·U. ·l gS 25 1 19 ll 6 38 95 7 Thistle Cutter 'r o bacco Press ., Turnip Cutter I Waggons .. SJ 54 44 .3 16 Il4 7.8 I8o · 4I8 74 6 41 Water Powers I I Weighing Machines 8 16 ... 9 61 Windmill •• ) " •• . I Wine Presses 104 13 4 34 ,, 8 3:1. 10 Wln,;owing ::ifachlnes 883 IS4 10 g' ·.. IO'] 33 .. 3~ ISS 79 ss 39 7 Woof Presses •• IS· ·'·· 7 1. 1 5 Steam Engines No. 8 4 I Steam Engines .. Horse-power 7:1. 47 16 6 Chaff Cutters. No. 54 ·1. 4 10 Corn Crushers s ···' 1 •• . Cultivators 7 Dr-.;ys SSJ 41 I3 so 16 6 'Z7; I9 54 6! lOS 88 18 lll •l 8 l• 7 '4 'l ll jO 41 10 Harrow (Drill) Hay'Rakes (Hqrse) 10 . I .6 . 1 Ror~e Works IS Irrigation .works Land Scoop . Mo.wing Machines 7 1 .. 1 Ploughs ' 469 zs 9 H 9· 6 I3 15 J1 4 33 I3 47 . ;8 ~ 7' 14 11 Reaping Maclti~cs 15 3 1. z .. :1. 8 I .. Rollers ' JO ,I • • I I •. 2; 7 8 1 1 Root' Cutters Scar!fters •• lO Strippers .. 6 ThreShing Machines . 14 'I 1 Waggons .. '7 I 4 Weighing Machines 7 ' 6 Wine Presses 4 .. ,. 1VInnowing Mo.ehlnes 11 "! Wool Presses .. ., .II I" ••. I' .. 'I .. I ·'I .. NOTE.-The collector for Bampdeu o!lly made retUl'llll of the value, but omitted to make those of the niunber and description, of ugrlc!lltur!lllmplements and machinery In tl:ui.t co1Ulty. • . · AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK STATISTICS OF VICTO:j:1.IA, x865-6 . . AGRICULTURAL, MACHINERY AND IMPLE· HANDS EMPLOYED.-GENERAL SUMMARY. MENTS.-VALUE. · TABLE ss.-Showing the' Number of Persons of both TABLE 53.-Showing the Value ~f. the Agricultural sexes Employed upon Farms, and the Number upon Implements and Machinery in operntion upon Farms Stations, during the Year ending 3 I st March, 1866. and Stations i~ each County and Unset.tled District, and in the entire Colony, during the Year ending NUMBER OF HANDS EMPLOYED. DESClUPTIOX m• HOLDINGS. 1 31st March, I866. · . . Males. I ~'cmnles. Total. Y ALUE OF AGltl:CULTUflAL lMPLE· Holdings unconnected with sta-} 12,869 46,or6 ~(ESTS AND l\lACHTNERY. tions ••• ... . 33,147 Stations • 6,799 2,336 1 On Farms ...... 9· 35 COUNTIES A~D DISTRICTS. and Land On not Squatting Total. Total ...... 39.946 15;205 55,151 attached to Stations. Squatting Stntiolll!. ----:----:-----.:.._-1---,.----- £ £ HANDS EMPLOYED ON FARMS. Anglesey .•• 2,614 3443 TABLE s6.-Showing.the Number of Persons of both Bourke ••. • •• 117,496 .II7,496 Dalhousic ••• 46,812 198 47,010 5exes Employed on ·Farms in each County and Un Dundas .. . 8,414 1,420 9>834 settled District, and in the entire Colony, during the Evelyn .. . I 3,378 1,500 14,878 ·Year ending 31st March, 1866. Follett .•. 343 . . 1I5 . 458 Grant ... 75.559 624 76;rs3 NUMBER OF li&"'lDS EMPLOYED. Grenville ... 21,889 330 :.12,219 COUKTIES A}."D DISTRICTS. Hampden .•• Mules. Females. I Total. .4.513 4;513 , ____ Heytesbury ... 7,461 s;331 Morniilgton •..• 10,900 u;7r2 Anglesey· I 150 Normauby ...... 149 2.0,194 ·1,952 :1.2.;146· Bourke ' ...... 7,169 2,255 9.424 Polwarth ... 6,313 105 6;418 Dalhousie Hipon ...... 1,925. r,I29 3.054 51 >916 ',1,408 5M24 Dundas ...... 730 107 837 Talbot ••• 152,177 . 1,778 I5Ji955" Evclyn 2 Villiers ...... 571 354 9 5 44.345 s,64z 49i987 Follett ...... 35 7 42 \. Grant 6,z86 Gipps Land •.• ...... 4,369 1,917 ... 19,279 1,962 . 2Ii241 Grenville ...... 1,366 434 r,8oo The JAJddon ... 11.,131 412 12i543 Hampden 380 I 56 The Murray ' ...... 536 70,049 2,8:z. 3 72;872 Heytesbury ...... 312. 174 486 Rodney ... s,4o8 540 5i948 Mornington .. : The i.Yimmcra ...... 924 570 1,494 13,397 I . • 1,373 14;770' Normanby ...... 1,144' 543 1,687 Polwarth ...... 358 137 495 Total Ripon ...... 1,487 . 184. 1,671 'l'albot ...... 4>45l z;oo1 6,,453 Villiers ___...... 2,126 1,o76 3,zo2 Gipps Land ...... 667 94 761 The I.oddon ...... 2,2.38 674 2,912 'CROPS REAPED BY MACHINERY. 'l'he'Murray ...... 1,934 . 953 2,887 l08 Rodney ...... 40 1 248 TABLE 54.-Showing the Extent of Land. Reaped The Wimmera ...... 6o3 63 . 666 and Mown by .Machinery upon Farms and .Stations .. in each County and Unsettled District, and in· the .. Total ...... 33,147 12,869 ~-~6,o16 entire Colony, during the Year ending pst March, r866. ·.. · · · HANDS EMPLOYED ON STATIONS. LAND REAPED AND MoWN BY .MAcHINERY* , • TABLE 57.-Showing'the Number ·of Jiersons of both OOU!\TIES ASD DIRTRICT~. .. On ' sexes Employed.nn Squatting Stations iu each Crowp On Fnrms. Squatting I Total. Lands Comniissioner's District, and -in the entire Stations. ---,----- ..Colony, during .the Year ending 31st March, I 866. ·acres. ··acres. acres ... Anglesey 585 "585 NmmEn OF HANDS EMPLOYED. }lourke 15,069 xs,o69 PASTORAL J?ISTRICTS. 1 ,••• Males. ' Females. Total. Dalhousie 16,944 so' 16,994 Dundas 243 35 . ·278 Rvclyn r8z .. J82 Ararat ...... 391 152 543 J.'ollett ... · 17 .. 17 Ballarat '...... 157 91. 248 Grnnt 2,s6s- z,s6s. Beeehworth ...... 343 II3 456 Grcnville 4.376 4.376 Benalla .. ; .•• .. . 5si 191 . 773 Hampdcn Castlemaiue ...... 299 141 440 , Heytesbury .•. 304 .. 304 Echuca .•...... 587 124 7Il ~fornington ... 52 .. 52. Qipps Land North ... ~ ... . 150 49 199 Normanby 305 17 .322. Gipps Land South .. • .. . 129 48 177 Polwarth Gisborne ...... JZ2. !2.0 442 Rip on 17,606 . 45 r7,6SI. Grant ...... •.. 218 101 319 Tnlbot 70,597 z8 7(),625 Melbourne ...... '96 44 140 Villiers 337 .. 337. Omeo ...... 61 ss Portland, ...... 488 2Il 699 --- Settled Districts • ...... 141 30 IJI Gipps Limd ... 2,6jo 25. i,6ss ' The Loddon ... 12,131 412 12,543 Swan Hill ...... 12.1 21 142 The :Murray · z.o,o83 s8o 2o,663 i-Varrnambool ...... 893 . 301· r,194 Hodney 1,354 :r:,3s4 i-Vimmera East ...... 652 200 852 TheWimmera 203 28. 231 Wimmera West and Hamilton .. . 1,169 375 1,544 r 1'otal ... j.r6s,~ 1,237 I16~,8~3 'l'ota.1 ~.--...... ,..__~~'111'10'.~ AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK STATISTICS OF VICTORIA, I865-6. 35 LIVE STOCK.-GENERAL SUMMARY. TABLE 58.-Showing the Number of·Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs, upon Farms, and the Number upon ,Stations, on the 3 I st March, I 866. ' DESCRIPTION OF LIVE STOCK. DESCRIPTION OF LAND. CATTLE. Horses. Sheep. Plgs. •rota!. Exclusive of llfilch Cows. llfilch Cows. Total. Farms and land unconnected With stations ... 88,591 IIJ1ZU. zz9,o57 34z,z69 1,5221JOI 6g,763 2,022,924 Crown and alienated land connected with stations 32,460 28,723 250,345 279,068 7,313,079 6,1o6 7,6J0,713 Total ...... 121 1051 141,935 479.402 6:z.1,337 8,835,380 75,869 g,653,637 LIVE STOCK ON LAND UNCONNECTED WITH STATIONS. TABLE 59.-Showing the Number of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs, k~pt upon Land unconnected with Stations, in each County and Unsettled District, during the Year ending 31st March, 1866. DESCRIPTION OF LIVE STOCK. COUNTIES AND DISTRICTS. CA'I.'TLE. Horses. Sheep. Pigs. Total. MUch Cows. Exclusive of Total. MllchCows. I ------' . Anglesey ...... 536 510 738 1,248 896 413 3,093 Bourke ...... 14,973 Jo,ng 32,197 62,326 286,273 12,365 375.937 Dalhousie ...... 4>642. 6,645 II,408 18,o53 17,166 3.559 43,420 ' Dundas ...... 1,483 1,251 3,6os 4,856 72,909 629 79,877 Evelyu ...... z,o39 3,007 6,gg3 10,000 2,735 1,o:z.9 15,803 Follett ...... 190 76 534 610 1,571 35 2,406 Grant ...... 91100 14,930 24,722 39,652 ~78,52.3 9,oss 336,360 Grenville ...... 3,541 5>756 15,613 21,369 261,965 2,465 289,340 Hampden ...... 2,087 1,819 9,5ss 11,404 · 47,5o6 1,075 62.,072. Heyteabury ...... 11,?09 11177 4ti95 5,372 3,035 765 101181 Mornington ...... 4.751 2,883 11,256 14,139 26,58o 1,283 46,753 Normanby .•• ...... 3,173 31103 9,662 U,76S 77.417 1,302 94,657 Polwarth ·1 ...... 1818 I,Z97, 10,593 II1890 38,471 1,227 53.406 Ripon ...... 3,012 3430 6,279 9.709 74,744 2,8o8 90,273 Tal bot ...... g,8g3 8,494 zo,488 z8,98z 46,6::~8 10,69z 96,195 Villiera ...... 6,648 6,:z.z8 Z4,!45 3°.373 2li,396 9,014 267,431 --- Gipps Land ...... 4,091 2,701 13,224 I5,925 I 7,336 2,322 39.674 The Loddon ...... 3.558 7,265 7.2 73 14,538 :n,246 3.498 42,840 Tbe Murray ~ ...... 8,374 8,249 9,013 17,262 4,847 3,395 3J,878 Rodney ...... 79:1. 1,334 2,u6 957 .6,344 648 101075 Tbe Wimmera ...... z,716 3.470 6,:z.oo 9,670 14,713 :z.,I$4 29,253 Total ...... 88,$91 II3,2U 22 I 9,057 342,269 15U,JOI 69,763 2,022192.4 No. 13, e.* AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK STATISTICS OF VICTORIA., 186)-6. LIVE STOCK ON STATIONS. TABiE':66.-.::Sbowiiig. the Number of Ho;~es,. Cattle; Sheep~ ana"Pigs, kepi upon· Squatting. Stations'%'' each . ~ ,~.- ,. ... , Crown Lands C_o~~~si~~:r's District ·during the Year ending 31st Ma~c~, 1866. · 'i ,,...... LIVE STOCK • I ------·---- CAi'l'LE. PASTORAL DISTRICT~. : J. '•. Horses. . . Sheep • Pigs. Total. ·~ ,,_ .... _...... "'•-""-• ·~ ~',...... ->\ .; ...... ""' r.·. ·~-· '""-"'+ .. ."' ~'\ ~ i • r· ....;:· _STATIONS.-,-NllMBER AND EXTENT. T.AiLE 61.-Sh~wi!lg the ~umber. of Squatting Stations in each Crown Lands. C9mmi~~ioner's District, an~ th!'li,r . · .. Extent, }?oth as regards Crown andPurchased Land, during the Year· ending 31st March, 1866. .. • .~ ;. ·.~ ' ' .,... ~·. •:' •• ''' ' Number of Acres of ,. Number of Runs PASTORAL mSTRICTS; ' Number of Runs. Crown Land embraced with l'urcliased Land ' . lnRu!lll. nttac~Jed. Ararat .. ,, . . 254.908 ' 2.5 362,909 . ~-- . ... 7,7 ' ,·Ba_l]arat ,23 171,826 ; .1.5 135.531 .. Beechworth ' 79 1,466,875 43 . 29,176 Benalla ...... 106·• 3,286,099 so 79,172 -~Cas1)emaine ,.,,_ 64 ... 1,sss,783 38 162,345 . Echuca · 55 2,224,86o 38 60,797 l qo • ~Gij:)ps Land North :······ 42"i s,o8 .17 '31,159 ... -~·;ss 9 57,810 .· Gipps Land Soll~h ... ;:•,"• {. ·24 Gisborne. .:. .. 1~.' 8i:6,z36 33 56,n7 Grant 35 .124,386 28 232,838 Melbourne .. 36, 294.916 22 33.571 oriieo 26 8~9,o6o 6 1,894 ... .. ' ,lr' ·:Portland ... ••.• ·' '. 9J 1;163,893 so 186,6gs· Settled Districts ' 6s 440,000 2.0 :3.394 Swan Hill ... 86 6,4-s6,995 8 3,760 1,1o3,394 ·• Wli.rrnambool ' ... :::.·I 73 · •. sii,887 77 -Wimmera East . · ... ·i 65. 2,288,681 30 47,647 '• winimera West and Hamilton .... 146: s.592,942 ·" 71 268,091 ., : 2 856 300 Total·. ... ·-1 I,us_,.. 29,354.436 I·, .595 1 1 ""•"f'<;;•· TILLAGE AND PRO.DUCE. DETAIJ..~ED TABLES. ***,COUNTIES AND UNSETTLED DISTRICTS ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. • --- ·- AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK STATISTICS OF VICTORIA, 1S6s-6. 39 COUNTY OF ANGLESEY."'-( 1.) TABT,E 6:z.-N umber of Holders of Purchased Land, and of Crown Lnnd Rented for other than Pastoral Purposes, the Extent of their Holdings, the Quantity of Land Enclosed, and of that under Cultivation, _and the Extent under each Description of Crop, in the Year ending 3 I st March, 1 866. EXTEXT OF LAND IN I OCC"C'l' ATIOX. EXTENT OF LAND UNDER EACH DESCRIPTION OF CROP. ~ ~ CEREALS, GREEN CROPS PURCHASED LAND~ I d' · ;:::: 1' B · (Enhutve of!luket GREEN FORAG~. 0TBEU CROPS, NA1i!E I! IUiJ J ! ti.. l .."l U" -·~·-' ~·0; ,I ' I OF PLACE. i :s .s ~ ~ or~ .: .. ~ I ~ otD _ 'S 'S rh • • u;i ~ ~ii ~ ~i ~ 0 ~ s~ ~~ :so 'Ji:~ 3o !..! !M ,;:;g c: ~Q ~-c~ so ~o I ce:~ ~o ~ >;>~e~ .~~ 5Joo~! 3o ~::> ~.::: rEd ,g~ 2o '8 [7< ~ • ;t; ~ E-< E-< ii; "' )::: 0 l':l ""§ e< _.,_. )1:l e< ;::: O."l ;;\ .,_.\!> !'+. e< p; 0 0 e< ~ ------[--acres.== ncs. ==acres.!= aes. a. n.cs. acres. =1= acres acs. ncs. n. ll.<$, a.-: '!l. a. a. n. a. Avenel (part ol)a 16 :~.,:z.6o 574 :~.,834 • . 2.,834 :~.,71.1 678 "-40 325 .. • . 565 8 1 9 76 ...... 4 s 9 19 Emu Hill .. 1 .. 16o 16o .. 16o So 6 .. 4 .. .. 4 1 .. 1 ...... 1 .. . • . • 1 .. Klliingworth .. :1. :1.47 .. •47 .. •47 :1.47 49 8 ...... 8 10 . . 1 10 30 .. • ...... 1 • . . 1 .. l\!angnlore .. 9 SJS 538 1,073 •• 1,073 910 335 as I7S .. 4 304 10 .. 10 !8 I I .. • .. • . I . .. I •• l\Ierton (part of) a 10 700 90 790 41 831 663 81 .. 18 . . . . 18 .. • • • . 6o ...... • .. . . • . : J .. 3 •• l\Iolesworth .. • 13 S 18 • . 18 14 S .. ~ •• .. "- .. .. •• 3 ...... • .. , •• ...... l\lurrundindi .. 1 84 84 168 .. 168 168 w -- . . •• I ·· .. 3 · · 3 17 .. •• · · .. .. • • ·• .. · · .. Seymour .. 16 647 145 79• .. 79• 62.8 386 151 38 4 I 194 6 • • 6 181 . • . • ...... 3 1 4 •• Tallarook .. 11 1,018 46S 1,483 .. 1,483 98~ ' 335 164 130 .. · .. 194 5 .. S 3S • . •• ...... • . 1 .. 1 .. Thornton .. 1 •• .. . . [18• 18• 3: I ...... I . . I . . •...... • - •• Wyndhnm .. s 117, , 8 I~S . . 1~5 r•s ' 7 .. . • .. . . 3 • • 3 4 .. .. • • .. . • ...... • Yen .. .. 1• 1,s•7 110 1,737! .. 1,717 1,2.37! 110 z ~• s . . "-9 13 .. 13 63 ...... • ...... s Stations • • 31 :1.6,586 40 16,6:1.6 .. 16,6•6 1.0,974, 94 8z 1 .. 178 •7 .. "-7 16o .. •• 1 I 13 10 7 44' 1 so ·so S Total .. "' ';;: '·'" ··,~· "' I''·"""" 1...,, ·~ ~· " ' '·"' ~ ' ~ '""I ' ' -;:-1 ,. . ' .• " .. ,, (a) Remainder In the ll!urm.y District. COUNTY OF ANGLESEY.-{ 2.) TABLE 63.-Gross Produce of each Description of Crop in the Year ending 31St March, 1866. QJ?'ANTITY OF PRODUCE. GREEN CROPS CEREALS, PEASE, AND BllANS. (Exclusive of 1\lnrket nnd I O'l'!lllR CROPS. Kitchen Gardens). I NAME TINES. OF PLACE. ~ Grapes Gatheted. i ; ~~"" !;' _g "0 ,;. i>" .96>. "'!!:: i !l i~ j ~ :g ~ ~ ~~i I EXTENT OF LAND IN OCCUI' ATION .. _EXTENT OF LAND UNDER NAME OF PLACE. acres. acres. · •acres. llcros. n~s. acres~ n 12yJ8g: '.12,339 c. •3.489 76 38 17 ... 10 36 I77 ' Kalkallo ...... 73 I3,I25 I3,o99 · 2:6,zz4 ·-·"~'- "26;224· 25,9'24 1,326 165 61 8 ... 1 22 2 57 Keelbundora' .. . J.72 3,I32 19,556 22,688 ... 22,688 22,468 2,598 303 59 I6 5 2 83 468 Kerrie ...... 9 r,o9s 2,378 3.473' ... 3,473 · 3,ro6 372 ·142 86 ...... ~.. 4 232 Korkuperrimul •.. 78 4,312 5,845 IO,I57 ••• IO,I57 9,140 I,477 670 I94 203 I 44 2 I;I I4 Kororoit· ...... :z2-- 6,726 4,48s··n,211 "•·• ··' 11,211 2,963 ·· -3og·-··"48----- 6 - ...... I .... , . 9· 64 Lancefield .. . 99 8,622 5,787 14,409 6o I4.469 12,624 5,274 2,378 1,468 144 ... 43 4,033 Maribyrnong ... 40 15,558 3,837 ig,39'5' . :i6 I9o't2l I4,906 701 I ... 5 ... j.. I 7 Merriang ... -- ...- 30 5,795 12,795' 18,590 ... r8;59o · I8,599 -207 34 27 3 ...... 6 70 Merrimu ...... 46 4,94o I,772 6,7I2 I72; 6,884 5,604 701 2g3 23 86 1 I2 4 I 459 Mickleham ...... 38 9,964 r,822 11,]86 :.. . n,786 11,755 559 . 175 52 4 ...... 7 238 .Monegetta ...... 44 3,25I' 10,704 13,955 ' -i3',955 13,952 I,845 819 603 · 2 ...... SI 1,475 Moorabbin ...... 399 6,6;n - -I,44o 8,·H·3 ---... - . 8,u3 7,775 .3,233 4· 20 2 ... i6 s 47 Moorabool ...... 4 59.8 ... 598 .•. 598 455 86 35 4I ... ' ...... 76 Morang (part of) a .•• 90 5,151 5,035 ro,i86 .... IO,I86 10,15? 487 I(\2 I7 I 2 ... 16 . , IJ8 Mordialloc ...... 127 ·g,:iso 1,515 10,865 ... ; 1o,865 Io,86s I,o39 i6 14 ... 1 ...... : 'io Mulgrave ...... I64 g,682 g86 Io,p68 Io,668 ro,668 I,4i6 6 35 ...... 20 61 Mn:niong .. . .:~· .. 2~ 3,347 z,i99 6,,146 ... 6,I46 6,o64 I,4JO . 3S2 369 50 ... 2 773 Newham ...... 38 4,51,5 I,488 6,oo3 ... , '6,oo3 6,oo3 I,465 574 5I7 II ...... 20 1,122 Nunawading...... I9I '],306 I,364 8,670 ... ; '8,670 8,378 923 ... 13 •••> ... I 7 2I Prahran .. : ... 216 3,843 400 4>f'43 ... 4,243 _4,243 4,I.j.2 52 183 ... I ••• ... 236 Pywheitjorrk ... IS 11,025 990 I2,0I5 ... 12,015 3,o7!) 126 55 ...... ••• 55 Rochford .•. ... 59 6,456 -3,908 I0,364 .. . I0,364 9,798 3,505 1,828 954 · I43 ... 3 54 2,982 Springfield .•• .. • '# ...j,8~j 4,162 '7, Yuroke ...... 63 10,25I :+.974 • I5,225 1 ... , I.5,225 I5,o6s: ·:z,159 205 .. 12 21 ... 4 43j 285 1 -- 1 1"'"'-:-c------1~·-·------1 --1~--1--'-- Total ... 4,249 438,630 258,367 ~~6,99715·:58617~2,583 599,989 77,,7;2 I5,27I I0,337,.I,312 2~ ,I,7? 940 ~2~,059 (c) Rcinriinder In (lr~% AG!tiCULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK STATISTICS OF VICTORIA, 1865-6. BOURKE.-(1.) Purposes, the Extent of their Holdings, the Quantity of Land Enclosed, and of that under Cultivation, and Crop, in the Year ending 31st March, 1866. EACH DESCRIPTION OJ<' CROP. G:RERN Cnol'S (Exclusive of Market aud Kitchen GREEN FollAOE, OTl!Ea Cnors. · G""'dens). acres. acres. acres~ acres. ne res. acres; acres~ acres. a.crca. acres.. acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. 121 ... ••• ... J2I I7j ...... , ... jo7 j07 ...... , ... . . 8 • 3 II '" 20 ... .•. ... 20 176 ... .., ...... 144 144 ••• "' ... ••• ... '3 3 54 76 I r8 2. 97 402 72. 34 31 ... 2.15 352 ... 2 88 12 321 193 6r6 282. 38 ... 2 ... ··40 r,o2o· ••• I "2' ... 936 "939 ... ··• 45 · ... 34 Il 90 8o 2.9I 3 12 67 373 337 69 22 2 ... 155 248 ,., '" 16 "' 44 87 I47 269 72 ...... 72 35 ...... •.. , ... 28 28 ...... 2. ••• 5 5 12 2 43 ...... I 44 292 3 ...... 6 9 .•. I9' 32 2 IS I6 84 9 95 ...... '" 95 89 '" I I "' 95 97 ... · '" I ... 9 2 I2 I 50 ,,, I ... 51 23 3 ...... 33 36 ,., 6 ... IJ 4 ,,, 23 38 42 .•• ...... 42 ...... 4 ... •...... 4 ... 22 .,, I ••• 23 10 ,., .,, ... ,., ... ,., ,,. .,, 6 ... 6 ... I2. ... 34 I 2 I 38 550 9 ,., ...... 9 I8 ••• "' ... "' 9 5 I4 ... 51 ... ••• 6 57 106 33 ...... ,., r9 $2 ... I I 56 25 I7 IOO I2J 28 ... 2 ••. 30 2.2 ...... ' ...... •.• ...... 2 .. • 2 ... '" "" 6 ... 6 39I "' "' •• • "• 49 49 "• "' "• '" "' I I "' IJ ••• I4 ••• 27 I74 ... ••• ... .., I I ... "' "' "' 4 "' 4 "' ./ li ... IO .,, 2I 495 'I ...... 7 8 ,.. ... I3 .. , 4 I2 29 21 55 ,., 7 I 63 1,494 li 2 3 .. , 867 883 ... "' 26 IO 2I 24 81 40 I6 .•...... I6 34 ...... •• ••...... ••...... 4 ••• 4 ... 4I 5 3 6 ,., 424 993 I I IZ I 68 5 700 I .. , 20 48 45 I4 128 67 129 ••• ...... I29 4 I ... ,,, .,, .. , I ...... ,, . ,., I ••• I •••· 44 ...... · 44 -76 ...... L,ooo . I,ooo ••• •.. ... ID ... ..• . IO ... I7 ...... I7 26 ... .., .,, ,., 30 30 •• , , ... .., ... I ... I 46 li .,, 4 ,., I5 I73 ...... ,, 25 . 25 ... ·,., 160, ,., II ••• ' 171 10 so ... 24 5 79 x,68I 340 34 I6 ... 446 836 25 2 39 I5 23d 321 632 84 . 28 ... 8 I 37 197 2 20 200 .,, 68 290 ... .,, I I I4 8 24 521 . 279 ... I6 8 303 852 47 I39 23 ... 285 494 .•• ... 35 6, 99 243 383 98 2? ... I ... 28 JO ••• ... ,., ,.. 65 65 ... ,., ...... 2 ... 2 15 32 .. . 5 I 38 249 ...... I 3 ... 44 57 ...... 5 .. • 7 6 I 8 I 6 72~ ::: ~! ·"3 7!~ ~~! ... 4 "; .:! ::: 19~ 2o! ::: ::: ..~ ..;6 z~ ... ~~ I~~ IIZ ,.. 8 .,, UO 370 ...... 6 ... I65 I7I I .. , .. 3 3 5 15 Z7 6 20 ••• ,., ... 20 76 6 5 ... .., ZO 31 ... I ...... 2 ... 3 7 71 ... 8 ... 79' 79 5 10 4 ... zo 39 ... 7 IS .•. 3 10 35 IO 6 ...... 6 104 , .. , 5 ...... I70 175 ...... ·... 2Z ... 22 14 185 "' 2 ... 187 69 I ...... 46 47 ... '" "' ··• 4 ... 4 63 416 IJ 13 Z4 464 497 304 10 ...... 78 392 2I '" .. 42 254 9II I6I 1,389 444 6 ...... _6 4 ...... 34 ...... 34 I8o 11 12 4 ... I3 40 ...... · 5 ... 6z r8 85 ro 42 Z ... I 45 105 33. 9 ,., .. , .10 52 ... .. 6 Zl9 90 33, 348 469 98 I· I 27 IZ7 :>.69 74 I Z ... ll5 192 2 ... 19 174 9 94 298 469 55 ...... 55 253 ... . .•• ...... 345 345 ...... 4 4 .•. 215 I I ... 217 62 ...... I .. , :'.2 Z3 ...... 9 "' 9 32 60 I I _ 3, 65 165 2 22 4 I IO 39 ••• ... 10 I 103 IZ5 ZJ9 394 197 "' ... 63 260 319 569 I I ... 294 865 ...... 75 3;76 ZSO I2Z 8:>.3 I,639 .3 ••. 6 ... 9 55 2 ...... 2 ...... 5 ...... 5 ... 287 4 3 '" 294 66 I I ...... 73 7 5 ...... '" 13 I 14 74 157 .,, I ... I58 I4 ... .., ... ,., 49 49· ,,. ,., ... .,, Z ,., 2 29 48 I J5 I 85 862 ... 5 ...... ZZ2 2:>.7 "' 3 I8 3 7' 31 IIO I02 ... 2 ... I04 108 2. I2 ...... 118 I3Z .... I · 6 ... 'n 5 23 28 ...... 807 ...... 2 z ...... 35 86 2 r8 4 rio r,643 74 1 ... 2 539 616 7 ... 21 4 u 13 57 128 73 ... I ... 74 61 5- -.6 .... I. .... 63 75 .... 1--3. _... _ .... 21 ... 24 ... 28 ... r ... 29 r,sgo I 3 6 ... 40 so ...... 2 6 6 14 28 9 ...... 9 167 I 6 3 .. , ,.. IO ...... · ... 23 ... Z3 178 65 ... s ... 73 325 ...... 330 330 ... 3 6 3 7 ... 19 6z Z9 I 5 ... 35 I43 ... IJ ...... 4 17 ... I 2 I ... 19 9 31 8 z6 _I___ s_~--=-~ r,z66 __Is_!~_ .. _·_ ... 333 -~-~-·_:__:_ u I7 I 3I r84 5,:1.72 , 33 Z94 219 5,818 20,079 I,7021391 336 4 8,803 n,z36 58154 7ZO I,Z45 ::1,549 I,60I 6,227 6,3z3 ' I' COUNTY OF BOURKE.-( 2.) ,~ TABLE 65.-Gross Produce ofea.ch Description of Cr~p in the Year ending pst MJl,rch, 1866. i ~--- r QUANTITY OF PRODUCE. I c ~I'. • ll . I . G&EEN CllOl'!! I l Or I! c > ; ---. · EREALS, EASE, AND EAN.s. •. li (Exclusive of Mntet Kf l;e". _ u " nom. Q an~ ~111dens). 1 '\"1NES. ~ 0 N AYE OF PLACE. ! I I Grapes Gathered • 1 .; 8 .; I' 1 I'< ~ ~ ~d'~a ~ I 6 .~ ~g ~ ].;, , "' . ~ ..I d·"" • ~ .... • • '-:I _.... Q,} "' - > ...,;> >. 0 ::::: ... 0 ~ 0 :;::.. e) • ~- ~ ~ f'lli:-1? -~~? ~ .§ '5 -;3. ~ ~ ~ -a ; ~~ !i :s. ·e § ., s ~· 2 0 ~o= ~.s~ 2! i::= 8 ~ ::a r:: !a fl .::: ::: ~ I e:; trl 8 tl ~ z:s& ~~~ ~ ~ ~ - - --~- - P> . ' z bushels. bushels. bushels.. bushels. bushels. bushels. bushels. tons. tons. tons. tons. tons. tons. cwt. cwt. ~o. cwt. cwt. cwt. gals. t.::t Bla.cbi'OOd ... 15,J:!·6 12,84:1. i,261 ••. 36 :1.70 :1.9,735 '340 ·••. ... 340 21o ... I ... ~ Bolinda 1,148 224 ...... ••• ••. 1,372 · z6 ...... : ... 26 ·176 •.. · Boroondara ... 249 53:1 175 ... 40 337 1,333 164 6 133 16 319 555 ... I2 :!.12,700 3:!.3 585 908 4,415 ~ Bulla-bulla ... 2,058 36o 7oo ... Jo 128 3,276 621 ... 9 ... 71 909 ... 83,400 00 ~ Bulleen (part of) a 11134 . I 1902 6o "'· 20 238 31354 86I 8 108 366 11343 469 .,. 16,1oo 79 7 0 0 3,8oo Bullengarook 768 J 1494 ·•• ...... 4,262 IOJl ••• ... ••• 103 32· ... :>81 Pl Buttlcjorrk ... 2,oo6 2,565 775 ...... 112 5.458 6o ...... 2 62 3o2 ••• 130 s6,6so 3 3 I 00 By1ands (part of) b 3,96I 2,434 440 ... ••. 79 6,914 228 ...... I· '" 2z8 94 ... goo ~ Chintin 9,302 4,6oo ISO 14,082 s6 ••• 6 62 25 ~ 00 Cobaw 2,344 1,458 3,8o2 65 .. . ~c. 65 ,_.~ Coimadai 1,975 36o 150 So 2,565 34 ... 2 36 IO S,ooo 0 Cut-paw-paw 88 6 94 3I I 50 8z 55° 00 211 245. 10 z,ooo I6 !6 0 Dandenong ... 440 290 730 34 123 bj . Darraweit Guim 1,435 t,I8o I 50 IS 2,780 57 8 65 27 116 40 40 215 ~ Derrirnut 96 0 Deutgam 48 2.1 2:\5 246 125 1--j 57 :~;I 0 20 6 26 Djerriwarrh 4,7I7 2,327 468 ... 28 186 7,726 1 287 I41 IOO 14 14 1,:112 ,. lOO ' 66 !66 27:!. Doutta Galla 464 24 ~·. ~." .... 71 559 52 I ... 55 :.. 24,900 F Forbes (part of) b 1,526 .976 70 ... I ... 2,572 251 ... 25 14 ... ~ Gisborne 3o,o8o 43,352 ••• 9 , 1,88o 76,258 648 8 63 719 x,1 55 52,840 25 218 243 1,528 0'\ 937 ... I V.."" Goldie 8,777 s,ooi 172 ...... 46 13,996 155 155 5 ~ Gorong (part of ) c 2,992 3,65& zos ... 12 I44 7,01 I 81 81 72 ... l Havelock ) 4,692 3,388 30 ...... So 8,I90 21 21 3I ... Holden ·szo 310 504 ,., .. . 1',654 i6 I~ 32 87. 252,000 214 214 1,5oo 20 Jika-jika 1,598 881 471 ... 120 I 671 I 3.74I 84 137 26 247 1,954 7:1.0 5 85,390 795 !63 958 959 Ka.lkallo 2,791' . 1,522 210 ... 12 i 337 4,872 55 12 68 190 8oo 15 I 5 I Keelbundorn ... 6,834 1,4281 404 261 1,595 IO,J62 876 132 24 1,032 r,289' j, •.. ... 78,630 471 755 1,226 4,020 Kerrie ...... 2,713 2,485 ... .. ~51 ... 68 5,266 34 ... I ... '35 23 ...... Korkuperrimul ... 12,439 s,o8r ' 4,929 2.0 726 40 23,235 84 ... 14 20 u8 3I3 ...... xo,65o 2 8o 82 250 ~ .. I .. Kororoit ...... 260 6o I 41 ...... 4 J28 3 ... z8 ... 3I 96 ...... I• •3,000 ... 20 20 189 w I . I <;., Lancefiela ...... 61,973 41,977 4.874 ...... 616 109440 1.434 ... 41'l ... 1,482 81 ...... I ~ • Maribyrnong ... IO ... 16 I ...... 36 124 ... 78 ... 202 214 ... ::: I '8,ooo ...... Cj) 10 I Merriang ...... ·~ . 435 315 62 ... 892 53 ...... 90 ...... ~ ·I f 53( I 151 Merrimu ...... 6,o86 491 2,049 224 755 ..~0 . 9,6o5 198 ... 140 ... 338 . 16S ... I IS zo,8oo IO .. . 10, ... Mickleham ••. ... 1,5:!.5 495 8o ...... 75 2,17? 8 ...... 8 84 ...... ~ I ~ Monegctta ...... 15,643 12,544 75 ...... so6 28,768 . 290 ... "' 6 ... 296 65 ...... · ...... c:j ~ Moornbbin ...... 100 400 70 ... :!.46 lOO 9t6 I 1,533 75 us 117 1,840 884 1,150 ... 50,500 364 147 51l 819 > Moorabool ...... 645 920 ...... 1,565 16 ...... 16 6 ...... t'i ...... - Mornng (part of) a ... 2,J05 399 15 ...... 186 2,905 108 ...... · 108 Z70 ...... 12,200 27 6 33 40 zb> Mordialloc ...... IJ5 360 ...... 495 IJ7 8 ... 5 150 138, ...... 16,85o 22 .. . 2Z ... t:::l Mulgravc ...... 102 715 ...... 155 972 JSO 12 3 138 503 340 120 ... 58,ooo 78 75 153 450 Myrniong ...... 8,68o 9,771 . 1,378 ...... 49 19,878 IJ7 ...... 137 2.33 ...... t:::l~ Newham ...... 10,960 9,ozs 164 ...... 200 20,349 JIZ 6 5 ... 32.3 53 ...... 00 12 I 61 110 Nunawading ...... 227 ...... 130 369 117 I 2 25 145 ...... 57,180 428 35 463 ~ Prahran 1;030 3,985 20 5.035. 6r6 402 94,2IO 6u 23 635 119 0 ...... 767 ...... I,J83 I ... I .. . 0 Pywheitjorrk . 23 - . pq ... 65~ ...... ~ 656 ...... Rochford ...... 46,758 24,080 3.947 ...... 519 75,304 580 12 24 ... 6r6 54 ...... •· ...... I ' ~ Springfield :: . ... 14,344 7,127 sr6 ...... 94 2z,o8r - 187 ... 8 ... 195 17 ...... - ...... b> Tarneit ...... 932 28o 208 ... 6o ... ' 1,480 39 7 580 10 636 481 ...... 29,000 re 8 18 6o :j Touroorong (part of).• a 1,247 145 ... JO 120 392 ... 4 ... 396 IIJ ... 10 r,o6z ... ·...... 3.~55 5·197 ~ Truganina ••. ... JOO ...... 475 ...... 576 ...... 0 ..~751 I 00 Tullamarine ... 5 225 ... 43 386 659 102. ... 57 ' 159 1,003 8o ... z6,6oo IIO so 160 320 0 W allan-wallan 3,106 :us n6 126 52 6o ...... l'lj ... 3.333 I ...... 353 7,0171 ... 5 5 ... 2,2.50 I . Will-will-rook ... 1,876 soo i 68 ... 688 3,226 49 . I ... so 1,665 ...... 500 ...... I 94 .. ;S Woolert ... 931 26 1 6o ... JO 41 .. . r6. 158 ...... 3,ooo ...... r,o881 16 ...... ~· Yangardook ... 1o,562 7,5641' 4,173 ...... 42. 2.2,J41 106 .. . 2.6 ... 132 22.6 ... 2 6,6oo ...... 0 Yan Yean(partof)a ... 1,333 750 102 120 . 181 114 20 rso 3 ... 3 ...... • 397 2, 5821 s6. 5 .. ... Yuroke ...... 3,081 350 I 691 ... 84 487 4,693 37 5 16 18 16 1448. IS ...... f ------00 I • 0\ Total ... J2o,448 229,683 I 31..449 421 12,48 I 11,561 596,041 I 11,737 154 2.,228 1,42.6 I 5>545 19,666. z,o85 279 1,292,762. 3,5o6 2.,446 5.9521 15,058 ...... ~ (a) Remainder in Evclyn. (I>) Remainder iu Dalhousie. (c) Remainder l.u Grant.· .....+ COUNTY OF DALHOUSIE.-( 1.) ! TABLE 66.-Number of Holders of Purchased Land, and of Crown L~nd Rented for other than Pastoral Purposes, the Extent of thei1; Holdings, the Quantity of Land Enclosed, and .of that u~der Cultivation, and the Extent unqer .qi!:Ch.Desc,r}ption of Crop, in the Y E!ar. en(ling_ 31 ~~ ,~~rch, 1866. . ' . '. . ~ .. > EX:Ji.!":tp~. OF. L_AND OCC~ATION"' .. lP P'. f ~ •• EX~NT OF ~AND UNDER EA9lf. DESCR:U:'P~N q-: ?~OP.; ,, •, .: ~ ------~m !'l. - . . . l a PURCIUSED L.!.Nn. -1 ,. f I ... g og· ~ CmlEALS, PEAB:s:, AND B:EA'NS, O'Ja) ~ i ·$ • t . ' . j g 1 -~ft i . . I. il " . og· '§ I ' hME oF P~AcE: · · i 1 se I ~t (a) Rcmnlnder In llourke. (b) Rema!nde~ In Tal bot. I COUNTY OF DALHOUSIE.-(1.) . ' . I• TaBLE 66-continued.~Number of Ho~ders of ·Purch:asod Lan·d,··ana· or-crowrr~·r:and Rented for other than Pastoral Purposes, the 'Ex:tent of their Holdillgs, the ·Quantity ... ' .if!f Land Enclosed, and of that under 0ultivation, and the Ex:tent under each Description of Crop, in:the Year endi:Jig 3 rat March, r866, · · ·• ' > >P EXTENT OF LAND UNDER E,ACH DESClllPTION OF CROP. ~ Glt&EN CROPB. GREEN FORAGE. 0Tlll:B CROP!!. (Excl!1Sive of Market and Kitchen, Garde~). 1 8 . I l NAME oF':PLACE._. ~ l ... ._,"' i ·~ 0 ,._' ~d ~ m "'~ !l'lJ m" . o.; f! • • .. I ~' '·• ,! 9 , ! t= , , tri6.J3 ~ ~ g. ~ • ti ol '· ,•' • 5 ~(I) t'!!~ d • ~ cS .. • Q.l(d . .. ~ ai ltl .. I .s . . .; g:, Oiif . . I· 'il~~ . ol '"El~ h . . ~ ~ .. ';; !l i I . ·.!3"" ~ ~ Jl if~::S . ~ ~ t~"li~ ~ . ~J~ ~~ ~ -a ~ .s ~ :~ g ~ I 'S ------~------!- ~ .., "" 1<1 p;;8 · E-< ~ • o 1<1o :il : . ""..:1 :> . Jl.o <1 <-< 0 __...____ '_> ____ o__ --"-- _· _o__ E-< --"'-- ~ acres. a.cres~ acres. acres. acres. I acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. aeres. acres. acres. acres. acres. I acres. I acres. acres. acres. ti .. B~ynton .•• 31 •f• 3I I I I . I ·~ Broadford 28 28. .190. I;::: 4 4 s IOO :Bylands (part of) a 106 2 I••• I06 191 384-·· 386 I ••• . 3 IS ·19 4 Carlsruhe ...... I 314 5 319 545 4 277 2.81 ": .... I6 · I6 . 14· ·~ 'Cooow ...... 18 18 9 0 Compton~s Creek .•• s 5· 54 ... ·Edgecomlie (part of) b 2 1. 45. 47 I'.' 316 l . 4 ISO 'I 56 4 I• 2 6 ~ Embcrton . , r ,.,. . 1.3 'u6 ' I 1 : 2.3 • 1ooo. I,ooi ...... 3 3 ·Forbes (part (if) a·.~. . ·' ... ' 16 . 16: ~ 5 ... 20 20 .. •• 1. ~ 'Glenburnie · •· . . 34 '34 47 ...... 13 ~ · G lenhope ... 18 ..l. ' I8 · 4 ,I I . I I ' .. ... 4 'Goldie .•• • I3. !::: IJ ..;. ·f· . 2.:1. 8 8 ...... -~. 00~ Heath cote ·· ~ '··· ·2 I4 14 377 70 72 :4" ! •• - -. 4 . ,:,ZO I..ang~ey ... . IS ....I -1 . 19 2? .. 8 ···I7 Lauriston .. . 9 g 1'":· 316 3 .I 320 '. ,I,571 ,, 3 I· ,J I, 463 467 2 2I 45 ISO 00 J.owrey .. . ,... I9 ' 19 97 2 :1. '7 I 6 ,. 2~ I8 .M!Jtcalf .•.• . .. , •• :69 - .21.8 2. .. I 69: ··~~- ,. 95 95 ...... " - 6 .. 9 33 Moranding 138 I ' 6 ~ ·~· I39 :I79 7 46. 53 •• ., .... 5 20 Newham ••• i:4S I 146 'I 2. .2 Pyalong' ••• ·~· ·{· '53 4' 3, 5 4 ';::i 78 ... :. 78 I32 ss 55 I· 11: 6 ·4 u , I Redesdale 2.1 ...~. 'I 22· I 2 f ... 3 , Seymour ... 34 7 ~ 31 . 31 I74 3 ... 4 I 4 6 . 2I Spring Plains I . 4 4 g· Tooboorac ,.; • ~ n ;;·, 8· I95 2 '2 5 5 .' •34 Trentham.• :- 209 I 212. 72 I 'l'ylden ... 3 4 7 ~ 490 8 499. 515 '13 259 263 .... . 3 26 3. 32 77 ... Willowmavin SI SI 322. 63 63 1.6 16 00 54 0\ Woodend ••. 405 2. 8 IO ~··· 405 183 I7 I7 3 Stations ... 1;,...- io· 10 uS · 7' ·s I2 'IS ·':1 I I I I I ! I I I I 1--1--f--1--1--!--f . 11--- ?' Total 2,704 ·s I3 9" 2,73I 5>779 IO· ·11. 94 . 2,830 2,946 I· • I I6 1.. 38 ...]. ···H... (, I67··1· 47 • 280 .·,6oo .. (a) Remainder In Bourlte. (b) Rem_nlnder in Ta.Ibot. ..,..""' ' \ . +· COUNTY OF DALHOUSIE.-( 2.) 0'\ TABLE 67.-Gross Produce of each Description of Crop in the Year ending 3nt March, 1866. QUANTITY 0~' PRODUCE. > _.,_ GmlEN CROPS CEREALS~ PEASE, AND BEANS. (Exclusive of l\Inr_ket and Kitchen Gardens). OTHER CROPS. ~ ' ----- 1 I ""'0 VINES. 1ifs NAME OF PLACE: )l:i, ._, Grapes Gathered. " ~ ~~ !: ~~c., ~ .!Xl gJ, ~ """ l'li'!' ~ ~ W'Q.) "' •C " ... .;:!" a "' ~-~~ ~ ~ .$ "'"' ~ l ~a~ "· P-<25"" ~- ;;: 1'111'<0 p> ! I ~ "" "' ~ i "' z t;j bushels. Baynton ••. '6,120 t: Broailford ... . 5,585 By lands (part of) a ' 2 .495 ~ Carlsruhe ... •..... 42,896 '(/'1 Cobaw :...... 5.579 1-3 Compton's Creek 204 0 0 Edgecombe (part of) b 26,535 p:; Emberton ... 3.2 39 Forbes (part of)a 265 ·w Glenburnie · ... r,o6o Glenhope ... . r,889 ~ Goldie ... _ ... 1-3 . r,836 H Hcathcote ... · 3,3 I 5 8 Langley .. . · 1,537 ~· Lauriston .. . 70,401 20 0 Lowrey... •.. 2.,728 00 Metcalf... • .. n,o28 12 12 Moranding ... 7,416 IO 10 o. 1-J::\ Newham ... ro,786 .:·· Pyalong ... - 8,~68 H< Redesdale ... . 4,2.73 3 0 Seymour ... /17,360 5 1-3 Spring PL'1ins .. . 790 so So 0 Tooboorac .. . 8o8 50 200 Trentham ••• Tylden .. . ~ Willowmavin ...... Woodend .. . 00 0'\ Stations ... V> I 0\· Total ·0.:.' (a) Remainder in Boui-l ·.....:!+ ~ . COUNTY OF DUNDAS.-(2.) T.A.BL;E 69.-Gross Produce of each Description of.Orop in the Year ending .Jist ·March, 1866. " QUANTITY OF PRODUCE. 11> ' . ~ GREEN CUOI'S CEREALS, PEASE, AND BUNS, (~xcluslve of ~Iarket and.Kitehen Gardens): 0Tmm CRON. ' ~ VINES. m NAME OF PLACE. . ~ ~ ] Grapes ?athcr~d. · # • ;:;! p., I "' ~a -B Q ~~ ~ ~ ~ a.~ 0 ~ C:' • ,.. . • • ~ ,.d i .! _, 4) e.'l I • 0 .,,!· ~ 1:? •m z 1:; .:=> o'• p; .., .El ' ~ '- • I >- .,$ ' 0 " C. .:3 c!' <> ' .. 0. ... - 0 .;;- I 11< I a! ; ' • ~ frn 3 .:.s 1! .$0 :ii. . 2 'S a,..~ .. ""I! ' :5 a' _!i_," 8 .· ~- p..i ~ ! ~ .i Jl~ ~ t . ~- ~ ~~&\. -~~~ 1: r:. .~ .. ~ ~\;" 1 . bushels. .'bushels. bushels. . bushels.' . tOns. tons.. wns. tons. tons. tens. cwt. ,. cwt. r :r •• : linshel~. No. c~vt. cwt. gals. Balmoral ...... ~.. ! ·,. . : . ·: : · .. , • ·.. .. · .. i. • .. Ill .. 950 • 5 7 1%. 40 Berwick , ··~ ~ :,8u '7Z• 74· ~- ;to ~.977 I 46 .. ..: •• 46 tS Bil-bil-wyt .·' .. • • I ..:: · • • · ~ • .. • ~ • • I :t. • • • ~ • •• ::'.. ~ , Bochara •• ... .. z,40il· '. 450 •• , . ~.' • z,85:r. ~ lj 19 .. • i . . 19 11 900 Brit-brit •• f ,f.,_ I ~ • o 1,778 • • ZZ4 56 '" •'• z,o58 36 .. .. • , J6 9 •.• 0 ~ Bruck.bnlck •• • .. ~ .... w. ' • '"4,491 . • 48 74. ~- .. 4,6131' t6 .. ~· :. .. t6 z. 950 Bulart · · ••I .. ..: . •' , .. , .. .. ;,., ... I .. .. .,; .. .. 0 Cnrrapook ~. · .. ·4,s<>2. 1,114 · 64 . ..._ s,68o 16 .. • ~ .. x6 8 8oo Carruk .·• ~; I '.~ -~· .. • i I '\ ' o • • • '!! " " I" • : 2, ~ • • • • ! • • :t. Casterton East ~ ·-·~ :r.to us .. .. BS 3 .. • i :. 3 so #~;soo 9 9 IS so Cnvendish •• .; ...... 6 .. ·.! .. 6 4 Colerniue .• .. · ;,'· ~~ : ... .. ·.S,t46 1,954 40 " :,. . t0,14o: . Si .. • ( .. 51 :1.05 536 :1.0 :1.0 Dcurang '' .. 40 :r.s. .. ··• 6s 1 xz ...... a Gntum-gatum · ~ .. ., 1-:3 • Grlngegalgona .... :..:i 1-1 Gritjurk •• :: i ·~·~ x,u.o 1112.0 13 IJ I r:n Hnmllton North "! :r z,86l! 1,134 Sz . 4,084 6o :z4,. 84· S1too :'19 . : J6 ,I7S· · :os. Illlgay •• ::! ·.. 8,448 1,978 37 1?.463 78 78 ~~r g :·.· -· 4 I .;, ,J : fir~~:~~t?!::-.M ··::- .. ~-:·:-: 10 10 r:n 1 6o • 4 Kn.rrabenl • • • ~- ; • 15 """75 I7 17 ·o Kongboo! . . • • • .,. ' .. d,'. .. :~ .. K. oonong Woo~ong. .. ·! ·~ . ·;.~6 44 300 :r. :r. ·' ,b:.l Koolomert •• •• •• .. .. 3 3 llrokanger .• "'.. .. 3 3 Mooree ~· •• •• .g Mootyn· ::! ••I ~: : "I llroutajup ...... I I I Muntham :r.',is5 1.',iss 6 :r 6 14 ~ Muryrtym •• ..I i-- ~··- ••. IZ Pawbymber.. , .. ..68 ~ Redruth .. ,.I ~ g:r. 13 I 13 .P" Tnrrnyoukynn • • I t6o lOO 40 '300 14 14 Toola.ng r-••- -·~ .... Urangara •• ·,> •• ' ·oo. ""j Wnnwandyra ...... 0\' Wnrrayure .• 410 135 545 :!. I Wylwallnn· ... .. ~ I • .,:,·-. • • -... ~.. <: ;;-~ ...... J,t :~ ·;:· J ·.;·;;~~ J,.. Ynrramyljup ..· . Stations 1,8o4 3,190 . so \ ' I .1--·-..-l~,o44 ~~--·s____ ·:_ .. ~-·-.~~--~~'.,m.:·--~~-.~~~ .. . !• .. Total •• "l"l'') "l"l"/"1'' >jZ,163 10,6JZ 4So SJ I 53,J3Z I 465 I 16 I 1.4 :\1 507 . 99:11 170 17,(J96 }"9 63 I 37:\1 I 361 0 COUNTY OF EVELYN.-(1.) TABLE 70.-Number of Holders of Purchased Land, and of Crown Land -Rented for other than Pastoral Purposes; the Extent· of. thei~ -Holdi~gs: the Q~antity of Land Enclosed, and. of that under Cultivation,· and the Extent. unde~·.each Description of Crop, in the Year endi~g 3 I st March,. :I 866. - ' .. ' ' '• • r @ F..:XTENT OF LAND IN OCCUPATION, EXTENT OF LAND UNDER EACH DESCRIPTION OF CROP. 1------~----~------t • • ~ • GREEN Cno:rs ~ Ptrnc!W!ED LAND. ·,. -§ 'll i!:i ·cEJl.E.Aiil PEASE AND BEANS -- (Exclusive o! llfarketnnd I' GREEN Foru.oE. · OTHER CRoPS. -- 1-3 ., . · ::;; · ~ j ~ :· 1' ' • Kitchen Gardens). ; ~ >f .,S 'a :;:i 'Z 'g '' 1 • I Q.} ~ ' • • • • ' -~ " • ~ e' 0 . : J NAME OF PLA!)E. -;: " !; ~ "' . " = a :0 "" I ..s "' .• • . :SI""'' -~+:> 0 .s "0 ,. ::a c .....: P1 o3 l.1l c:5 ;;; !t ' • =~ , • p;:j ~ Cf: g ·• g t sf.cl ~ ~ a)~ ;g@ a I , 0:. ~ _o ~~ ij foil .:::1 ~ ~- - -~ '!5~ ~I!: ~~ ~ 2 · • :': ~ :9 • , .S .:!1 gj ~ 'S · 'S • r , ~t~rw gi ..!. · ~ '!! Cl • d h · ~ ' ol ~ ' "' <~> fi3 o "t' Fl """ trl ....., ....,. ~ ~ » ... '1:1 o t:> o m ..... ~~ • .a:~ o • o ~ 2 • .;;~ ~~t;j i! ~ -~ ~ _ ~~~ ~- ~ - ~ $ --~ _-s ~~ · ~ ~ --~ -~-~ ~ - -~ u~ J ~E -~ ~ ~ ~ l: .11 ~ 1l I "<<> Jl;; ~- E-< Ool'-< E-< foil 1"1 ~ 0 Ill ~.S E-< ~ ;;; 1'!., E-< J:l:i 01'10 "' ~ (a) Remainder in Bourke. t -' ', ...... 0 COUNTY OF EVELYN-(2.) TABLE 71.-Gross Produce of each Description of Crop in the Year ending 31st March, 1866. ' ... QUANTIT.Y o~· PllODUCE. > ·::oQ ' . GREEN CROPS 1-4 CEitEALS, PE.!SE, AND BEANS. (r:Xclusive of Mnrl (a) llema!u Q COUNTY OF FOLLETT.-(1.) TABLE 7z.-Number of Holders of Purchased Land, and of Crown Land Rented for other than Pastoral Purposes, th~ Extent of thei~ Holdings, the Quantity of Land ~.. Enclosed, and of that under Cultivation, and the Extent under each Description of Crop, in the Year ending 31st March, 1866. . . ~ EXTE>!T OF LAND IN OCCUPATION. EXTENT OF LAND UNDER EACII DESCRIPTION OF CROP. ... P> "" ,; i .Q . PURCHASED LA.h'D. s .2 ... CEREALS, PE~~ ANl;) BEANS. GREEN Foru.or;:. Orm:R CROPS, . ] ll ·pj ". ::;;_ i H ~~ .:se "' § gi NAJ\IE OF PLACE. :ti«J o!:l ~.s 8 I ~= d ~~ lilo >Oil; ~ ~ ~ ~ 'll,. ~ ~~ ·~ t>.!3 ~ ~ ,s:S""' ~ ~" '!:1 "' t;~ ' I ' COUNTY. OF .... ~ .. ~ : ... :;· ; i : ; . ' . TABL,E· 74.-Number of~Holdex:s of; Putchased Land, and of Crown: L~d Rented f~r. ~ther than Pastoral • t - ' • : • ~ • ' ; ~ ' 11 ~ •. i · . the -Extent under. each Description of I EXTENT OF LAND 1'N OCCUPATION. :. EXTENT OF.JtAND UNDER ' CEREALB, PEABE, A.:ND· BEAN!!. :. - NAME OF PLACE. ' ,. . 'acres. acres. acreS. acres. acres. · acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. a. u. _,acres. acres. ' Anakie ...... 34 7~943 510 52 : IZ,99 5 1 ~,z64 i 2,914· .. 6os 17 ...... ·~ ~. . - Ballark .•• z : I8o So•. z6o " ... 260 26o '30 .2· '7 Balliang .•• 3 194 6,o87 6,281: .... 6,2S1 , i94 4 ... Barrabool •.. · 176 6,280 IZ,147 i8,+27 8o 18,507 x8,5o7 8,(>86 :1,761 522 347 ..I 1.4 652 ''f-,297 Bellarine ..•...... · x8.2 I I,oo6 15,338 :~e6,J44 z6,344 23_,362 4.559 1,984 258 92 2 '· l73 2,5IO Borhoheyghurk ,14 .. 2,641 1,596 4.237 4,237. 2,103 348 140 72 3 ...... 10: . 225 Bulban ..• 9,637 8o 9,7,17 9,717 1,269 389 . 28 37 26 ...... 9I Bungal ... 1,373 1,373 566 1,939' 726 l4i' 90 ll7 Bungaree· .•• . •. I,u • 6,6n 1,86o 8,537 7,126 3,082 -I 286 IOI 2,Igl , ... ·~ s,sso 7 1 '39 Bungeeltap .. . 6,851 6,85I 6,8 51 6,8 SI 457 IO . "·' IO Buninyong ... . 1!-.339 I,2I5 ' .5.554 6;27o· - 5;959 · 1,2o8 136 450• J5· ... ,627 B._1,u;tw!lr!.ah . !: _ 5.~oo . ~s6 5~856 · s,856, s,8s6 p.o 346 40 7 ...... 393 Carrah ... 9>152 317 Kerrit Bareet 105 ~ 1,703 3.ssz 1,089 'f-,641~ 3,5~0 z,o66 8SI 78?. 54' ...... I 169I I Lake-iake W ollard :...... 2o zz;659 ·594 13,253 13,253: 13,00~ i91: .•:49 4I 90 r.al-lal ... 25 3,332 J;I2i 6,454 6,454' 6,454 782 233 J48 22 ...... {io3 Lara · ... 3 18,o57 '100 18,157 I8,157, 2 ...... IS .:1 ,1~,157 4~· 9 4 Mambourin ... x4· .. u,5ss --~- '23I u,s,9 u,819' 5,091 2F· l3. 2:i. '22 ... 67 Meredith •.. 30 2,0I9 304 2,323 2,323: 2,2II 330 . 62 169 . 5 236 ~odewarre ••• 78 10,493 2,6ss 13,148 IJ,I48. IJ,o68 896 6o6 •II8 .8 ,8 740 Moolap .... 170 8,278 4i90I I 3,179 380 13,559 13,3I9 1,980 497 9I 54 ... ·I 69 71:1. Moorpanyai'.. : !135 4,238 4;675 8,9!3 120 9,on: 8,871 .J,098 ?5~ . '234 99 ... ' 5 989 Moradoranook 2 I 5>77.3 I 5,773 15,773 ... 9.o_o Moranghurk . 59 Il,46I 41551 . 16,oi2 JO 16,042: I5,273 1,7I~ 475 46 ...... Mouyong •••.. ..:. ..3 10;968 9;979 20,947 ... \ 2.0,947; 7·312 ... ., 340 Murgheboluc 38 9,I85 :1.,820 IZ,0\)5. I 2 1005, u;975 2.46 36' 53 ...... 5 Mui:tcaiin · ... 24 I 6,66I I,223 17,884 18;I 34' '16;994 io7 74 47 2· 233 Narmbool 4 66o 66o' 66~· 6:ii ,93. I 3 ••• .54 Paraparap: t ! 34 6,961 7,876 I ... 7;876; 7,320 359' I02 •• ·:'1 :'.. 5 •• 7 I4I Par'wan · ... 39 6,633 7.596 ••• 7,so6 . ..6,397 ·735 . ---323 :1.0• 132· .... ·3- ... . 478 Paywit IOJ 6,332 16,7g0 ... x6;79C> IZ,86S 84+ 426 45 II ... 23 . so6 l'uebla 32 10,470 II,968 ... II,968 8,g4o 429 232 35 .. 5 :- ' 273 ~utegong (part of)b i .. 2.1 41635 827 5.4~2 ... 5;462 5,196 u8 30 2 ...... Wabdallah ... ••. 4,408 205 ••• I 9I5 2'2 ... W arrenheip ... · ••• 7,648 :~~ ~:~~~ I,~·~9 ~:~~~ ~:~~~ ~~~~ ~;r I.~~~ 27 I 1761 Werribee ...... x6,o5x 2oo 16,25I ... 16,25I 9,038 70 16 zo '.,: 36 Wormbete' ••• ••. 4II 4II ... 4II 257 69 59 ••• 59 W orniyaloak ... II,987 11209 IJ1I96 ... I3,I96 13,07I 5I9 13.j: 90 I8 ••• ••• ' I '243 'Yurdiyouang :" 4,055 5,ox 7 9 ,o 7 :~e ... 9,o7;;: ~,685 367 47 * 24 ...... l u6 "i Youang. ... ,· .... 22 14,4I6 995 15,4-ix ... I5;.t.II2 2,549 288' 168 34 (4 ...... 2I6 1 Stations ••• · 15 1o6,o67 71024 II3,o9x ... II3,091 83,315 I7l 4 29 "7 ...... · .;. 40 1 :I'otal ''879 so9,9u •S9o933 66,,,:- 6,679 ,,;,,,; ;37 .00' Isz,:;~: '9P' 3 8,7 •,[ ,,,os ~ ~,,,,,;:,;;: (~) Bema.!nder In Polwlll'tb. •• ·-· -· 53 GRANT.-(1.) Purposes, the Exten< of their Holdings; ~h~ Q~~tity 'o~ .L~(:E~~\osed,_ ~n(.or' th~t un.d~r Qultivation, and Crop, in ~be Year ending 31st March, , 1866. . . ,.. · I • EACH DESCRIPTION OF CROP. .. j. l GREEN CRops (Exclusive of Market and Kitchen Gll.E:EN FORAGE. OTI!ER CROPS. Gardens). acres. acres acres. acres n,m-es~ acres. acres. acres 1 acres. acres 'acreS. acres. acres acres a~res. acres l: acres. '" acres.· acres. acres. I· I I 3 94 I7 7 II 12 5, 3. ! . ~ 4 . 4 . 3 .•. •• II 4 I''' 123 <. IOJ 435 181 ll .629 1,549, 2 49° 20I 386 23 7 416- 674 2' 18 · 'iot ' 14. 202 ss 32 ,4 . 37 71 ..... 5 5 IO 3 .... I j 2 54 2 ' 2 39 ll ' II. 7 2 2 4 727 8 -735 135 ,••• 9 6 I5 5 5., 2I . '4IO 2 4 2 8 310 4 7 340 I20 2 5 : i 6I 20 97 22 8 8 89 ' .... 30 25 . 25 I49 4 ' 7 'I 6. 6 IO •••' 21 21 2'7 65 15' 9 89: 932 IO 120 528 . 1.6 '49 73 I6 6 '6 2JI ... IO 2 I 7 7· ..... so I . si: 575 .~ .. 68 .... 9 I5 92 Il ::t62 17. 5 284' 727 30 580 612 I49 122 61 334 331 . 8 8 18 12 12 2 3 . Il 8 ... .: .. .._ 23 ZI7 635 120 47 71 250 26I . 19 6I 19 '24 I 44 . 92- I6o 95 3 3 . 37 43· li 1 17' 83 57 2 .... I3 IS IO 310 SI ' I• I2 I2 92 .... ,' 6 6 83· I JO. 2 2 I45 3. 3 3 ss I. 6 7 76 rii 5 21 9I9 IS . 8 j,' 2I 6 . 78 2 xoS I,426 - IS ,. 4 II6 • ... 133 25 274 5 3 13 2. 8 I4 : ~ ... 49 5 54 {00 IOO, 12 12 5 29 3 ·IO ' I3 • 5 20 .~5 ... , ~ I 99 12 I. ' ••• 13 .... ; 5 5 I4 .I IS 55 100 IOI IS 2 22 IJ 4 17 29. II 19 JO r••· 4 2 6 65 4 69 213 .. I6 17 6 2 27. ''·····. 35 20 .2 22 56 ... ~ " 40 .. H .. IO 20 3. 33 I3 ' I3 20 •••, ...... 6 6 SI II i5z 35I 2 IS 20 . ::t 6o I5 '22 99 30 2 2' 497. I09 2 ' 6 . 8 6i 23 2 489 4 I~ I 99 34 ,•••...... 6 ·~ . ... , 4 4 ...... ' 6 ' 2' 212 3 ' .... . -3. ;··: 2 8 SI 2, I5,0 ... "' 4 5 94 . 7I ... ..~ ...... !••• 2 • 1•• 3 16 ll 32 __3_ ··~ ~.· ~ __s_· __' _94-l·--!-- 1 -.--·1-:--·------1-' 4,o5o II4 37I. 77 4,512 12,449 52 zo. 2oz :· 7-I ~,.j6o 4,_::.46 86 I4 99.0 73 x,o8~ 4~5 z,663 r,796 54 AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK STATISTICS OF VICTORIA, 1865-6. COUNTY OF GRANT.-(2.) T.A.BLE 75.-Gross Produce of el,lch J!escription of Crop in the Year ending 31st March, 1866 . . QUANTITY OF PRODUCE. . . . GREEN CROPS CEREALS, PEASE, AND BEANS, (Exclusive of l\Iarket and OTHER CROPS. • Kitchen Gardens), -,;; VINES. NAME OF PLACE. ·E· ·-----·--- i •n... ~ Grapes Gathered. ,.; ~ 'I a.a " ('l)Q.'>::. . "'~ 1::" '0';:::'0 "'"0 ~~ m 0 ~ ,.; ·0 "' 5~ ~ ~ ~ ""lil 2"' ~ ,.sO 'Cl "-"s~!: "' 0 " 1 ~~ 5 .;; ·e ] ""' ,c" ~.£;::: " 11 " 0 .,_ 0 ~ ·;: 0 " ~ ::! " I 0" ~ " 1}; ~ 0 >'I ~ ~ Eo<" :Qd""' p;: 0 i'i - "' ~lil I ~ z.a s 1JU ~ '" ------I '" ----,----'" '" bush. bush. bush. bsh. bush. busb. bush. tons. ts. tons. tons tons. tons. cwt. cwt. No. cwt. cwt. cwt. gals. gals Anakle .. .. ·9,12.2. 1,489 407 .. .. :!.0 u_,o38 l I .. 10 .. 41 Ill .. .. 4J,SOO ...... Ilnllark ...... so ...... 44 94 IS .. ~0 IS so .. I~O .. 7,6oo 40 .. 40 .. .. . Ba!liang ...... Barmbool .. JI,OO) 8,666 I .. S6,48J 1'}0 n,439 87,784 1,044 30 1-,JIZ. ~6 J,41~ 2-,Jll 34 6 676,~ 858 2.,901 J,759 17,499 .. llcllarlne .. .. s,po 1.,6I7 1,182. ~.994 40 70 ~SS3 S3,784 .. :!.39 IS 1,436 864 4,53:1. . . 6:!.,150 ~JO 1:!.0 JSO 48o .. Borhoneyg.hurk .. ~~.~ss 1,910 s6 .. .. 186 5,107 61 ~ So .. '41 9' ...... Jlulban .. .. 467 497 476 ...... 1,440 ...... :!. 197 ...... Bungnl .. .. 710 Z,JSO ...... J,o6o •7 ...... :1.7, s ...... Hnngnrcc .. .. l~.w 46.ll9 :~.,665 .. .. 9S1 81,J98 1,3:!.3 .. 176 .. 1,499 Jl:!...... llungceltnp •• .. .. 100 ...... = 8 ...... 8 1:?. .. 10 ...... Buninyong ,, .. J,689 IJ,863 394 .. :!.4 394 18,364 ~ 11 J5 1o6 1 1 ~15 '79 t•. 10 ~},200 so .. so .. .. llurtwarrnh .• .. s,ss7. 491 140 ...... 6,SI8 9 ...... 9 88 ...... Carrnh .. .. 7,814 I,~8o 515 .. .. 6o 9.461;1 JO ·...... 30 •73 .. .. 8,510 so .. so .. .. Cummg-c-llfurnong 1,67o 1,131 zoo ...... 4,001 10 ...... :!.0 15 ...... Cocoroc .. .. J80 400 •so .. .. r6o I,r9o 43 ...... 41 :!.4 ...... Concwn.rre .. .. 14,003 4,915 70S 10 ss 93"- 2.0,630 160 .. IJJ 48 HI 885 I So .. 6;,ooo 113 si 18o Sl3 .. Coole Ilarghurk .. 5,154 1_,150 100 .. .. ISO 6,654 14 ...... 14 131 .. .. •9.300 .. 10 :!.O lOO .. Corrockbnrkghap .. I,ooo a8 380 ...... 1,508 IO ...... 10 ...... 4.500 40 .. 40 .. .. Dnrrtwill .. .. 15,170 5,oss 3>57:!. .. :?.8 33,~37 77 .. .. 4 .. 8! 639 .. .. 131,2.00 157 I ~2.81 1,5;8 8,103 .. Duneed ·~ .. .. ~0.549 4,083 S,OJ7. 31 100 1,813 31,613 486 .. 105 7 ~8 l,04Z :!.0 :!.0 157.900 567 3,186 J,SSJ 11,750 lOO I!urdtdwnrmh .. 130 lOO 67 ...... 397 16 ...... !6 17 ...... Ghernng-gherung, , • 1,8~6 958 JO ...... 3,814 :!.4 ...... :!.4 13 ...... Gheringha.p . : .. 16,347 4.6o5 7,005 .. 100 So6 ~8,S6J 351 .. 187 11 661 991 188 "' 157,100 173 959 1,131. 5.~s~ .. Gnarwarrc .. .. 9.651 1,161} 34· .. .~ 96 rz,oso 57 ...... 57 n8 .. .. 5'2.,000 J6o. .. I6o .. .. Gorong (part of) a •. 7,I87 10,874 807 So ... no 19,058 :!.OJ ...... 103 •89 .. 40 6,ooo IS .. IS .. .. Jan Juc .. .. 4,155 7:!.0 178 .. 90 140 5,383 40 ...... 40 9:!. .. .. 6,ooc 10 14 :!.4 111 .. Kerrlt Bareet .. :!.3,150 18,355 t,6oi ...... 4},1o6 707 .. 7 .. 714 So ...... Lo.ke-lllkc Wolln.rd 95:!. 878 ...... 1,830 •• ...... 1Z 159 ...... Lal-Ial .. .. ;,oSo 8,86o 4"-S ...... 14,36s 149 ...... 149 lOO ...... Laru ...... ISO 6o 30 ...... "-70 ...... 16 ...... Mnmbourln •. .. 490 4:!.5 410 ...... l,j:!.S u .. I .. u •so ...... l\Icredith .. .. 1,~4 ·1,19:!...... so 4,536 35 ...... 35 59 ...... 1\!odewarre •• .. n,oss "-·344 I:!. I .. .. u6 13,<49 79 ...... 79 111 .. .. 30,000 ...... Ilfoolap .. .. 8,998 1>!/40 I,JI4 .. 11 944 13,2.08 157 .. J9I 6S 6!3 1,151 :!.0 .. 54,000 ...... !>Ioorj)llnynl .• .. 11,458 6,•95 ,1,867 .. .. 6o :!.I,S8o . 7S .. IJ7 .. 2.11 1,704 .. .. 175,900 78:!. 470 I,1S1. 3,148 .. Moradoranook ...... :nrornnglmrk .. 7,651 3,173 I,o (a) Remainder in Bourke. (b) Remainder m Polwartb. •• COUNTY OF GRENVILLE.-(l.) TABLE 76.-Number of Holders of Purchased Land, and of Crown Laud Rented for other th:~n Pastoral Purposes, the Extent of their Holdings, the Quantity of Land Enclosed, and of that under Cultivation, and the Extent under each Description of-Crop,' in the Year ending 3 Ist March, I 866. EXTENT OF LAND IN OCC_UPATION. EXTENT OF LAND Ul:>LIER J<:.A.CH l)ESCRIPTION OF CROP. <;.:l> ~ i1 I .i GREEN CROPS I 0 PulwU.ASED LAND. ~ . d .0 a C.'EREALB, PEASE, AND BE.A.Na: (Ex.clnstve of Market I' GnEEN Jron.AGE. O:raEn CnoPS. :§ .$ t;; and Kitchen Gardens). 8 NAME OF PLACE. .sagt~ -~-j ~ '-c ~ --- :s-< g ~ § ! ! 0 ~ .. 'g I~i ~ Pl8 .!l ~ ~.bD ·;!. ~ ~ ~fi i > ~ t:"i .8~ .,;-;:;, I -d l . I <:; 'S~ ~'::! ...z ;:.:. • 8• ·r> • I.M 0\ COUNTY . OF GRENVILLE-( 2.) TABLE n.-Gross Produce of each Description of Crop in the Year ending 31St March, !866. QUANTITY OF PRODUCE. ~ GREEN CROPS . I CEREALS, l?:E.ABE, .Al\'D '•BEANS, (Exclusive of Market and Kitchen Gardens). OT.ll:ER' CROPS...... ' ~ iif 'lh.lms. NAME OF PLACE. ~. ' ~!;:: 1"1 '"' ·I!: ~ ,-.-.------. ---- ' I ------tj bushels. bUshels. bushels. bushels;. I bushels. bushels. tons.· . tons. tons. tons. tons. cwt. cwt. No. cwt. cwt. . cwt. gals.. ·1 t'1 Argyle 3.890 7>~ 78 ' . ·~ · n,613 167 · .. .. I67 SIB Ballarat (part of) a. S43 1 803 I7 .. 4 .. I 340. I ..- I .. ' I .. I ·... Birregnrra (part of) b '•c'l 714. · I,l$0 3SO. .~ . .t1.,2.I4 1 7 ' • • • • 7 . I I '• • ., • 6oo '. • • • ' I ' • • I • • I • • (a) Remainder in R!pon. {J!) Remainder In l'olwarth•. ~ ·.. .l ' ------AGRICW,TURAL AND LIVE STQCK:STATIS:rlCS OF-..V:(CT01UA, 1865-6.· 57 QOUNTY OF HAMPDEN.-(1.) TABLE, 7S •.:.....Number ~of Holders of Purchased Land, and of Crown Land Rented for other than Pastoral Purposes, the Extent of their Holdings, the Quantity of Land Enclosed, and ·of that under Cultivation, and the Extent .under each Description of Crop, in the Year ending 31st March,"I866. · , . EXTENT OF LAND UNDER EACH DESCRlPTION OF CROP. 5 .•• • •·· • • ":- 5 I I So 19 ~ .. 148 zs 18 95 .14' 9 9 13 1 '1 1 u '51 I! IO JO 5 .. 7 55 86 l7 ~·5 16 16 17 '10 IO Ii7 7 115 11 Zl ;5 IO 5 5 I) . • 3 •• 863 )U 11I 48 ,193 IJ7 147 8 8 I:l.1 2.01 IZ 1 l9 5I ·(a) Remainder In Heytesbury. }. ' '' COUNTY OF BAMPDEN.-(2.) ..• TABLE 79.-~ross ~roduce of each Description of Crop in the Year ·endi~g 31st March, I 8~6. QUA!'!T~TY Ob' PR@UCE. , , GREEN CROPS : CEREALS, PEAs£, AND BEANS. (Exclnsive ofl!arketand Kitchen Gsrdens). NAME OF PLACE. -~.. • I ~ ~ 'g .. --~~ ~ "~....: cS • Q) ~ • mtnt;,c~ . ~ ..s eel ....: cti fl ~ . ~ d d~ ~· .§ ~ ' ,. ~ .§ ~ 1 .s I'! 0 "" ~"" """" '"""· E-< ,.., "' E-< ... p. --~------'----- I------bushels. bushels. .bushels. . bushels. bus!J.e~.' · bushels. tons. tons: tons. toll5. No. :Borriyalloak Cobden. ' 8o So 4 4 Colongulac 1105-3 . S6o 1,365 117 II7 108 Corangamite 140 30 ~70' "'4 "'4 t8 Darling ton .. 40 • .... 40 .• 7 7 IZ F.Jlngi>.mite (part of) a 6so I 1IIO 59 59 Ellerslie • :WO ~00 .u,· u Garvoc .• •:• .~, .. Glenorlilillton I,SOZ. so 7:~67.. 76 8 Hexllam )10 I,540 :1.3 44 Karlnh .. •'•. Keilambete 1,755 l,0%.0 45 z,S:r.o n6 33 Killnoorat Kolora .. z:61.o· :1.0 100 .•. z,84o 70 70 Komong . 50" 6o .. no • 8 ... 8 Lismore • ~ ... Marida Y alloak .. •,• Mortlake · 3,348 !tO Skipton 100, Terang .• IO Terinallum Toorak .• Yite-Vito Woorridoo ISO 36o , , , 540 ••67 67 .. .. Stations .. . sss .. 170 •. • · 855 49 .. 49 . . za : ZJ,ooa Total .. ' . 3S,o68 ~ ~--;;;-- ~ -:-6,,367 ~ -;;-- ~\---;:;;;-/~ l:.' {a) Rewalnder ln Heytesbury. ""' . In COUNTY OF J!E,YTESBURY.-(1,) · 00 Ta.BI,E 8o.-Number-of Holders of Purchased Land, and of Crown Land Rented for other than ~>astoral Purposes, the Extent of their Holdings, the Quantity of Land . Enclosed, and of that under quttivation, and the Extent under each Desc1·: n of Crop, in the Ycar ending 31st ~arch, 1866. ~ EXTENT OF LA.ND IN .OCC1JPATION. gj, ·EXTENT OF LAND UNDER EACH DESCHH'TION OF CROP. ~~· -- . ~ > > T. "" I URCHASED ~Nt). ~~ 8 c EltEALS, 1'EASE, AND B EANS, (E.aclusive of GREENMarket and CROPS Kiteh<;n Go.nlen!l.). G·REEN F ORAGE. 0 TUEU c ROIS, . 0 ~ "" NaME OF PLACE. J ~ ~ 0 Q 0 ~ ~ ~ 1-:3~ ~ ID oo ~ • m~~ ~ c:: ;::: ...... : .s .::: ~ .. C) .....: J;:.'l <1,) d ...... s " .a " :i ';;! >. !l s .$; 'E ..,. s "il ::0 ~ ~ ·~ ~ ------~ ~ = ~ ~ 8 ~ 5 ~ j ~ acres. acn~e. acres. acres. o.cres. acres. at.'l'es. acres. acres. acres. acres. acres, acres. acres. Eck:ling •...... 3 t,6oo .. 1,6oo I,496 3,096 1,512...... 4 4 ...... > Eliugamite (po.rt of) a . · 17 677 .. tYl7 2.,584 J,Z6I 379 64 2.7 .. .. 91 27 " . • · · 2.7 8 " .. " z .Jancourt • . •• • , ) • • •. • , 2.,304 2..,]04 2. 1123 12 2.. " .. • • 2. IO , , IO • .. • • •• t:' llfepunga .. ,. .. 64· "'7,346 - 3,136 Io,48z 1,607 tz,o8Q to,;zz I,991 731 215 47 IS I,oo8. 238 }3 16 2. . •69 I93 8 468 476 Pomborncit w. . • .. 7 ,. 3,688 j,68l! 12.. 4 .. .. . • .. .. 4 ...... 4 ...... 1:-1 Purmbete South •• .. • U. 300 .. 300 3,464 3,824 370 2.J . IO ' Z .. IZ II .. • • • . II ...... Tn.langntta .. • • · •• . . H : 5,J36 2.,984 8,320 2.,325 10,64.5 8,6z1 972 404 221 14 : 7 64.6 ZII I .. :!.12. . I8 .. 90 90 Tandarook .• .. .. IS · I,Io; I,Io5 z,oso 3,15; 835 48 ~3 .4 .. •. 2.7 ZI .. ZI ...... (a) llcmainder in IInmpden. COUNTY OF MORNINGTON.-( 1.) ·z TABLE 8z.-Number of. Holders of Puechased Land, and of Cro\Vn Land Rented for othe1· than Pastoral 'Purposes, the Extent of t.heir Hpldings, the Quantity of Land ~ Enclosed, and of that under Cultivation,-and the Extent under each Description of Crop, in the Year ending 31st March, .1866. ~ ::,.. '* EXTENT 0~' f,AND IN OCCUPATION. EXTENT OF'LAND UNDEit JJJACU DESCRIPTION OF CROP. > ,:. . "' PuRCHASED LAND. ~ ~o GREEN FoRAGE. O'rHER CROPs. 0~ ~ ~ g . -g ~ ·I~· "'. .s~ ~ ~ ~ I .st <00 ~ "d ~ ~ NAlllE OP PLACE. :s-<~ ~~ \ E ~ ; c:j .r.l 0 Q) ;!:jll< 8 -§ 'g -.i " :s -g'S .s ~ ~ ~ ~ ·~ l;i.S :!ii • :s~ ii 'lS ':3 ~ 0 .; ,; 1'<-! t-' "'"" 0 CS ..:a +" +" ...... 'P (j -~~ .= -g . =P-< ~ = ~ d) g · m !E · a • .... :i$ = :5 ~~ ] .s ~ .d ~ ~ 15 ;§ 'E 11 3 '21 > ~~ ~ ~ ~ C);$ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ • ~ . > ~ o 8 ~ z t:l acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. " ncrc.s. acres. acres. acres.lacres. 1acres. acres.~acres.,acrcs.l acs. t-' Balma.rrilig 30 z,I89 50 z,239 4,030 6,269 21622 14I 23 34 ... 2 ... 2 61 6o ... 6o 3 ... -12 4 .... I· ... -5 ••• ~ t'lj Berwick 76 8,475 6,539 I5,014 ••• IS,OI4 14,2~0 1,033 196 224 "' "' 4. 9 433 89 "' 89 771 ... 384 81...... 4 I1.1J8' Bittern 10 360 ... J60 I,367 I,727 I09 5 4• ... 4• ... I . I •• ~ ,J ! ••• ~ Buncep I 4 "' 4 ... 4 4 3- 1'"1'"1"'!"'1"'1'"...... 3 0 0 Corinella 17 34S3- I 53 3,6o6 ... 3,6o6 _ 3,6o6 Sx 24 16 27 27 4 2 ~.~ 241··· I ·~ , ..; ~ Cranbourne 63l··xo,xs8 s,62S I5,783 ... IS,783 I5,26o 1551305II 108 !51!I03 li'''1'''1"' ... ••• 222 87 ... 87 28 ... I 3 I61 164 3 .> ""I "' I 00 6 li 2 2 zo Eumemmerring 82 9.393 7,004 I6,397 ... 16,397 I4,334 1-38- 35 29 ••• I ...... 65 8I I "' 8I 59 ... I s ·p,.-~ ]'ingal .•• 3 '6j075 6,07 S ... 6,o7 5 6,07 5 .~. ... ••• -J ...... I ! ]'linders ·•· 24 sm:i 8o 5,813 ... 5,8I3 5,478 289 1I 7 73 1 .. . 3 I9S 86 i ... 86 6 2 .2, .. . ~ 6 .. . Frankston 31 4,192 78 4,270 14I 4-.4-II I z,7o5 74 14 I 2 .. . I7 14 ... 14 33 4 4 5 ~ Kangerong 37! 2,688 2,536 5,224 847 -6,o71 - 3,6os 151 9 14• ... 6 .. . 29 1-4 ... 24 36 15 I6 22 4 20 46 .. . 5 I 00 Langwarren ... 6 1,274 8,090 9,364 ... 9,364 9,364 3 2 .. " .~ ~ 2 I ••• Lyndhurst 6,422 12,012 I2 0I2 168 6o 87 54 ... 0 ... 47 5>59° 1 II109I Z7' '" 54 23 4 4 b:j Mooroodnc· ... 82 10,670 2,335 -J3,oos 3 q,oo8 I0,9I7 501 108 ss 33 22.6 38 2. 40 xs6 53 1-3 11 2 ·26' ... ~ 2 ·.. 1-< ·Nar-nar-goon ... 11 3,175 350 3,525 .1,291 4,8I6 J,IJO I44 JI 42 ... 73 17 .•• I7 SI • ~ • I ~3 I z l .. . 0 22 26 Narre Warren... 2 5 3,295. 2,003 5·298 soo 5.798 4-,603 I48 IS 35 3 ., .. . 53 JI '" 31 38 4 ~- N epea.n .. . .u 2,903 2,903 2,9I2 1,'721 78 5 ... . •• 24 10 .. . IO 36 3 s-1 ... 0 9 '9 ... 1'. s ~- Pakenham .. . 10 3,530 900 4.43° 4430 3,862 37 7 7 ...... I4 I41 .. . 14 9 H '"i"' I .. , Ring wood ••• -8' 151 10 2 2 2 I ••• 2 61 ... ? ISI I5I 132 ... 1-- 41 2 Scoresby ... 30 2,6x8 2,613 s,zJI I I,4-I4 6,645 4,32S '379 24 82 106 35 98 33 33 IOO ... - I ... IOI I 6 351·" -00 0'\ Sherwood ... 9 _2,209 4.534 6,743 700 7.443 s,70S 45 17 20 I .,.. ... ! ... 37 8 ... 8 v-. I I ••• 20 5 I 2 10 I 2 Tyabb 27 4,144 200 4.344 400 4.744 3,711 78 12 IS 2.0 31 3 ?' 1- 12 Wannaneue IO 2,612 I 64o 3,1-52 3,252 Z,924 ss I6 ~ --~ ... 25 7 .. . 71 14 I ... I 2. 7 i 3 1 Wollomai I 7 3,429 I 40 3,4-69 I 3.4-70 2,970 64 I2 I6 3 ' ... 'l- 36 IS I I 6 51 ...... 1 SI s I ... I ...... 2. z ... 1 ... .• . ... :Stations 16 30,404 I 4,ooo 34,404 I 1196 35,6oo 32,867 439 S I "' '"' 16 54 24 ... 24 61 8 ...... 276 284 6 6 IO Total 6731 IZ9,556 1.53.360! I8Z,9I6 III,899I 194,815 r65,33o 4.7S2 I 86I I 8871 23 IS 4 --;::; I,857 74S 3 748~~~-s-\--;;-1-7-~ I,ooJ I,o45 ~~~~ 29 43 235 84 v-. '0 COUNTY OF MORNINGTON.~2.) 8' TA:nr.E 83.-Gross Produce of each Description of Crop in the Year ending 31st March,-· r866. QUANTITY OF PRODUCE. GREEN CROPS C:EllllALS, PEASE, ~ BEANS, OTHER CRO)"S •. (Ex.dusiv(i tlf :ita.rke.l e.nd ~itc.h. 8 'ii: \ " !-< ::q ... z 1"1 ... "' ~ '-----''----~---''-'-'--~1·~. ~- ---~-1"1---.'-;!1---·-·-·t:G_._ '1-.--"'--: --""-- \::',~ ·I--~ t:1 ·., bushels: -~ bushels.· .busllels. , .busllels. bushels. busllels •. bushels. tons. tons. tons. tons. cwt. No. cwt.· cwt. cwt. - gals, Ballllltrring ... 555-':' 847 • <•!_ ., 30 !•• ! 30 I,,J.62 2.63 z63. 4- 40 .•.. Berwick ... 4,385 . ~. 3.95:1.' :•:.. ' ~0. - 98 8,495 ,274 :1.74 96 12.,420 35 35 240 14 ~ Bittern ::.••• .•. J -·· 14 B!J-neep .. ; •t ••• •• • ' I ·~~ ... ~ .. 6 ~ 0 Corinclla; .• . S69.. ··1: !,21_3 . ~ •.. ,1,;182 78. 78 20 3oo .. :1. 2 10 0 Cranbourne J ••• ·Z,4I 5··,:· 2,141 330 ,,,: .... . :4,~86 347 347 35 3,6oo. ,. p:; .'I!. ~ Eumemmering 3 IS I : !J.I6 25 . !'!.• .. . 756 :z.so . 2SO 55 . U2 Fingal ... 20 ~ Flinders .. ~ 2,:1.~6 ' 1,355. 25 6o ·3,696 32S : 3:1.5 6 ... 2,000 !j Frankston ... 24!?• 4 30 .••· Z74 44 44 21 s,ooo U2 •290 IZO 2 ~ "Kangerong. us , .. 5 5 -77 77 47 :1.7,800 ~ 0 Langwarren 16 ' -I6 I I r.n . Lyndhurst . . I ,o64 ··-j- .·668 I,7J2. 2I8r 218 28. ·~ .. 0 Moorooduc 1,499 . 1,352 .... ·6xo .3,461 12.4 4' us I9l ~4,800; IO 10 ~ Nar-nar-goon ... 836 840 I,676 64 64 40 296 816 ~ Narre Warren .•• I~li:1. 91 9I 3:1. '~ .. a· Nepean ZOO IOO 300 34 34 55 ~ 0 Pakenham ... 1.59 I75 334 44 44 15 ... Ringwood •• 20 :1.0 6' 6 Scores by 318 1,374 1,692 109 109 12.7 I,ooo F .... Sherwood 384 48:1. ... 866 . .. . 29 ... :1.9 ':' · .... 00 0'\ Tyabb 152. 52 .,..· ...- Z04 ·67 i-- 67· 10,100 100 :-·· 'JO ... "' Wannaneue · 1:s;; ·· ·· 135 ·so·.· 14 14 n·· 1... 495 ~ ~. Wollomai 24·2· #O .66 i4Z . 76 76 4 Stations . ss ' . 750 1,160 ,.6o. );, 6o 8o ' ,s:s I=-· "···· ··240 :.•.• ..... ,•••t. .16 361 Total 1 17,422 520 zos 8o 1,098. 3S,686 2,609 4 z,6i3 904 1;040 76,o:z.o IIO 37 147' 2SO .COUNTY OF NORMANBY.-(1.) · TABLE 8+.-Number of Holders of Pi.irch~~ed Land, and of Crown Land-Rented for other than Pastoral Purposes,. the- Extent. of their Holdings, the Quantity of .Land ·Enclosed, and· of that under Cultivation, and the Extent under· each Description of Crop, in the Ye!l.r..ending. 3 Ist Ma;ch, .I 866. '"'"'"· ! IJ> 0 EXTENT OF·J,AND IN OCCUPATION. EXTENT OF Lll'D.UNDER EACH DESCRIPTION OF CROP. ~ -:- , g-1 , .v... GREEN cRon _ . . Pt111CitA.SED L.uro. • • • ..!! --CEREA.LS;. PEABE, AND,BE.lNS. (Exclusive of Market GllllEN l!'oRAGE. OTitEn CRoPs. ~ ,-~ i ·[:; · · · · · and Kitchen Gardens). ' I ~....., k 'NAME OF PLACE. l?J'.!;·"'.S it ~- ~ ' i' ~ ;;;.,q '8". ..s"'" I'd" . ' ~ ....;- li ~8 :.s ~ ! f tE ! o ~ .l 'S be• • ~ • 4S ~ ~' - ~ ~~ ~ • ~ lr> 0 0 • • "" gj· ·..!. 0 al ,g; " ~ 1 ~.1'0 ~ J. r +> ~ , ~ • ·t:~ ~l:l'.. o o Total .. 1-;:.-- 301,765 14,911 JI6,686 59,097 375,783 292,104 15,986 5,900 803 SZ 7 I6 5 6,783 574 ~~ ~ 1,644 --:-~ 2,471 1,539 --:- 1I 163 ;8 164 14,167 0\...... 0\ COUNTY OF NORMANBY.-(2.) • 'l'ABLE 8 5.-Gross Produce of each Description of Crop in the Year ending 3 I st :M: arch; 1 8§6; .. > QUANTI'l'Y OF .PEODUCE. § GREEN CRO'PS CEREALS, Pl:.ASE, A!rrt"D BEANS. I OTI!En CRoPs. (Eiceluo~~ive (If MArket. and Kitchen Gar(lemr), a 'q VINES. t"1 N AJ't!E OF PLACE. ~ ~ . Grapes 'Gathered. 1;:0" l..rs ~ ~· >t:i· ~ ~ S ~u~ !i gj ~ d ~ 1aa. ~ ·~ "'a .o :§, 1 ~ . g ~ e~l· >· ~ "'"' 3 1 ! ~ ~ & ~s~· z .0 h ti' ·&:: ~ i i ~ "'"' ~ E--1 := ~ ~ ~ s s· t:l bnsllell!. bushels. _busM Is. I busllell!. l bushels. bushels: tons. tons. tons: tons. cwt. No. cwt. cwt. cwt. galS. Ardonachic •• I Audley .• so 95 I45 .. ~ Balrook ... 4 4 Bessiebellc •• :1.0 :1.0 .. .. 00 Bolwa.rra .. ~~0 2.:1.0 3I 31 I49 >-3 Brarnbu rrn .. 378 378 7 7 ... 0 BmnxlloJme S,Olj 1,~35 ' 1:1. 6,:t6o 72. ; 0 Byambynee .. . 7'1. 9' 101714 934 ~0 11,668 ISO ISO :1.7 ~ Byaduk · 8,j6I 1,344 IU 9,817 I)7 15'; 32. Condah ISO r;o 7 7" 00 Croxton West 3,98o 542. 150 4,672. 7 z,;oo 17 >-3 Digby 7 37 Drick-drlck 700 :z.;o, 40 32. II > Drornbnrg· •. 990 >-3 ~ 2.00 ~ 3'1. 48 ..... Grassdale 00 Green llllls ••. ::.64 29 293 ~~,.. I • • 1:1. 7 >-3 Hamilton South I5,155 1,375 U2.· ,.. IQ 16,6;:~. 9s • . I 95 , z88 no . 2.4)100 lo6 r6 1'1.2. 70' Heywood •94 1.00 394 :!.I .. :1.1 13 b Hotspur 75 1:1.0 I95 ~ I •. .. •• m :Macartbur .• ,,011 990 4,001 77 .. n z.7 .... Merino .. 1,668 16 I:1.,437 51< .. 5'1. 35 0 1\Iocomboro ,. • ·~:~~& t,I)O ... 4.958 • :1.0 .. :1.0 46 ~ Monivne 3.8<.14 640 IS 4,55:1. 59 • • 59 9 :Mouzic <:1 Mumdall 350 48 .. 398 •. 4 :: 4 I~ Napicr· 8o 75 IH u .. b Nanawong :Z.!)OJ 2,840 I 68,...... 68 274 • • r,ooo 34:1.' I95 >-3 Portland 4•8 66 8 491 s; 10 to; I 47 • • I I ,too. I u ·I .. u Sandiord 8,795 ~.541 '1.4' " ~1,;!6:1. 77 • • 77 154 •• Tahara 9,n6 854 so 30 to,o;o 39 • • 39 2.1 10 ~P-i Tarragal ~.307 449 2.02. 2.30 ;,,ss 1 so 13:2. ,s.. "3"' Trewalla •• IOI 18 6o I I79 '7 .. I7 94 .. .. • • • • • • ? Tyrendnrra .• 2.,02.0 r;o j 2.,170 zo H ~ , 2.,) ~ ~ • • • <' • + • 0 War:rabcook ISO So :1.5 185 ,61 • • 61 , , ,. .. , , ., ,. Wermugourt -·00 j:I.O I . ;w 13 ·.. 13 3 ... .. •.. •· • • 0\ Wiuguyung .. ""- Yulecart 3.899 440 I6 •• . I2. 4'.367 ·;7 .. 17 -~, :: :: :: :: :: .. I" Stntions I 2.,70'2. 1 1130 .. :to • • .. 3,8;:>. 7o I4 84 :1.39 70 • ...... • • ?' 1----~------. " Total •• 99,40I 16.967 959 76 290 I 59 1 117,752. I,402. I66 1,568 1,964 :1.00 2.8,;oo uS 19 137 87 I AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK STATISTICS OF VICTORIA; r865-6. COUNTY' OF POLWARTB.-(1.) TABLE 86,_..:._Nuinber of Holders of Purchased Land. and of Cro~Ji Land Rented for other than Pastoral Purposes, the Extent of their Holdings, the Quantity of Land Enclosed, and of' that under Cultivation, and the Extent under each Description of Crop, in 'the Year ending 31st March, r 866. I EXTEN~ OF LAND IN OCCU- i • PATION. . EXTENT OF LAND UNDER EACH DES'fUPTION OF CltOP. ' . . I . . . t . GREE:X, CROPS '. Pu&ciiAi!ED. L.um. . ':!21 i cERlu:Ls', PEAsE, AND BEANS. (Exclusive of MIU'o GREEN FoRAGE. OTHER CHOPS, 0 ,; ~ ·El k~t and Kitchen 0 Gardens~ ...-- fS~ :lJ ...... ~. a ... !t 'o-l J NA~IE OF PLACE. ~& .,." ~~ ~ il ~ ti 0 " ::...a: ~~.I " .,o' tO .s a I ci !l."! i o~ ,;;"' ~ u "~ ~ ~ ,; ~ ~Ef "' ~§ o·- ~ >< ! ~ ~a 0" ~:"' . .s 8~' $ .s .s ~ " " ~ ~ ,;, ~~ ; :s ! -e f.l 3 a c iJ, 0 ~ ~" i ~ ~ n, !I 0 lo " ~ ltl p:; ·~ ~ ,; ic;~ ,;; zt;i E< ;::"' ... ~ :!l ;:.. I! 0:1;< " "' 0 E<· li-i ~! " ~0 " ! "' 1- 1-- -.- " - "' "" -- I "'' - acres. acres acres~ Iacres aeres. aCres. acres acres acs. -a.· a. O.c's. acres a. 1 a. ncs. a. a. o.cres acres I acres a. u. a. a. a. llnmbra 41 6,879 45! 7.H~ I,3Jl 8,665 5,9fu 4~8 184 I48 8 :!. 9 351 35 .. .. 35 :!.:!...... Ilirregurra ·(partoria' 24 8,868 853 9,7U .. 9,7:!.1 6,78~ r,.r:;s 718 2J4 11 2 ~s 20 .. :to 57 .. So 8o ~ I IO 13 .. Coluc .. 72 67~ :!.9~ ~4 ' .. 964 921 '99 61 I4 ~ .. 77 25 .. 8 33 43 .. 27 ~7 .. 8 II I9 Elliminyt :: .. 27 2,780 1,733 4,513 &) 4,6oz. 4,JOJ 244 7:!. 64 • .. .. 138 7 z .. 9 Z5 .. 6 6 •• j :!. 8· 10 56 Irrewn.rra •• .. 45 I4,7SO '·974 16,~z6 90 16,8I4 16,814 99~ 503 IIO 16 .. .. 6:!.9 •7 .. .. 27 Ill '79 I79 I ' 10 :!.9 40 4 l1urroon .. .. 16 7,666 IOO 7, 2 6I8 8,444 7,8o6 479 :!.65 180: .. .. IO 456 17 .. .. '7 6 ::; I·· ...... Nnlangll .. ~0 23,639 359 23,998 ' .. 2J,998 :!.3,998 5,JZ.o 99 34 5 .. II '49 27 2 .. :!.9 3I :!.,000 J,089 5,08<) I9 3 22 .. PirroH YnJloak .. 6 . 6o7 3~7 914 I .. 934 548 :!. .. ", i ...... 2 .. :!.' ...... I·· ...... Tutcgong (part o!)b I 2,7Jo I 1,730 ' .. 2..1730 2,730 ...... ; ...... I ...... Wensleydale .. § 1,003 .. 1,003 .. r,oo; 1,0o3 ~ 56 :!.I 3 .. .. 8o 4 .. 4 ...... W1l0orel .. IJ,I58 I,})l )4,511 i .. 14,5}1 I4Sll 184 84 6c 9 .. 5 . !)8, 8 .. .. 8 IS;~I ...... Ynn-yan-g~rl .. :to 11,059 40! IItCXJ9 Z-34 11,333 7.5~8 145 7o' 6:!. I .. .. 1J3 4 .. .. 4 8 ...... l:::l:' •• i 1 •• I .. Yeo .. .. 4,624 .. 4,6:!.4 .. 4,624 4,000 28 IO IO ...... 20 4 .. .. 4 ...... Stations. .. .. ~ 14,117 3'71 I4,454 .. i I4,4S4 6,901 79 32 30 ...... 6:!. 3 .. .. 3 ! ...... "j" 8 8 .. - --- 1- - - 1- i Total .. Jo6 Il:!.,S62 7 ,87I I:Z0,433 ::!., J64 122,7971 I03,8c6 9,311 2,15) 967 57 2 37 J,:!.I8 I83 :~8-1195 344 z,oooj~ 6o ~~~\4' ~ iiiJ (a) Remainder in Grenvllle. (b) Remainder in Gmnt. ~·. COUNTY OF POLWARTB.-(2,) TABLE 8J.-..:..Gross Produce of each Description of Crop in the Year ending 31St March, r866. QUANTITY OF PRODUCE. GREEN CROPS CEREALS, PEASE~ AND BEANS. (Exclu!dvo of Market tl.lld Kitdlen 0TIIER CROPS, Gardens). VINES. NAME OF PLACE. ~~ 1 ~ 'Ol Grapes Gathered. ·.g I m~,_ t:l "" ~ ,;, ~~ ~ ~ I ~~~ ~~-! I' J ;I ,£.g ! 'S ~-~ ~ . o-f,> • "' ;;::" :~, :s i ~ -:5S"' :So S " ~ 0 0 li- o ~~;j ;::"' 0 &! ~a 8 ·;.., ~ lli . z z.s ~ ;:;:;~&:; 8 - i::: ------.. ------1~--.:1:---J---1---~-·------~----- bushels. bushe!J!. bUBlicls. bushels. bushels; tons. tons. tons. tons. No. cwt. cwt. cwt. gals. Bnmbra .. •• .. 3.774 3,6o6 148 138 7,766 64 .. 17 ...... Blrregurra (part of) a .. Io,::.64 5,951 368 zo r6,6o3 38 .. JO 10 31 Colnc .• .. .. I,oo::z. 30<) 6o .. I,J7I 6I .. 5l 18 43 Ell!minyt •• •.• .. 1,034 r,oso 40 .. 1.,1~ 19 I 34 IrrewaTTa. •• •• .. I0~'-:2.8 2.,'7J}2. z8o .. u.,Soo 53 .. I48 IS JO Murroon •• •• .. 8,145 SS07 .. I3S IJ,887 38 .. 11 Nalangl! ...... :z.,uo 8os 104 I98 3,:!.I7 9I 3 43 l'irron Yall oak •• ...... 3 .. Tutegong (part of) h •• ...... W ensieydoJe .. .. ,;65o soo 90 .. 2,1.40 .. '2.6 I .. Wlloorel ...... I,640 I,8Io 150 75 3,67S zg .. J H Yo,n-yan-gurt •• .. 1,482 I,J8o 23. .. :!.,885 l5 .. IS • 8 Yeo .. .. I 50 ISO 300 .. . 7 ~ ' ' .. ' .. .. 7 . Stations ...... 700 430 .. .. 11 IJO s .. s IO i 1------11,3 -40- .. -49- -8<)-~-49-1- Total .4 433 00 1 .1 (a) Remnlndcr'ln Qrenville. (bj Remainder in Grant. ~*! COUNTY OF RIPON;:....-(1.) ~ TABLE ·.88.-:Nuinbol' of ilolders of Purchased' Lan~! arid o£ Crown I~and Rented for other. than Pastoral Purposes, the Extent of the'ir Hofdings;· the Quantity Land Enclosed, and of, that under Culti~atio~, and the Extent under each De~~rip~~on of C:op, in the Year ending 3 Ist.March, I 866. EXTEN"T OF LAND .::; OCCUP ATIOk . _ "E:X:TE~T"O:f _LAND UNDER EACH DEBCRIP'riON OF CROP, l ! ,· 1 ·p> PuRCiti.SED L~ .. : ; , ~ GREEN FoRAGE. OTHEB· CllOPS. ,; ~ ' _._ , -- I ' § • ~ !:" § m·. ~ ~ t1 : :- U> J::; r re;& w A ~ <11.. rJ o· N AllfE OF PLACE. : I ~ .:;j i ~~:r .· ~ ! ·;.~ '!~. 8 """~ • .ex; !=l ':::~·er ~8. -~rd.c;· ... l·~ .$ d ~.el, ;~l • ' '::: , :; : f "j " ~ oo"~ • ·r1 i ~. 2~ I s ; ~ !. ' :~.'- '· ~ ~ .;· -~ ~ : ·I :§ ,;. ~ I~ .E "> a ~~ 'ffi ~· ~- - ~ ~,. 3 · $ -~r ~ ~ S - ~;g ~ "E ~ ~ ::s >< ~ .~ 0 r<;: 0 l!l " ~.2 0 . 0 t""' e!! I\.< ' ] --'--~--'--'-'---:-...;.;..1~.~~~~--'"'-- 1<1, ~ ."" 0 -.-.- E-<::Ji.~_:__;_=..:,_~-1--- > ' t. , ; acres. acres. Mtes. acres. acres. acres. 1 Scrcs~ nyt:es. aCreS.! a. acfe~: Rcres~ acie~~J·:~t" a. acr~s.l a.; acres. ~cres. .Amnit(partof)c" •• z6 949 . 41' 990' ·;·.· -990 1. su: ;'2)8 .'!§2\ .... I ...·'· 7 . 8. ·.' 7 7 r· 3 F .. .Ascot (part of) a , '· ···' Z7 I,I01. ~,589 3,691 •• 3/'91 J 3,691 z,998 3 .906 4 ., .. 6 10 ... I 6 "• · 7 394 ~· ·Baangal t~ •• . •• 2. 113" •• ,113' Ill ~2.6 : :146} . IS •• •• ·~ •. •• •• "~; 1...... ' '...... olo ...... •• f{ Jl8.!Jarat (part Of} 0 •• 1,761 571 1;331 110 Z,#Z 1;410 • I,OJ7 • II2 ., .. .I8 S ., 2;"3 .6z7 . 2.2.. • • . .. . 8 JO ·., 4 Z3 IO · i"7 . 66 Ilallyr.ogan~-- ..... --····- --..··- ·--.. ; .... ·-l1,J79· ··U.J79 -~ 3,n;: 4I ' z .. •. .. :7 ..· .. ·.7. 4 •.· •. · : ;·., :. .. • I .. .. I · ZS 0 I" I ; :Beaufort .. ;o .. .so .. so, ···.j_S , 31 ... :-1...... _. 4 .,. .... 4 14 .... , I'·t·.·.· I .. s I ·6 a. ~; Ilrewstu • ~ : : ti14· : · 150 ·,764, •· • • . . · 764 ;.·,··~4. , 440 . ·. z.os 1o6 ...... 3H 75. • : .. . 75: : zo .. · .. l' •.• ...... • ; • .. , oo: Buangor: ... · 161 16o _32.1 70 39I '~. ~-.X· · 13 .-~·· .. .• ·~ ... n •• ~~. •• • :-. t _, ~2.~· •• · •• •• · ··~- ·.' ;,I ~·-~4 \. 1!unugal •• ·"- ...... _ . 3,56~ 3,561 ..1 : , 7. 7 ~·.. •...... z .. .. 2. · .. . .. ;. . :. ~ 5 ;-3. 1lurrvmooep .. 1,496 47 11543 I64 I,7o7 \ofZI 305 ·• JZ · 3 i ·I .. :1. • • ·· • 38 I9 · _,. .. I9. .:I.I3. ·... g. 4 4. 0 ]!urrumbect •• '7,JZI· •7,I77 14,498, • , .76 I4,574 -I4,S74 I1,791 "3i759 · :.t J,Mf ;64 IJ I9 7,519 474 40 10· "5'4 1,18z•j IS 657 11' 12. ~~ ·_:;i? 641 Z9 ~. ., o· Cammba.llac North •• 7,919 •• 7,9'9' ' 7,84Z IS,76I ;s,76~ · w :.. ·: .. :. .. , • .. · .·. .. .. --.. 1.0 ~ .. •'•' p::;_ CheJ;StoW ___ ::,- .. _I 190 ..;· -- _.I90. . _ .. , I90 : I9 6o ~: ,10 IO :• ...... zo .5 .;• ,. ' . .5: .·~ 35 Colvmgsby • • . .. 9 .. • .. . . z,8o7 2., 807 9"4 .. ·...... • • .. • • ...... • • •.•. 00 Dowljng Forost(pa_rt?f)~, ;~ 39•. : ;,399~ a1~S9 4/4?8 . 4,458 4,4;8: 1,750 :~ 587 3Z7 : z 6 17 .. · !m· ~ 8 ,· ... ·1 . 68 {>487 7 ;7 ;-3. Dunneworthy...... J . -.. . •.• .... , 1,~76 r,z76 • ...... •• ... .. · /'~ li>• Ercll _Total.. ; •. :'666. fZJ,948 44;419 468,367 Io9,268 577,635 IJI0,6o7 ~8,894 8,58:> 7,849 I ro4 19 4Z 16,596 1,6~4 2. II 901 .966 6 --;;-- ~--:;-1 M3 I,Ss; "" I c • - · • • 1 • (a)"helriainder in,Talbot; (b) Remainder in Grenville. (c) Remainder in theWimfll.~~k (d) Remainder in Yilllcrs. " ~ •• p ... \ COUNTY OF RIPON'-(2.) i' ;.. ~ .... ~ • w "" TABLE 89.-Gr~ss'Produce of· each Description of Crop in the Year ending 3Hit· March; I 866. ':~ i.. ... · .} ..-;.,t -I . QUANTITY OF PRODUCE. CEREALS P£A8E, "AND BEANS. . GREEN CROPS • OTHER CROPS, >- 1 (EKclusive of•Marl!.et... and Kitchen 'Gardens): VINES. ~ N A.lllE OF PLACE. ~ . · · : ' . 1 Grnpes Gathered. 'li 1-:3 . I ll . I. ·.s ""' . . " Total .. .. 2os,04; '98,•44 •,•u 496: . 4n 406,49 , ... ;42.. s;~ ~ -;-:;-M . 9,6•;---l--4-s-- 90,956 l·---;6.;-l--9-lrn-l--6o-- 1 0\ (a) Remainder in Talbot. (b) Remainder in GrcnviUe. (c) ·IlelllAinder In the Wlmmera. (d) Remainder in Villlers. V.. 0\ COUNTY OF TALBOT.-:-(1.) 0\ TABLE 90.-Number of Holdm·s of Purchased Land,' and of Crown Land Rented for. other than Pastoral Purposes, the Extent of LIHJir Holdings, the Quantity of Land and of that under Cultivation, and the Extent under. eachDescription. ofCrop, in the Year ending 31Rt March. r866. EXTENT 0}' LAND IN OCCUPATION. ~ 'i) ~ ~ 1 (=j NAME OF PLACE. .s 1l !'< ~ 'l:1 'l:1 ·~ ~ .;J 'a g ,q ~ tl t! ~. ~· ~ !'< ll'l aeres. acres. aeres. acres. acres. acres. acres. ~ Addlugtou JZ 2.,82.0 <.,834 5,654 597 6,25I 5,654 .3.479 Arnberst.. • • 40. 1,'1.97 292 1,589 go I/179 I,S33 751. ~ Ascot (part of) a •• 56 ;,O<)s 4,482 7,577 93 7,670 7,640 6,0'1.8 !Z lladnglmp (part of) b • IS 4,68.j. 2,379 7,o6j 20 7,083 3.959 I,295 ti Becltworth •. H 6,oz~ 2.,092. 8,0Z4 20 8l0+4 M24 .1,899 Bet-bet (part of).b 40 1.,362 2.,821 I9 2.,840 z,675 1,417 t:-1 459 )-< Bullarook ljl 6,1.41 14-,700 1.0)941 440 2I,J8I 2.1,371 Io,ZS9 1 161 Bung Bong of) b.: :%.2 854 267 1,121 377 1,498 1 728 B\O'ke 91 3.959 S,I!)O 9,149 379 9.51.8 9,#5 . 3.547 t:3 Campbelltown 8 4/)I 4/)I so jii 402 209 Cu.rlsbrook SI ro,r7o 1,789 II,959 10 II,96g s;us :2.,j2.1 943 r.n. Durralulup .•• 29 3,041 1,2.81 4,32:2. I9" 4t5I2. 3.933 1,355 65o ~ Castlmuaine (p<1rt of) b , 20 J40 7 347 1.0 367 3'4 136 19 11 0 Chew ton 11.3 IS I4I I41 14I 101. 0 CI11nes I,OZ4 :1.84 1,3o8 6n 1,941 1,9]0 1,193 67~" "95 • 3 .! 2 Pi Ooliban .• •. T.A.BLE 91.-Gross Produce of each Description of Crop in the Year ending 31st March, 1866. z . ~ ?.. QU.A.NTITY OF l'RODUCE• ~ :"· .._.n ... ,...~ ,..,~ ... .. CE!tEALS, PEASE, AND BEANS. of Market and Kitchen Gardens). 0T11ER CROPS • >- VINES. NAME 0~' PL.A.CE. ·I · Grapes Gathered. ~ "i~ gj --- i 1:: - • .E QJ~>. $: I 0 @ "00" p. 'li·~~ .s ~ ~ i ~ ~ ~ ~ C:~! -a sit:! ,_;j I ~ .~ ~.s~ c:l ~ ~ i ~ ~ :::: 8 l"-f~- M,,...~~~ 0 :.1fi::P< ~ i f ~ !~d ~ J ----- ! bushels. bushels. bushels. bushels. bushels. bushels. bushels. tons. tons. tons. tons. tons. cwt. cwt. No. cwt. cwt. cwt. gals. Addington •• •• •• 4I,J6S :1.9.7~ 1.76 56 6o :1.16 u8 Amherst .• .. .. 71,519 i4 •;o I,WO 5 2.5 30 140 ~,SM :~.,466 Il9 u 6,149 IS ·:o~ ~ .A.scot (part of) a • . • • so 36 54 1,000 5 IS 1.0 8o S4,JSZ "'65 30 S::. 9:1.,6)) 149 '96 :1.45 1,700 Baringhup (part of) b •• S,l41 l';ra~ 68 .Beck:worth . . • • • • .. ' I 3 \ 6,030 IM :t,ooo 30 30 a,sn 10,992. 75 IO 100 2.0 ~ Bet-bet (part of) ·b , , 83 ZJ,703 89 •o; n.,soo 6o I90 2.50 t,no 4,"96 67z. '1.0 I r 196 ~ BullarooJ;. .. .. •• .. 4.']90 2.1,6oo 46 54 IOO 367 176,446 IIJ,2.2.0 = 16o 7" Sz::. 1:1.4 13 9S9 494 11,000 10 so 6o 300 Bung Bong (part of) b •• 3,3z6 1)2.16 :1.0 16 16 Burke ...... 70 s,ooo .. 6o t: 33,S6I z.::.,Ss; 19 1,8"9 :1.34 :1.0 2.54 "'49 14,500 "6i 12.1 6oo Campbentown • • • . ~.950 1,410 JO 8 Carisbrook ...... 4.390 14 14 r8,ooo ;3 7.400 6oS us :t 8,z.~s Carralulup ...... I I 554 I8,8oo 70 ;so 400' . 10,952. 6,168 ,. 17,132. . 87 u. 111 I# .~So b Castlemaine (part of) b •• I3 ~a 34S 30 JIO Chewton .. .. •• sS7 7 7 .. ;;,too •s 335 ISO ~ •1oo 10 110 I . I Clnnes ...... 35 8,6oo ;o 30 6o 150 1:z.,o8o 6:~n 1"'4 IIO I8,szs 84 30 II4 34 19,500 0 Collban .. .. •• 4,736 9.4S7 6 1.0 0 Craigie .. · •. •• 14,"'49 140 I40 :1.5 n,soo 75 s,67z I,~ 133 rs ;.6 7,6o8 17 40 1:1.6 569 14,700 ~ 70 ISO 405 P'1' Creswick • • .. .. ~3.950 S,wo Den.n.. .. •• .._ 1'<115'0 9:1. ~ "'4 176 6,755 ;,8J::. 1o,s>7 110 00 ·Dr11mmond ...... 96 14 7 s.~s 7,6xo :1.14 IJ,089 IS IS Eddington (part of) b •• 47 7.799 314 "'4 8,137 2. 2. IOI 1,2.00 30 Edgecombe (part of) c •• JO ~ 1s,6so s,zs5 40 I6o 2.4 3105 n6 401 Eglluton •• .. .. I4 'J,IOO ss ss 4,68; 1.2.3 36 IZ 2.,500 IO :j Elphinstone...... "'·9'7 7,Ss9 40 •54 so 40 so ::..jO 1,2.02. 376 6; 4" 30 1,713 31 ,. 10 114 7,1oo 30 • 1'1.0 00 Erci!doun (part of) a' .. 53 300 390 5'7~02.1 43.469 810 ~0 ;os IOI,MS 30:1. II3 415 SJO 7,0<>0 JO 110 I40 .,. 6so Faraday •• • . I,~ s S75 IO ss :z.,&z.o ~ ~ "9 4,6oo 66 ~ 86 ISO g Franklln •• .. .. 19,193 9.•53 64 ;.8,740 1.0 119 :1.87 Fryers .• .. .. "'3" 99 13,300 2.9 so 79 300 6:1.7 Ill ll I! 36 10 1),100 155 1)5 00 G!endo.ruel (part of) a •• 740 US,#<> 1"9,0~ 368 16o ;66 :1.35,376 750 459 z.s .;.. 34 r,z.s6 7,000 2.0 so 70 310 Glenlyon .• •• .. :1.1,09 t7,BI 6o 83 40,:1.43 18:1. 8 190 H,48o ::..jO 1,100 0' of) b , • 90\ 343 so •90 Guildford (part 9"l 83 1:0 1,2.18 19' l"-9 30 100 675 Harcourt (part of) b •• I~ s '9 34.400 575 :1.96 ""-' 588 ;oS 56 36 1,048 IS 4 ~ 67 40 1'7,~00 Hawkeston.. •• .. u ...... zsz z64 .. ~ 14 ' .. ;S Holcombe ...... 16,407 8,818 90 zs.sos 8• 10 9:1. u6 ;,ooo ; JO 30 2.IO Lcxton ...... '90 0 :1.5-4:10 IS,o68 zoS 30 43.716 %.50 IJ 10 •73 357 12. 6,ooo 10 2,0 30 I2.0 Llllicur •• •• •• r,678 466 2.,144 72. 3.500 10 ro ~ llrarybor En:ENT OF LAND IN O,CCUP ATION. EXTENT ,OF LA.ND UNDER EACH DESCHil'TION OF.: CHOP•. ·- -.,----~ ~ l ;~ . . • GREEN Cno?B ~ 1 i :.i?URC~ABfD L;AND. ~ d · :::I CEREALS, l?.E.ABE, AND BEANS. (E1dnal'Te of :u~~.du:t and G:n.EEN FoRAGE. OTHER CROPS. § ;• S ~ .g ~ :fC!tcllen Gar~ens).~~· · _. ·--- NAME OF PLACE. -~ .. :r '' • _,,: _ iP'! ~>-~..r oi ·""~ . ... ;;:~ .-: lif ~~J:r~.,ij!I Ci __· > ~ ; ~ e · .s § - at s -~ ~ o . t"'l -o - ·: . "i " "' ::! " ~ i":l ill..s~l l!l. 4 h i; § . i~E $. . j j 3 , ~~~"' :$~ i.!!l ~..SI· ,5 . ~ ~" ~i~"< :iJ. _$~: /!' l1f'-~~. :jl. ·' i §~~X:!i • :§.. I £~ " , ill ~"' 'I'~ i~; 'jj. ::so· 0 ·a.::! 0 i< -. d "«~ ~ c!'d o' 0 ~ 0 ~;.... 0 ;:::: .g = 5 a e 0 .· .. .. I i'iiil·· .,. :5' 8 fi1 ~;:;- o -~ ,., ~a 8 ~>-~: 8 ·. 8,:,r . "' o __ 8 ~ o: o o _8_ ""_ ~ . 1 1 t"'l neres. acres. acres,. acre~: a;:res. a~res. acres. acres. -=- ~ -:·~ acres; acres. ·.a. a.· a~re: :-:-~-:: :- n.: a. -'~. ~ =:- :- = llallangeich :.'' .' ... · ••. : .. . 24 '61-I ;.· fu.r 7,7S8, 8,379 ·. 'I,43~ ·: n; 41 !2. _...... 54 6o ; I •• 61 ...... ~ •• .. .. ; ·• .. " i· . ." .1"' · ;:. (a) Remainder in Ripon. COUNTY OF VILLIERS ...:..c2.)"' TABLE 93.-Gross Prod::tce of each Description of Crop in the-Year ending 3 i st March, 1866. QUANTITY OF PRODUCE. > \:i':l CEREAlS,. PEAS~, AND BEANS. OTHER CROPS. ~ VINES. i..f ~ E:l l(AJifE OF ~PLACE. lf 1-3 ~ · ..: Grapes Gathered. • ~~a ~ .:r~ 1 .g m~ . ~ ~J . ~ ~~ s 'g B ...~ f ,;, !'d b ·1? ~- ~'d -g. ·a .g o 1::.s;q ~Be· .S .s ~§ ______;::: " __o_. ___i"' __ . _ ---"'-- ~ ~-- __P-<___ --"'--- ~-- :._____:::...:..:_ __o __ --·""-- __z__ z.s z. ,...;::::::_ -.-~----=-- ~ ~ 1 tl bushels. bushels. bushels. b~;sllels. · bushelS • .I tons. ton8: ·: tons. cwt. cwt: No. cwt. cwt. cWt. gals. "gals. Ballangeich · 87J :!.54 r,Iz7 ,I Belfast •• r,494 :1.15 1-::a. 98. ::.,029 I II9 Io6· U5 197 io 1,780 15 JO 45 120 • nootal1pool . 2.0•• zo Il 13 ~ Born.m-boram I,T9Z. :r.86' I4 .!,!.. I,492 ;6 s6 45 ::.i,soo ~~· ::•} ·w. ~ Buc.k.ram Yarrock 75 ·' 75 .. 9 9 10 Bulanbul ·.. lOO~. r;o • ~1 :·,• :t;~ 20 '-: .. :to I Caramut #. .. ''q 14 9 Caromut South · • • l 4' • :t 1. Clonleigh .. ~c Codrington ro·,49r I) ·.'.I .. ~· -i~OI7 n",$os 69 6 )00 -~ Coornmook · r,342 · 1,570 So .. Z.,992. 1-I4 ZI4 44' Corea ;, .. x,z.oo·...; . :t,zso MSO w :i9 'IS rh Croxton East 4.7lg. 594 379 2.0' l s,73r 27 ~ 900 '1-3 Dunkeld .. 796 :. 48o r,:t76 ~ 6; 6o Frnmlingbam so~·; r8o :!.JO ~ !· ;§ 10 . ;8 . ; .:"' Hexllam West · · So :.J Ij8 ~ z6' -'to .f_~nnawarra. I,200 :r.o ),IOO 4 1 00~ Xaugatong ;, l·~,:, 76o d I~ z· Koroit: •• ·.. .. "{N . .J7•5JO -~ • .7,832, j,I# ·si~·, 49.3:14 7A98 6o 7.574 90:1. )' zo. :so ... ~ ~ Ungulae 84<•, "24' . 30 I· IJ8 ..:;l; .. 2 ·~o ··~ns ... c Linlitligow 4,84o\.J : J48 6,Jof m io r8 00 Meeroi 8,563 z,6J4 . 796 r:r.o u.,riJ ~~ z; . :t,371 IJ6 70 :1.3' ' ,• Minhamite .. . :t· I• · .. 0 ~linjah '·· :to ':tOo. ··i. l 1 JO ""'l Minjah North · •• t :tOO l:t :,,0?0 35 40' ':000' Pompom •• I92 .· • IOO ' 191 'J.: r:!. .-.. Purdeet East r:z.o .. 6o r8o ·~ 1 Pun1im ' ·:9 IZ,959.· 7.9o9 4ll ::.::.,::.88 z.67~ 42 ) ~,719 207 .. ; St. Hclen+s •• :{ -- Wangoon (part of) a u.,r38 ··;si z8o ~ z6,sr9 r,S$9 I,485 4I,70I .3.547 ~ J,7:t8 834 zoo' 6o 6o 378 r&; 0 '\Varrong .. 6,590, 4,oo6· I'15 I$8 ro,8;9 r,SSJ 8 ; t,86I. 119 '40 Yn.llmba .. 49 49 7 7 Yalimba East 240: 13I. 47I z; :1.5 5 ~··· Yambuk .. II,738 rJoSz 40 20 44 r:t,924 I74 4 . I78 IB ~ YangP.l'Y . 34,IIZ 10,1:79 7,71:1. .1,701. 53,705 n.,ISO 2.5 IZ,924 SJ6 IJO ~30 So 6· 4 ro 6 .. Ynrpturk •• I4,9I9 7,768 I,OZS I,9JS z;,647 J,070 7~~ '4 3.09!' 59 1 00 Yatmerone 208 ::.oS 6 6 I I,ooo :1.0 :to 0'1 Yeth You&ng ; \.n. Yuppeckear 70 90 'ioo 10 IO Stations •5 j20 Bo ZS:t ~ I7 432 49 49 zis ·r .. I : :: ----1 r----r----1----•----•----•----•---- :: I :s;o' ~ I' ~ I :: l :: Total: r8;,790 63,99I 16,541 20 6,840 Z73,18z I 34,:!.98 r,t63 45 "}5,So6· 3,740 ~-. ----;;-- ;::.,69o ~~--::;-_~---;~--:- (a) Remainder In Rlpo~ 0'1 1.0 .. '"' '! DISTRICT OF GIPPS LAND..-(1.) 0 TABLE 94-·.:._Number of Holders of Purchased Land, and of Crown Land Rented for 'other than Pastoral Purposes, the Extent of their Holdings, the Quantity of Land· Enclosed, and of that under Cultivation, and the Extent under each Desc~iption of Crop, in the Year ending 3 Ist March, I 866. I . " ' .0 GREEN CHOPS ~ PURCl!ASED LAND. ,... $ ~ § E-t~ I CJ.i.:REALB, .PEAsE, AND BEANS.' I (En1u•ive ot :Mi~orket and GREEN FonAOE. OTHER CROPS. . .S 8. ~ t: Kitchen Ga.rdwa;. 5 ~~ ]!~ "' ., 'g I~ , ;_~~----- ~-:~ a! 0 . ® Q. • !=: loo! ...... - q> ~ ...... as • North Glpps Land 5,539 195.97"- •89,II4 g,:1.54 3.97'1. '1.17 7 .. : 49 6,168 468 61 I 530 587 • 154 1,714 1,870 .. 6 I "175 1'6199 I .. South Glpps Land " .. z6,444 "'4,9SZ 1,477 301 I I ·I • )14 183 7 " 190 161 " .. 4•4 4'4 I I 10 36 19 67 IZI 1 Total .. s.Sl9 zz-:.,416 2.14,0<}6 10,73I 4,1.73 "'•'3' us 8 -,-Is;- 6,6s.. 6s• 68 • 7'!1.0 748 • ml:~o,xJS •M4 --;- -71~ ~ li --;661~ , DISTRICT OF GIPPS LAND.-(2.) TABLE 95.-Gross Produce of each Description of Crop in the Year ending 31st March, 1866. QUANTITY m,• PRODUCE. > G!UlEN OJ Total 1>6,:t):t 58,984 8,469 ZIJ 18 1,8>4 195,740 1,771 84:t i,613 1,097 40 98 17,090 11:1. 8o 19:t 450 ..... AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK; STATISTICS OF VICTORIA, 1865-6. ; -- - .. - ·· DISTRICT OF J . \ :TABLE 96.-Number of B:~ider~ of Pu~cb'a~ed Land, and o{ Crown Land Rented for other than Pastoral ~u~poses, : ' ' • 1 each Description of Crop, in the ,------r~------~~---r~------~-----EXTENT OF LAND IN OCCUl' ATION. .,; EXTENT OF LAND UNDER ' ; 3 ~ .-.~:------,------~- r1 ~ PURCitASED LAND. ! "5 • r:: ·;:: •CEREALS, PEAsE• AND BEANS: I . ·-~·<1 ----.---,-----~ ~ ~ ~ NAII!E OF PLACE. "" I ~,:s. - Q -g d ~6~ f a~~ ·; = ~ ~ l i ~"0 ~-~ ~ ,0 ~t-; ~~ 't5 ~cl ~ ~~§ &Ji I ~ o I ~ ~~_B ~?. ~ ~~ ~ ?1 ~ _§ a ~--'Qf~ ~ gj w d I m : a~ ~~ ~ ~ 0e ~ ~ ~ ~ = r; . 8 ~ ~ a~ ! ------,.---1-~-"'-1,--·~--1----!----1---""-"_"-'_ ~ 1 --- ~ _.__ , __ ,__ .l'l__ l __,';>l__ , __ -:-~.·-,""·-"'-"'-- -- ~ EAST LODDON. • acres. acres. acres. ncres. acres. a.crcs. ncres. ncros. o.eres. acres. acres. acres. u.crcs. acres~ hedo.le (part of) a 46· s.•H •,oll •' -· ' ww AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE sTOCK sTATISTICS oF VICTORIA, 1s65-6. THE LODDON.-(1.) the Extent of their Holdings, the Quantity of Land Enel~sed, and of that under Cultivation, and the Extent under Year ending 31st March, 1,866. , · · ...... EACH DESCRIPTION ·0~' CROP. GREEN Cnors · 0TIIER CROPS. {Exalusive of Market nnd Kitchen Garden•)· acres~ acres. acres. acres. ncrcs·. acres. acres. ncres. ~es. acres. ncrca. acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. acres. . Ii!.j. 16 .. 7 zo:t 30 30 788 n IIJ no ' z I . 3 • 374 ' 3 I . " 4 6 ' ..•· •• 3 119 35 ,. . 4 3S :r .. I z "z z6 I '• • 6 "'' 6 30 I I 6:t 8 84 , .. 6 z6 :ti IS Z3 s 7 38 " 30 6 3~ IO IO 4 10 17 71 Z5 91 4 :t 6 z6 448 5 s :t .. ·4 ' 86 s , .. s 100 100 6 6 IS I97 14 I76 I 6 4 r6 I7 u . 74 6 6 7 14 Z7 IS 9 13 IS IO 3. 00 I4 19 7 6 6 9 II ::6 708" z8 4 - 3 40 34 7 I 8 8!4 1 3 s 4 I« 8 19 36 34 ns 34 '4 40 704 :t IO IO 10 78 II I4 '6 6 :t8 5 s SI 30 4Z 497 10 :ZI. 3"- 2.6 14 10 6 u 3 i • ~ s 900 I1. 47 59 , ;•• IS 6:t Il Il I,ZS9 •6 3 "'9 I~ zo 6 I-- •• :tO HO z' !\ 10 3 I 4I 3 I. 4 4 4 . I 5 !88 6 ZI IO II, '9 zz IO 3" 82. I3 13 II 6 6 3 zs .. , 55 39 6 u. 38 38 594 7 16 s 16 4 .. :t:t 548 li il4 4 4 H I ~.I 8 I 514 ' 3 s 3 188 36 II so r,o67 I9 16 131 lOO 1 .. 1 44. zS 30 84 3 8 I IO .I4 I:t•· il4 3 3 z6? 10 .. I:t JOO II 31 4Z 3 ' 4 s SDI s 6 35 36 n8 Il ,I SOJ 7 IO I . 9 93Z7: ! 2.5 'I Z5 4 4 •~J _:__• , I: -=- : I',:: _ o6.. _:__• ZO · ;~ IO 40 . __I-:--=- 13 8 ! 5 "'9 95 .,., •• v , -.- In IS ·! · 485 9"4 n H 42.3 I' ' 378 :t74 I,no · 3,584 9 -~ 51 3 1 I· ·------l-i--.,-i-"-:--..;.1·-·-!---:~-,-.1 ----·-:--- 77 7 .. 4 10 .. 1. 3· 48 4 6 :t38 1'1. I3 I 3 'J.7I ' I4 I, 3 I. 199 IO 13 IS 11. 10 37 I8Z 3 3 .. " .. 4 8 I ' 9 IO I '1.8 IZ IS so Ii I3 ~ 7 30 ;z 5 .. 7 '1. 5 73 .. 7 7 '7 9 '1 5 ' I 57 5 8 SI IS 30 .. •• I 4 5 I4 i!.j.6 IOO IOO 2. 19 3 16 40 I04 1.3 88 '1.6;. 4 : •,• • 4 ~' ·~ .. I ...~. I , 1'1.7 3 I 3I I I • z I 'Z.~ , I 3 . 3 .6. 1.31 · 10 .. ' S6 66 , '" . 6 :1 4 4 I4 ----·-1----'------.------·----.·- ..· .I ' -, ~ _·_._·_ ~ _·_. _··-~ . ~.14~. :_.:__ __I_~_·_·_~~~ __I ___1_ ~~ __~__!~i_49_ __.._I_7_ 1__ ss_ .. 1 1 I J,uo 443 9 .IOZ 576 >o6 7 Ill IS 9'1.4 II H 41.3 , I ; 378 1.74 "'9 ', 6 H 30 z6 33I 3 _I 76 I 87 49 ' ZI7 ------,-1---:----:1--il--11- ---- 9 6u I$,63• I37 IS 759. x,•ss I a 36 499 z 465 74 AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK STATISTICS OF VICTORIA, 1865-6. DISTRICT OF THE LODDON.-(2.) TABLE 97.-Gross Produce of each Description of Crop in the Year ending 31st March, 1866. QUANTITY OF PRODUCE. GREEN CHOPS (Exclusive of lllarket nnd OTIIER CROPS. Kitchen Gardens). VINES, NAME OF PLACE. bush. bush. bush. bush. bush. bushels. tons. tons tons. tons. tons. tons. cwt. cwt. No. cwt. cwt. cwt. gals. gala Axed ale (pnrt of) a M37 ~11 117 3,786 .. s.. :Oj,ooo Bags hot . • . 46o 14 474 IH ;,;oo Bn.rlnghup (part of) b ;,2.6; 410 8 ;,681 ;8 J,;oo Bradford 40 40 9 Bridgewater .. • • 4 zoo Castlemalmi (part of) b•• 878 81. 40to8o Derby 6;o • 9 6,9f>o I Egerton • J38 7 Ellcsmere 6 .1,144 41 3,;oo 188. 100 Elmore 1•4 1,944 1%) , .., 18 6oo Ep'pillock -•6 .. 2.4 1.,64o 140 1,500 5. Goornong l7 1,770 ' 8 8 4' zo,ooo 40 w Guildford (part of) b 44 17 1,461 6 .9 IJI ;,Joo 10 6o Harcourt (part of) b 16 6 94° 4 4 61 10,150 1.6 IIuntley 6 •7.746 71%. Jncklyn Junitmbicr Kerung 1::: 1. Lnanccoorie 10,091 l IJ4 9,900 I ·;.; I I.clchardt 357 J:l.l 10~8oo ,. 100 J.ockwood 755 147 4 10. 14 173 50.<}41- 459 J.ycll 401. 1.0 4 llfnldou 181 I 49 J,7SO 9 'nlimduru.ng 1,n3 18 4 1.7 348 44,8oo 99 :lfarong 795 'u.o 440 8,;6o 10) J\fnckleford 5,459 1,718 70 .. I .; 1,079 J5,1So 1.1-0 Nccreman ~.~ 1.$6 5 1.:1. 11. )I 9,870 7 Nccring 13 ;o 17 Ncwstead 47 6%. 4 JOO Xolllll 684 . 8 IJ S,soo J77 I,)6o navenswood IOJ ;. So 8) 41- •• ! 1,700 w S:tlisbury ~andhiust ;o · ... I .) ' 9 )So, 6j 64J Scdgwlck 1,670 2.49 . 17 13 'l 473 4i:~: %.9 86 u; Shclbournc 1,454 73 8 2.68 4.400 H 55 :itmngwuys (part of) b •• ),31.1 lOS 41 .. . 5 7 418 450 .. .. Strntbfieldsaye .• 1.,688 100 ... 4 54 78 486 10 10,,1)0 781 10413 1.,194 Sutton Grange (part of)b 1,2.47 ;o IJ 16 40 Tnmagulla East ),JI4 46 .. 1. 61. 14,1.50 4 4 1Parrcngower (part of) b 4,16%. ... .• 19 ;a so 1)8 3,1.00 ZJ 13 lVttlmer 4,0J~ ;8 14 l :1. l 11. 68AOO 10 178 188 1.,2.44 Wclesford ;r Woodstock 4:&» 70 1.08 4,887 83 )! Ynrruberb 16 I 16 •• I 6 Yarrnync Stotions _i; . -~~ ~ :: :: 1 ~~~ 34 _::_I ~ ;~ 2.44 :! ro •s _•_s_.~_so_ 75 ··9s I 173 sSo_, __ 1 1 1 Total 74,779 10,049 i,;40 195 •1 1 87,776 1.30 ~· •1 i 44> 17 715 16,:~.6<} 640 •s ·668,;78 4,009 4,1.59 s,168 ·:1.7.917 6o ------1-1------1---1---l--1-----1------1- WEST LoDDON. Avoca (part of) c 5l 16 Jlnrp • nenliba .. 11 ·45 1,400 Bet-bet (part of) b •• 161 63 j,OOO ,... •4 1~n ng Hong (part of) b .. 750 40 49 1.00 I, I J)uuolly ,.. 16 81 •J,8so 90 41 IJI •so l'd . ~:::·~:d: ~LonDON. 74.779 10,049 1.,540 I 195 1.13 87,776 2.30 13 445 I •7 715 16,16<) 640 I.. , 668,578 4.009 4,1.59 8,168• 17,917 6o west Loddon.. 18,397 1.,970 5l7 , 19 1.1.<}"-l 8 6o 68 · 81.1. 10 10 76o 1.61 1,934 ••• · 1 lllo,;O? I •,ou .. Total •• 19J:;76 13,019 lo077 '9{ 1.JZ 1"9,699 1.j8 ZJ ;os •7 793 I~ --;5 m,;ss ~~~l;;s; ~~~ (a) Remainder In ROOney. (b) Remainder In T!lluot. (') llematader In the Wlmmera, DISTRICT .OF THE. MURRAY,:_(l.) TABLE •98.-Number•. of :Holders-_...,of-..Furcbase,d"-I:.and;·~nd·· .ofrCrown ·Lan~t R,ent~d·for other'··th~n';·:p~~toral:-~urp<~ses; th'e ilii.,xtf:!.nt :of .tli~t ~ol4'hgs; t,hEl.;·Qu.~pti~y)>r.. .Ital}.~ EJ;Jcl,o~d, ADd of that UJ1der _Cu~tivatlOI\,.and .the Extent ,tin~er each I?escnpflOn of, Crop,. m the Year. endmg_31 st:l\farch,. 1866...... : .. . ..~ EXTENTOFLA..'iBINOCCUPATION...... ; '' EXTENT OF LAND UNDER EACH DESCRIPTION OF CROP. ~ · ll · 5 .. .• . . -GREI'J'Nc-;;:ro;; ... w .; ~ ~~OIIASED LAND.. ; -. ;.:; ~ g.EREALB, PEAsE, AND B~S. · • (E:t~~:£~J:~~'§f and • GREEN FORAGE • Ol'HER Cnm.'s • 11» ...... ;:!l ~!: - •. 11 " .------:= - 0 ~-< ".s . o "" ' , I • ,: .• · l!:d· ·~:.l!AM;E OF :rLAC~. . t=i'~ • • ~-; " 11 " .; - ;l • .., :g-:;; !Z ~ • ~ 1-j' 0 . """' -,I 1>1 ~ ~ ~ ~:I., m". o.; 1 .;;l;rs I .... ' "j c:ld d~ '0;::,!1 !l~ ... 0--""' ~17.1 o.., .· , . .:1 ··"O· ...... ,.,. . ·~::.. ~:~:: ::J~,·a"' -~·· . ~ h.E :s . il .:;;:z Q o_, • • "' ~ .. a -~ .; ..!, "\!!." 0 cl ll'""' a la . s! .; il .·Dog ~ N1 . ..! ~+>~. ~~ ~ g; ~i .1··· ~· c> § crtr.E· ··· -~ ~~ ~~:aJ~-. -;~W3... oS ~~~.E ~...: ~ ~ i ~;::,!! -~ .s ~-ll .. "· .s ~~e, :S" .~1l 'tlil,El ., ·.::~ ...:. ~.!l . ., :!l=i!' 3 .s ,E ~ .. ~.o .:1. le' :;.!l~n ~.""'.sI:? -a ,<:~ .s; .c- :g ., -5 .3 ,. " r ., , o "';~ o" ~ ,. · " " » ";::: o o o " ""'" o _., "' .::; ,..,, " o '8 o " o -- " ,.. o __:...__:_ ____:_ __ r""'" "" !"; '"' o"' '"'o r.:~ .,.. o ~- !"; ~"""' ,... ·~ ,... ~""o '"' ~ o o ,.. . ~"'>- w "'"" '"'_ o ,... _ ;..· ~ o '"' 3 Il;:d. ----;- :S.cres. aeleS. acres. acres. . acres~ ~ f\Cre$. -=-~ ~Cs. acs; ~ ~-;;;;;,- ~s. 7 ~~acres. ;;. ~ acres~ u.cs: ~~~a~. ~-;;;. 1acs. --~ ~~-;;:- Avenel (pnrt of)·a •• 9 402 100, S01., 110 71~ .p.1 Iil9 107 77 ...... 184 ·" ...... " '3 •. •• • ,...... •• .. .. • •• • 1 1 .~· lladdaginnlc . • . I %.2. • • :f.:t • • • 2.2. 2.%. ·I ., • • • • . • • • • ~ • ~. • • • • ., •• • • •• • • .. . • • • .. • • • • • • • • •· • • •. I ... 1 llalmattum •• ~I .1,797 .. 1,797 387 3,184 1,167 667 )8o ·I So •: I ,. .. 561 17 .. , .. ,. 17, ' 44 ., ., •, :.. ... , , · • •. ., , .. 4 ,. 4 41 llarnawarlba ,83 •o,600 7? •o,&]6 372. u,Q4.8 9,•19 3,n8 1,o8ll 4S9 36 s. .. 37 . :~.,&s 12...... •• •79 ·•. 7 · .. ·3 .-. 1o .. .. · 73 1tli 1 101 SI lleechwortll 1,61-J ¥,l ' 1,663 .. . 1,66) 1,574 436 . 60 . 66 • ...... 10 ...... 10 134 '...... • .. .. 67 IS 132- ·ne!voir • 96 u.s ~. so 30 37 ••397 2.00 •.s~7. .. . 1.517 1,301. $11. :!.go. 91. ·• 17 .. .. 40:7. I • • .. .. I I ss ...... 30 30 ... 4 9 8 .. .. ~ llenn.l.ln ~ • s-,oso 4I~ : 8,466. 32.3 8,78<} 7,<:03 I,o67 ~ s•1 .. •& _1 ...... '79I. 8 •• .._ .. s no ·.. .. · •• ...... •·. .. 1.4 ~z to · 561 I<>.~. no.tio .. 8 . 448 .. , , 448 330 . 778 6g8 1.80 I I"!/ • :;IOO I ,. .. ·,. •36 10 ,.. .. ,. 10 · :t6 .. ,. • .. ., , ,• ,. ,. ., . .., • .. 1 6 Carlyle 38 4,1!'4 1.11, , 4.335 IIO 4,445 4,191 2.,057 1,156 , .. S13 ·5 .. 4 .. . 1,78S 5 .. .. • •. 5 99 ...... ,...... SI 14 6 101 · 64 Chiltern 6 •10 :1.0 "'9" I I8o 470 nS 18 , 14 • ...... 16 ...... • .. 11 .. ., , , ., .. , .. .. ,. • , ...... ·,. 5 Da.igoJong t;rj 6 ...... •• I •,JSO •.3SO I:tli .. I...... Delatlte 4 1,035 " 1,035 ·i "95 . I,Jlo .I,II5 190 I 95 75 .. .. ,. •• 170 19 ,.. .. •• 19'"I" ,...... ,;•...... , .,,...... •• ,. ., ., I- •:• .. I- 00 1 l ,'0 . 776 .. •. 776 i S7I . 1,647 756 •76 143 · 43 " ... .. " IS6 " " " ", •· • " " •• · " " " .. ", "· " ·•· ·; " ~-go ~~~i;!~ 5 ...... - 953 , 953 .•ss 36 1 18 . •6 ,...... 14 . ~ .. ••. •• ~ ...... •.• . •• .. .t:stconrt 3• . 4,991 896 5,S871 B•o . 6,707 6,101 ) 0051 I,Io8 .1>396 30 .. .. ,. 1,534 ...... ; 1"!/ .... ,. ,. •• ...... I 4 ~ •: . 7 38I ~ Euroa · 2.8 l l,U1 I7 · 1,139,'1 I,347 , .,586 1,401 37S ~ II1. ,·U.O ·7 ,. .. S 144 .10 •" " ,. 10 , II9 ·...... , , ., • •• " "· ,. 5 ... 5 • • Everton .. 6 493 .1.46 739 i .. 739 . 703 •6S I 3S , II6 B . • .. .. IS, .. ·...... 63 ...... · ...... · IS ~ Glehrownn .. 7 . IS1 10. I6~ • soo . &n •. 8o . IS 1 s ,· ...... 8 • .. .. • • .. .. 6 ...... 4 .. . 4 Goorainndda "9 . 6,.,.. 39S. 6,6,7;1 ;ss . 7,oo• 5.948 •,966 · 747 ~.847 ~5 ...... t,6cg • .. •. .. :1. • tls ...... : .. ..' .. 76 6 .: s:~. ISS 00 Goommbil.t •• u . 1,39I ... ·.. ' 1,391,., 7,793 9,184 J,IOS •87 I. 173 : 79 ...... :I.S:I...... 18 . .. 4...... , .. 4' ...... 3 .,. 3 . 10 ~ Greta ' •• 1,8!'(5 ..., 1,806 3,686 , 5,49• .•,8IS 1,01.8 1 3:1.8 , .-443 •• 39 ... " SIO :1.7 .. ... " 17 !i6 .. .. · " ...... "' .. • .. ... •.' " I :I.$ .KIJiera · > %.9 5,I!?7 .. 5,1o7 6:1.5 s.n~ s,Ill •,046 : ss4 . 415 •• .. .. n 981 u ...... " 48 ...... · 6 •• 6 ~~ I..aceby 8 657 SS 745 sso 1,19S • 449 13S ' 165 f.' 30 8 .: .. .. :1.03 •• ....; .. ... 3:1...... ••' .. ..• ...... 1-t Lllliput. 3 . .. ., . .. 714 . 7•4 .. .. i .. •• •• ...... •• ...... ··: ... •• .. rn Longwood I) 84' :!.SO 1,091. .. 1,09• 689 13 .. I·...... " ...... IO ...... ,., .. .. 3 • Loyola · .. 1 4 , 686. .. .' 686,. .. 686 , . 486 I47 So 1. 45 ...... 111.5 ...... :h ...... , • · . • · .. ..· •...... •.• ~ Mnindnm'ple 16 , l,?'7d •, :. 1,070. 978 , ~,048 1·,11.4 6I7 :1.711. f. 334 .. ., ., .. 6o6 . I ., .. .. I 10 •. .. ,. " " ...... " ... 6 0 Mansfteld .. ,•S 5,04', .. 57, . 5,"9')_. 390 5,489 4,7I7 1,875 , 97I !.· 835 7 .. .. " I,S13 18 •," .. • • 18 3S .. .. • .. '• "• " •., ., 6 rn l\Iemiig · .. •• . 8 '-04 • .. 1.04. 1,(}67 ,2.,171 1,491 %.10 12'.0 •; 90 .. . ~. • • • • 2.10 • .. • • • • • ' • •. ". • ! .. • • • .. • • .·•• ". . • ., ".. • • • • • 1\fertou (part of) a •• ,6 .739 .. I 739.· .. .• 739 .. 739 .6o • IO,; .so •• ...... 6o ...... _ ...... "I" .. l\Ioylln · ·' • • · 14 :1.,1.84 186 ••4701·: I,OS3 ,),553 l,4SS 7I7 4I7- l .1.66 •.• ...... 6S3 ...... :r.o ...... •• ...... , ., ...... • 14 ~ llfurmungee •• 3' ·.:•.99s 49"- . 3.485 I .:.a _- 3,sos 3,•64 60'; 6o . 13:1. .. IS .. .. 'Z.O'J .13 ...... 13 ; 343 ...... 3 14 z .. 19 15 l\Iyrt!eford •• ~0 '9I II 302. . .. ' 302. :!.'17 . 49 I$' . · S .. :1. • • " 15 4 :.. • • · .. 4 ~ 5 "• • " • .. " .. " "i " " 5 " s Wabrowley ...... Wangnratta •• ~~i l I:.~,_.;~ '4~~ 1 ::m ,::~~- I.-.~~ 6.¥~ -~.:~~ ,.i~: :~ . :i :: :; 4.;!~ !i. :: :; :: :~ ~i~ :: :: :: :: ~-: :: :: .: ~; is i4 7~ 6~~ Wnrrenbayne 1. l:%.0 •• 12.0. •• 12.0 Bo I:Z. 12. •• •• ~· ·~ •• I2. ... •• •• •• •• •• •* •• ·~ ... •· •• •• •• ·~ •• •.• •• •• ?- WJnton •• :z.6 1,888 , I98 •,oS6 1,886 3,971 1,740 544 133 I6g ...... 40:7...... _ .. us ...... •7 Woomgee .. 37 3,087 I :tlio I 3,347 · .. 3.347 ::.,956 614 •69 as :. :. .. .. 394 I4 .. .. I •s 159 .. • • ...... :1. .. 13 17 z 34 ,,. Yackandn.ndab 17 674 665 1,339 :Z. 1,34I 1,.88 I"9 5 4 .. " .. ' " 9 IO ...... IO 18 " " .. .. " " .. .. 32. :1.0 :Z. 54 Jl Statio~ ~·~~·~,S,48o_ I>S&54·~-~~~ 96,031 _z,•47·t~-~~ .. ~...:.:_ __s __ ~-~~~ ·•• ~~=--'- 30 ~ 1:1.1~~-'-.l:._ 41 ~~~ Totnl .. 1,178 :z.o8,669 IS,:z.u j •46,880 • 50,9SI "!/7,83I ooS,:!.8J 42.,3•5 19,909 IJ,fu9 ~· .146 II 6o .34,•64 "!/5 4 II 1--r- 3II 3,8:tli 9 I :I. 41 3 73 1138 :1. :Z.S 814 3<1 83 I,•SS >,HI '-l (a) Itemalndcr In Anglesey...... DISTRICT OF THE MURRAY.-(2.) '-l 0\ TABLE 99.-Gross Produce of each Description of Crop in the Year ending 3 I st March, 1 866. QUANTITY OF PUODUCE. CEREALS, P£ASEt AND BEASN. GREEN CRoPS (Exclusive of l\illrket and Kitcltc:e=n:..:,;:_c== OTH!rn CROPS. > :N A)!E OF PLACE•. VINES. .,; § .. I ~ a; 'f:l • ' Gropes Gathered. .g ~"=' p p § ID ---.-· El 0 ~ +> ~ c;;p• • ~ t:... .E 1 c:.>~~ _g td •• 'E ~.c:; ~ ~ ..!. 8a~ . B :> ·'a-= .st 25 ~.a i . s ~ a i"t .r::: ~ .s ~ ~ ...s 'S _g ...; .. ~ ~ -o s !:t .: ~ c:.>.; 'g = ..fg J:: - (I) "" ...... ~ ~ .;3 C $: c>w.Q 0:. >. 0 .c • ~o~ +.1 ~i: ei;::: • ~ 8 ~ ~ tt ~~~ ?. ~ ~ ~ ~~c::5 ·~~ ~ 5 ~ ~ ~:$ ~ ~ ~li.j ~~ q~ bushels. ~ ~ b;shels. -;;shelll. -;;shels. ~ ---;;;;;-;:---;;;;-;.- --;;;;-;.- ---;;;;:- tons. tons. cwt. cwt. --;;;:-- ---;;;;:-- cwt. cwt. gals. gals. Avenel (part of) a . .. .. I.S$0 g6o • • .. .. • • 1,5Io ...... 3 Bl«ldoghmlo ...... • • ...... • • ...... • • .. .. • • ~ Ba.lmattum · · .. • • .. $,4So 1,894 .. to .. .. S,354 1 ...... 2. 40 llama?.artha .. .. •• 3),6u 8,638 ns llo .. So 44>988 2.S .. .. • : 1S t8o .. 134,7g81 .. ll,349ll,349 ' 6,&jo > t .. •• .. ' ! 2.$1 U.echworth ...... 7fo 96f xs .. .. ~. 1,730 104 . .. I .. 12.3,000 . • • . •51 1~70 z Jlelvolr ...... 4,••31· 1,659 2.9 uo •• .. 6,1u ·I ...... 37 .. . • 2.I,4SO 6o .. · · 6o. .. t:1 Benalla ...... 8,346 4.S43 37 .. • • • • 1>,916 I •. .. .. •• .. aS .. .. 46,$00 . s . 42.0 41S , • 3,8so .:z.s lloho ...... • • 1,039 2.,040 t• ...... 4,091 . s ...... s 2.6 t"l Curly le . • ...... 13,4>> 7.466 4S .. so . • 10,983 'i • • .. • • .. • • 7o s'6mo 41 2.09 •so l,o6o ..... Chiltern • • .. .. • • 100 35 ...... • • •9S .. .• • ...... 11. 975 H Ulllput ~ Longwootl •• ,... . ; 00 Loyola •• r,o65 R40 I,90S u ...... t-3 lllnindnmple 4.345 4,810 9,tH ~ 0 1\Iansfteld .. 16,8)4 14,43• 140 3•.4'6 13 q Q 300 00 l\Iorrljlg •• t,6;o I,S8o 3,1.30 :C\Iertou (part of) a lOO ;go 6go ~Ioyhu •• •• 11,748 9,110 1o,Ss8 2.3 Munnungee .. • • • • • l,OI:Z. 2.,45) 100 '3,667 3S• 3,000 ~ Myrtle!ord 19) 166 •o 381 I I 31 S 44,1%1 I 3,os6 r.79S 113,4•7 64 64 •oo 2.H xs,ooo 40 47 87 2.7o ltothsny .• ~ !clamnria •• 6oo 8$0 0 •so I ~ Shll.dforth l,j48 3SS . 2.0 So ' 1.,1.03 79 1-( Swan I)ool 2.0 0:JO Ta.billt •• 1,06o t,:too 2.,:!.6o 36 ~:•oo 3.35• 3;35:1. 1 soo ~ Tarrawtngee 19,753 rs.9•8 )07 400 36,$88 1.0 so 70 2.gl 68,6g< IS 4S 6o • 300 1,68o 4,2.%0 ... Tntoug 2.,540 • .. 14 00 Verd()n 0\ 2.0 VI Wahrowley 1,78o 3,SIO 30 •so s,57o 32. 3• 47 " Wongaratta 46,68; usu 1,o6s I 10 I ..• • ..s 6g,18o 7 7 3IS 43,goo H 3.35 390 I,86o I Wurreubu.;yne 1.0 , ~ ~. • • •. I%.0 , • 9' Wlnton .. •,946 2.,179 .. •• •• .. . s,t2.) •• 97 Wooragee 4,•os 1,99• .. •• 6,197 18 •• .. • 2.0 116 ~0 2.3,300 Y ackan (a) Remu.in COUNTY OF RODNEY.-( 1.) TABLE 1 oo.-Number of Holders of Purchased Land, and of Crown Land Rented for. other than Pastoral Purposes, the Extent of their Holdings, th.,e Quantity of Land Enclosed, and of that under Cultivation, and the Extent under each Description of Crop, in the Year ending 31st March, .I 866. EXTENT OF LAND IN OCCUPATION. gj, I EXTENT OF LAND UNDER EACH DESC!U·PTION OF CROP. ' -- .; .s - ... ~ PuRCHASED LAND. =0 l! ,CEREALS, ,AND t 57,<)68 1 u~ Total .. 146 6S, · COUNTY OF R~DNEY.-( 2.) TABLE 101.-Gross Produce of each Description of Crop in theYear ending 3_1si March, 1866. QUANTITY OF PRODUCE. VINES. NAli!E OF PLACE. Grapes Gathered. .g gj /'! ;:;: Q,1 Q) >: " 'i·E!§ ~~::. £"' 'S s ;t ... ..; ~,Si!Q iS~ "l> " ·I ~ !z<""' ... !:!:~ !-< ~ ------1---·1---'-1-- -~ ------" bushels. bushels. bushels. bushels. bushels. tons. tons. No. cwt. cwt. cwt. gals. A.rdpatrick .. I Axcdo.le (part of) a •6~ 40 .. 6 lJO •9 Bonn .. •7~ 6• ZJ4 I Bumewang 444 8 Oampaspe .. 3J6 m lZ Oolbinabbln s~Szo IZO 40 40 3,010 91 6,soo 17 s zz 3< Echuca 9o000 jOO 14 314 100 Knowsley •• IZ 11,100 10 10 6o Moo m •• zoo n a :Murchison r,t.rs 7S4 3• t.OOf1 ~ 7S z,ooo :Mnskerry .. 488 488 41 3,000 IZ IZ Noorlllm •• Z,l6o 150 2.,]10 z 1,%00 so so Redca.stle .. 110JO zs .,oss ~ 6,814 3• 3• Rochester ...... Rnnnymede 49" '46 si6 301SO Tolleen •u '1.11 Warnnga ••• 1,000 Whroo Wyuna Stat!oll!! ·.. Total •• (a) Remainder In the Loddon, 'f , DISTRICT OF THE WIMMERA.-(1.) . 00. ' I . •' ; TlBLE _xoz,~Number. of Holders.ofPurchased Land, and oft Crown Land Rented for other than Pastoral Purposes, the Extent of their Holdings, the Quantity of ~Land : · . . .. Enclos~d, 1)-Dd of that under Cultivation; and the Extent under. each Description of Crop; in· the Year ending 3 ut March, 1 866.. "· ... . ! - EXTENT OF 'LAND L.~ OCCUPATION.·: : EXTENT OF LAND UNDE;R EACH DESCRIPTION·OF CROP. 11 tr-- .. ·'" . ' . . . ' PURCHASED LA><:D. -' .£1g;, CEREALS PEASE AND DEANS.• Gll.EEN CROPS - GRE!lN .FORAGE. I •OTm;n C!t J. Total; 7'J~48I: ~-·76,159 1 19,81) 95,974 49,:1.00 4,67;~ (,68 340~-:;-3 -9- 1,0'/~ 2:i4•---: 9 'S :1.40·::1.,48<) --;:--~--8--)--;:-:;-.. -1 -:--;~-3 30:1. ~::;;:; li .: :.· ~ " ! -~· ::., ~~ t .l', ...; •i t I ·f• ~ ~ : , ; (a) Remainder !n R!pon, (b) Remn!nder !n t'ue Loddon. 'I DISTRICT OF THE WIMMERA.-(2.) TABLE 1.03.-Gross Produce of each Description of Crop in the Ye~r ending 31st March, 1866, QUANTITY OF PRODUCE. GREENCnoPS :r-- CEJlEALS, PEAsE, AND BEJ.Ns, (Exclusive of Market and Kitchen Gardens), ------OTW!R CROPS. NAME OF PLACE. 1if VINES. ~ .; ~ • ~ • • Grapes Ga.thered. ~ ~ ,. ~a ~;~ ~'"il - "' ~ 9}~ • ~ t: ~. . 'S Cl.)~~ .s 'g ~ • • '0 j:Q ~ ~ a; ~ ~:B.~ .. j t 'i- g .s t ~ ~ ~ ~ g § ,;a) '::1 ~ -a" J" _,.:a.:!! -;;i • g .:; ~ s il= ~: ., ., 1! -::i g ~ ~ ~ ~"" .;:s: ~ S Col ~.a ,;z >-. "a (,;0 Cl ~ oj:q- oa..s i:d .:s ~ li=' l"l __t.t__ ~ "t:. ~ --""-- &lP..~ ~ ~ C5 f. :il> ;:;;:s:; ~il=~ ~ il= ~ bnsllels. bushels. busllels. bushels. bushels. bushels. tons. tollS. tons. tons. tons. tons. cwt. cwt. No. cwt. cwt. cwt. l!I\IB. ~ Apsley .. , • ...... , • _.. .. • • ...... 30 ...... Ararot (part of) a .. .. too ...... roo I s .. .. •• s 30 .. •• 6oo r .. 1 .. Avoca (part of) b .. .. ~.141 . 710 96 S .. :t.I}SS ' • • ...... •• 109 • • .. 8,361 so 1 SI S Bellaura ...... 31. .. , • .. 3:1. ~ ...... ~ 1S 30 .. 10,474 :l .. :l .. ~ 00 Boln Boloke ...... • • r ...... t 1 .. .. , , .. .. • • • • ~ Cnrrapooee .. .. 4~ zxs ~s •• • • 666 4 .. .. • • 4 34 .. .. 7~ 1 • • 1 .. 0 Concongelll\ .. .. . 3o 1.'4 19~ .. ·H • 381 1.1 .. IS 4 40 ~s .. ..· IJS,31S 16o .. 16o .. Crowlands .. • • 195 48o 6o .. .. 735 .. • • ...... 98 ...... • • • • .. •. ~ Dlmboola • : ...... • • ...... S ...... ~ Dunwortlly .. .. 1.56 ...... ~s6 8 ...... 8 31 , .. .. 33,1So 7 .. 7 .. :r- Eversley ...... 81.9 670 Ss so 40 1,674 · S • • .. .. S 107 .. ._ 3,039 H 13 • 46 Ss :j Glcnlogle ...... 170 us ...... 39S 8 .. .. . • 8 19 .. .. soc ...... oo-.. Glenorchy.. .. • • .. 86 ~ .. • • 1o6 .. .. • • .. .. 11.3 ...... ·• • • • ...... ~ Glenpatrlck • • • • 1.,3~ 874 30 • • 8 3,7.3~ 8 6 8 • • u 86 .. .. 1,7~ 14 •• 14 ·.. 0 Harrow .. •...... • • .. • • .. • • • • .. _ .. • • .. 17 .. • • .. • • • • .. .. 00 Horsham ...... •• .. •• .. .. •• ...... 67 · .. .. 1,1~ 19 .. 19 .. Kirke!la .. .. , , .. • • .. • • • • .. 1 , • • • .. 1 6 ...... ~ Lexlngton:...... 71.0 146 • • .. .. 866 8 ...... 8 141- .. .. !SO ...... • • ~ Morlesk .. • • • • 907 ss ...... 991. • • • • ...... ~s ...... •• .. .. 0 Mount Cole •• .. .. 1.98 33 •• •• 331 .. .. •• .. .. 7 .. .. 1,56o u .. tct .. g Mo;yston .. .. • • 196 6o • • .. .. 1.56 ro ...... 10 3~ • • .. ~.us ...... Navarre .• •• .. .. ~88 16 .. .. 304 •• , .• ...... 3ct ...... •• ~ Red bank .. .. • , 66 • • . • .. .. 66 ...... • ...... • • soo .. ' • • .. .. ?' St. Arnand .. • • 1.Ss ~ 46 .. .. 351 3 .. .. •• 3 S6 .. .. 1o,88o 101. 1. 104 10 .... 00 Warrak ...... 95 :t.o .. •• us •...... ~ .. .. 6oo • • .. •• •· 0\ Warremua.ng .. .. 6oo 91 sr .. . . 7~ 19 .. .. ~ 1.1 63 .. • • ~- • • .. .. •• l.n Yehrlp .. .. • • ...... • • .. .. 4 ...... 4 • • ...... & Stations .. .. • • 14 40 179 • • .. 1.33 4 .. 4 .. 8 404 .. 11.8 7,Z30 71 u 81 71 ----1------.------____ j ____ ------·------Totl\1 .. .. 9,1.49 4,5~ 856 ss ~ 83 14,788 -~ xs1 _ 6 I "7 6 190 I x,78x 30 130 us,s~s 471. ~7 499 171 (a) Remainder In Rlpon. (b) Remainder in the Loddon. \Q" .. ·' --- REPORTS OF COLLECTORS OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEA? ENDING 31ST MARCH, r866. .. - ' REPORTS OF COLLECTORS OF· AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. DISTRIC'l' OF NORTH-WEST BOURKE. Sm, Brunswick, 9th April, 1866. I do myself the honor of addressing you in the customary report upon the progress of agricultural pursuits in this, the North-Western division of the County of Bourke. I am glad to be able to testify to a general feeling of contentment and satisfaction at the result attending the last season's operations, and to a general appe;trance of prosperity and progress through<.mt this district. . . The northern portions of the ·county, from theu: natural advantages of good so1l and more hum1d climate, have consequently been most prosperous ; and it appears to me, upon a perusal of the returns from counties contiguous to this, on the north, that the Dividing Range is the great granary of Victoria, and it is due to our rich uplands that the returns of this colony so far exceed those of South Australia. There is not much alteration to note in the size of the holdings, nor increase in their number, most of the land in this county available for agriculture being now taken up. 'J'ber~? were about two areas open for selection during the last year-one in the parish of Goldie, where a few hundred acres of good land was to be had, which was selected in small farms, together with several lots of quite worthless land; and another area in the parish of Merrimu, a great portion of which was very inferior in quality. As regards the crops, I am glad to report a large increase in the area under wheat, and also a much more satisfactory yield of this staple, the average being five bushels per acre better than that of last year, while the total yield is nearly double, owing also to the increased area. The parishes of. Lancefield, Rochford, Gisborne, and Yangardook, have produced the best crops again this year. I apprehend a larger area will come under this crop next season, having noticed considerable efforts at clearing by the free selectors. The area under oats has diminished considerably, so has also the total yield, while the average yield rather exceeded that of last year ; the season was not so favorable for this crop, being too dry for the develop ment of the seed. I did not hear of any extensive disea.~e attacking this crop, but it requires a moister season than the last for its suecesful cultivation. Barley was a similar crop to last year, and generally of good weight and quality. Maize is hardly cultivated in this county. Rye is also not cultivated very largely, but was a fair crop. Pease were much more largely cultivated, nearly double the area being under this crop; but the success in the majority of instances was very lamentable. Potatoes were estimated to yield a very light crop when I wa.q collecting ; the return of this crop being of course an estimate; but from a comparison of the stated and actual yield last year, concerning which I made several enquiries, I believe it to be a just estimate of what the crop will turn out ; the area under this crop was much smaller, and the yield not any better than last year, being under two tons per acre. All the other root crops show also a great diminution in the total yield. · Although there was an increase in the acres of hay, there is a great deficiency in the produce-some 3,500 tons less for the whole county. Concerning this crop, I find it more extensively grown in districts further removed from'market than heretofore; Gisborne, for instance, now producing a large quantity, where they complain greatly of the expense and trouble attending its removal to Melbourne, a distance of 30 miles, necessitating· keep of men and horses for two days and nights on the road, with four tolls to pay twice, and they consider they are entitled to exemption from toll on the journey home. Artificial grasses have received a serious check this year from the extended drought, those only which were properly sown down being of any benefit to the owners. Onions and tobacco were hardly cultivated, and where sown gave no return ; so also with flax and hemp. There are a great many blocks of the choicest land taken up under the Novel Industry clause of the Land Act, for the cultivation of tobacco, flax, vines, &c., upon which I find wheat, oats, potatoes, &c., the predominating, and often the sole crop this year; inexperience in the culture, and want of success last year, determining the holders not to attempt such novel crops again ; but as a set-off to those defaulters, I must mention the great success of others, who have practically tilled their land according to the stipulated conditions in their r_ight of tenure from the Crown. There are, for instance, the vineyards of the Bald Hills Proprietary, and of the Honorables .T. G. Francis, R. S. Anderson, J. S. Johnston, and others, at Sunbury, and of Mr. G. \-V. Knight, at Riddell's Creek, where the work has been prosecuted with vigor and skill, which are looking admirably, and are now beginning to return something for the outlay of time and money absorbed in establishing them. I must mention also that Mr. G. W. Knight (whose brother is our indefatigable secretary of Industrial Exhibition) has commenced, and intends prosecuting on a large scale, the making of jam, and preserving of frnits, the produce of his own orchard ; and as they will be put into conveniently sized jars and bottles, and consist of fresh gathered fl:uits, and sold at a priee which will compete with the imported article, I think he must surely be successful in finding a ready market for them. Concerning the other items of infonilation, I may state that crops are generally reaped by machine in this district, but that the bay farmer finds it to hiq interest to use the scythe, as it cuts closer than the mowing machine. The extended information sought this year, under the respective heads of "Hands Employed," and "Number and Value of Implements and Machinery" used in farming, although a good deal of trouble to colleet, is of great value in assisting to arrive at the material prosperity of, as well as the capital afloat in, this pursuit of agriculture. The stock of this district, particularly the heavy draught horse stock and the dairy stock, are of superior quality, having be.en very much improved during the last few years, by the importation of good quality sires from Great Britain. Sheep appear to be more in favor with smaller landholders than heretofore, particularly to run over the stubbles, after the crop is housed ; no effort is made to grow feed for them. In conclusion, I may state that I had less trouble in collecting these returns than last year, the greater number of occupiers remembering me since last year, and giving the information with greater alacrity and less diffidence than at that time. · I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, 'l'he Registrar-General, Melbourne, JNO. C. C.Ali'FIN, No. 13, l." 84 REPORTS OF COLLECTORS OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. DISTRICT Oll' SOUTH-WEST BOliRKE. Sm, , " " Keilor, gth April, 1866. Having completed the collection of statistics for South-West Bourke, I have the honor to forward my report, which, in this e:x:ceptional season, must necessarily be meagre and devoid of the usual interest. Every , failure whatsoever of agricultural produce is attributed to the protracted drought, which has been most disastrously fel,t oyer the whole line of the plain country, extending from Essendon to the Djerriwarrh Creek, thence to Winiihain, forming a"t'rhingle by Braybiook, to the commencing point mimed:' 'Eveh the beautHul bends on the Saltwater River have",suffered in an equal ratio; one occupier "hil,d endeavoreii to nieet'tlie emergency by the erection of a horse-pump for irrigation, and other parties by small movable force-pumps, with hose .attached, but in every case too late to be of much perceptible benefit this season ; still their owners look forward with confidence to their proving valuable auxiliaries in the future. Apropos of this locality, I must not omit to state Mr. McDougal's celebrity as a breeder of the pure shorthorn is in no way lessened, and a visit to his place will repay any admirer of the bovine race. Arundel farm too must have honorable mention ; the various and valuable importations by its spirited proprietor, who deserves t~e best thanks of the colonists, must be seen to be appreciated; one scarcely knows which to praise "most, thOse pets 9f the dairy, the Alderney cows, or. the magnificent Lincoln sheep ; the pigs too are fine speciniens of what pork should be made of. Passing over the mules and asses, and leaving these useful "creatures to those who understand' them, I must not forget to mtme the warren, of. Chinchilli rabbits; valuable alike for their fur and for the table ; it is to be hoped some of their numerous progeny will in tinie be transplanted to many of the sandy lo"c!!-lities, where th.ey caimot fail to prove highly remunerative to their owners .. The various fe'athered importations_also should not be forgotten. Well tended as are all these lower animals, the visitor to Arundel can readily perceive their comfoTt is n9t the only care of the proprietor, for the accommodation for the labOTers on the estate might serve as a model to many a wealthy employer. . ·~Before leaving the plain country, I must recommend any admirer ofstock to go aml see the :fine shorthorn cattle belonging· to Messrs."Morton and Leach, 1which must share the laurels with Mr.)YlcDo~gal's celebrated herd. . ' . · · · · · ·· · " Passing through th!' pretty 'thougll parched· up township of Melton, and crossing the Djerriwarrh Creek mto Bacchus Marsh, I was struck by the luxuriant appearance, for this season, of the potato' crops of the lessees of the two-acre occupations ; but however creditable to them. these crops, the same cannot be said of the shanties they inhabit ; and great complaints were made by many of the farmers of the foraging pro pensities of th~ir numerous ca~tle. , Proceeding through the marsh, I found' the white straw crops good ; not:withstanding t11e rainfaU here is said to be always slight, it appears the nllme.rous streamlets by which it is interseCtf:!d keep .the s:ubsoil cool, and enable the crops to resist the drought. The local board I understand have .deCided to ·forni a reservoir at the upper part of Mcrrimu, for the purpose·of iiTigating the marsh, which will do.ubtless much improvethis favored.l!)cality. . Leaving Bacchus Marsh &nd ascending the Pentland Hills, and on to Mount Blackwood, through Myrniong and· G01'orig, as far as East Moorabool, the .crops, with few exceptions, are a good average for Victoria, or perhaps something more ; some attention seems to have been paid to the growth of rye and English barley, which find a ready market at the Warreuheip distillery. Mr. Lyons, of Mount Steiglitz, is a grower of a conaiderable quantity of artichokes as food for horses ; he informed me mie of his thoroughbred entires would leave any kind of fodder for them. This tract of country, being more elevated, must have been favored more ·frequently with sho,vers this summer than the plains near the coast ; the same may be said in a lesser degree of Will-will-rook and the land on the old Sydney roatl east of the Moonee Ponds Creek, which line I believ:e receives the skirt of ma,ny a shower, attracted by the Dandenong and Plenty ranges. I passed through lYfr,. Chirnside's breeding establishment at Point Cooke, which locality seems well adapt.ed for the purpose to which it is applied, being well protected from the sea breeze by a belt of trees along the coast ; and I shall be much mistaken if ,the brood mares he has recently imported do not produce some few winners on ~he Australian turf. The few deer that have been turned off enliven the scene, and appear to .find good harbor in the rough feed and low scrub within the belt of tin1ber ; the common rabbits here have taken such good care of themselves in the loose sandy soil, and have so increase(!, that they are now regarded as a nuisance. I regret fo have to.state one of the farmers near Mount Atkinson had recently lost some cattle from pleuro-pneumonia ; I had hoped this dire disease had spent itself, as I had not heard of a single eal!e for months previously. . . . I cannot say muc:Jl in favor of the few lots held 'under the "Novel Industries Clause of the Duffy Land Act ; the drought seems to l1ave killed all tl1e last vine cuttings, ancl they neither resemble well cultivated gardeps n9r successful plantations ; one occupier had a small hop plantation in a flourishing condition. . The commonages have not, I fear, proved the boon they were expected by the small dairy farmers, m consequence of their being always overstocked during the growing months ; the wretched cattle belonging to those who have no other land to fall back upon must, of nec"essity, die of starvation in a season like this. In conclusion, I· beg to observe I feel ·convinced tbat adequate. capital h as essential to successful farming here as in the· mother country, and it. is most desirable the. farm should be of sufficient ·extent to combine grazing with agriculture ; a rotation of crops we all know should be the rule, and not the exception; it would prevent the land from becoming ".corn-sick," as it is technically called, and whieh is but too often regarded by colonial·farmers as a·chronic disease. · I have the hon~r to remain, Sir, ., Your most obedient servant, : · , E. BONFIELD, · . " ~e Registrar-General, Melbourne. Col~ector of Agricultural Statistics, South-West Bourke. DISTRICT OF EAST BOu'RKE. SIR .,, : · •, · · · "· Kilmore, :~6th Mareh, 1866. ' I have the honor to forward the following report of the Agricultural Statistics for East Bourke, which I have ·just completed. You will perceive by the following table that the amount of land in tillage, though small; the return has been remarkably good, exceeding in fact the avemge for a number of years past. ' ·. The farmers, one and all, seerned to have been actuated by the same feelings and fears; a dread of the recurrence of the bad seasons, which have so persistently followed each other for the last three years,~having prevented them from risking the sowing of any crops worth mentioning. The universal desire seems to have been to venture as littl~ as possible ; their means, moreove~, hnve been so crippled, that many of t!Jcm. rea~ly had not the money to purchase the necessaTy amount of gram for seed ; tl1ey however express a determmat1on to sow a greater breadth of grain this year. The style of farming in this country do?s not a,ppear to me to be at all correct, the fanners in general risking all in hay, or one crop at most, and ~n c?nsequence more fre quen~ly incurring loss than obt?-ining a good return ; they also do no~ appea~ to, thmk 1t at all necessary, to apply any kind of manure, and m consequence the land becomes more Impovenshed every year, and fuially has to be left to time and the grazing of cattle to renovate it; the straw even is burnt or sold, through, I should say, ignorance. I only found one person who had attempted the growing of teasels, flax, and hemp, but the small encouragement and no sale of the above products hae prevented him from continuing his efforts. Potatoes ' this year, from all appearances, will return but a poor yield1 the dry weather having stunted their growth, and ~~"--·------·~~~------REPORTS OF COLLECTORS OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. .8.5 in some instances caused them to be hardly worth digging up. English.grasses do not seem to be hi much favor, from the small amount of acreage laid out in them ;. the drought has, however, made such pastures of little value this year ; and maize for grain does not !tppear to answer at all. The culture of the vine is pretty ' extensive, but more for home consumption than any other purpose. The acreage under vines shows to dis advantage, owing to many of the occupiers having no stated amount of land under the above crop, but simply plants placed in between trees in their orchards or gardens, the_yield of which· is altogether unascertainable, as the grapes are either consumed or sold from day to day, and no account kept. I do not find any attempt made at any novel industries, the curing of bacon and the making of cheese being carried on but to a small extent. Nearly every occupier has hives, but none seem tD make bee culture a calling. The principle means of liveli hood appears to me to be the keeping of cows and the sale of butter and eggs.· The. land in gef!eral I think is overstocked, and the cattle in consequence very poor, which also partly may be accounted for by the paucity of grass. On the whole the season appears to have been··very favorable. for farming operations, with the exception of hay and potatoes, which, on an average, have yielded ,l;mt two or three tons per acre. The following is a synopsis of the statistics of East Bonrke· :-Holders, 929; in occupation, I:u,o134 acres ; in cultivation, 8,3954 acres; grain crop am·cage, 1,793-!; yield, 35,078 bushels ; potatoes and other roots, 643} acres; yield, 2,o65 tons; hay, 2,599 acres; yield; 3;269tons·; green forage, i,551 acre's; under vines, 7oi acres; No., zJI,53o; grapes gathered, I,9J·3~ cwt.,gf which 821 cwt. were made into win<), producing 4,339 gallons ; live stock, No., 38,335. · · · · I have, the honor to be, Sir, · Your most obedient servant, G. B. W. BRISTOW, The Registrar-General, Melbourne. · Collector for East Bourke. DISTRICT OF smrTH BOURKE. SIR, In reporting upon the agricultural condition of the district of South Bourke for the year ending 3 Ist of March, I 866, two striking facts force themselves upon the attention of the statistical' collector; the first of which is the almost total cessation of the cultivation of cereal crops, and the other is the absence of second crops upon those lauds where hay and potatoes were grown during the past season ;·which may be satisfactorily accounted for by the protracted ilrought and the absence of any attempt at irrigation, whilst the poverty of most of the farmers of South Bourke, who have farmed at a loss these last two years, and whose only subsistence has been by carting firewood to the towns, and who could not afford.to buy manure, and hence the impossibility of an extended· cereal and improved agriculture. The market gardeners of Prahran and Moorabbin, being nearer the large towns, and car(ying on a profitable agriculture by gardening and the pro duction of fruit and vegefK'l.bles; can and do obtain manure in their return carts, and hence a more improved and pr()fitable agriculture is visible by a very extended 'breaking up of old £allows and the early sowing of green crops. These observations apply to every parish of South Bourke, the agriculture of one being the agriculture of all. The growing o! tobacco, which was attempted 'in Moorabbin; is given up. ·As grapes fetched a good price, the quantity of wine made· was not great; the best wine was ·made· by :Mr: Potter; of Dandenong ; it was a ''ery whi~e wine, which he calls Chasselas. All wine makers expect a protective duty. In the vineyard of'Mr:'Diinn,"l:tt Oakleigh, every tree had from zslbs. to 3olbs. of grapes, worth Ios. a tree. · In' conclusion, it is to be hoped the late genial rains, which give promise "of' an earlJ'and 'abundant harvest, will be free from blight. l<'armers have something better to do than making a bare existence by carting firewood ; fortunately their wives, who possessed a1 few cows, obtained a good price for what little butter they could make in the absence of bush grass dried·l\p-by the long drought; this, with a good price for eggs, barely sufficed to keep their houses in necessaries. The only fortunate farmers were those who had .grown-up sons to·help on their farms. Respectfully submitted, . The Registrar-General, :Melbourne. JAMES AND SPARK, Collectors. . COUNTY OF EvELYN. . Srn, . . . , •..· . . . · .· · . · · . Templestowe, 3oth April, 1866, On·traversing for the third year the County of Evely,n, the mosfnoticeable thing I -observed was the extension .of. the county .on the north side, and the immense traffic carried on to Wood's Point on both sides of the' Yarra·. I 'visited Healesville, and found it a large and tlll'iving village, well watered by· narrow, clear, and deep .rivulets of constantly running water. The land round the village has been all sold to small farmers, who are busy fencing it in, with the intention of. cultivation next year. The·new parish of Grarodale has a frontage on the Yarra River on the south, whilst Watts'. Creek surrounds it on the north and west. Since last yeiu'two excellent bridges have been finished, to unite North with South Evclyn; one was erected by J\.:lr. Rourke, and the other by Paul De Castella, Esq. ; besides a good road from Eltham through Tarrewarra, a beautiful and thriving village, principally owned hy the descendants of the eai-ly Kangaroo Ground· settlers, .one of whom, J\.:lr. Bell, had a splendid crop of oats, proving the richness of the soil for agriculture as well as grazhfg. The farmers on the Bolinda, or Running Creek, had all of them first-rate crops of oats ; they were shy of growing wheat, fearing another year of blight, caterpillars, and rust·; tbe few who did sow wheat had remarkably clean crops, and the more timid farmers who did not sow wheat were alllamen~ing their neglect. On the Jianks of the Bolinda ·and neighborhood the vineyards of Messrs. Saml. De Pary, De Champ, and Hand, give evidence of a good vintage for r866; whilst further up the unrivalled vineyards of Paul De Castella and his brother Hnbert, of Messrs. De Pary and Langdon, in Yering, will this year sustain their established reputation. In the village of Lillydale, the most considerable of South Evelyn, ·and on the .'great southern road to'Wood's Point, the wine of the neigh boring vineyards meets with" quick and ready sale, which gives hope that the proprietors will meet with a Clemand equal to their outlay and perseverance. I must not forget their neighbor, the Signor Martelli, whose white mulberry trees are now four feet high ; when these. young trees become dispersed into the gardens of the rich, the female branches of genteel families will have a new enjoynient and amusement by rearing silkworms and helping to add silk .to .OJU. productions .. The banks of the Plenty, in North Evelyn, had nothing new todistiiiguish them fronHbe previous year, so many of the small farmers being-engaged ill the carrying-trade to ·wood's Point, which an extraordinary dry summer and autumn has facilitated. The orchardists of the Plenty had the best crops of apples and peal's I ever saw, but in peaches, apricots, nectarines; and pl'ums 'there was a 'falling off. · . On the Yim Yean, Mr. Thos. Bear's vineyard is greatly enlarged, whilst the old trees were well fruited; and as he is a wine producer, it is likely his 'vine this year will attain superior excellence: · At Whittlesen n new church is in -progress, which will add to the beauty of that village when viewed from North Evelyn. The bishop plensed all parties, which ·ope!Ied the purse-strings of ~he neighhorhood and produced a liberal subscription. · · · · - · • · . · . ' · In. the absence of the small farmers, both of Evelyn and South Bonrke, in carting to Wood's Point and G1pps Land, it was lucky that, left with a few cows, they were enabled to m:tintain their families by the fortunate cil'curnsta'nce' that butter has maintained a good and equal price from August to tho present day; 86 REPORTS OF COLLECTORS OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. so also have eggs. I mention this circumstance to account for how the wives and ehildrcn subsist when their husbands are absent on long and perilous journeys, and which do not always turn out profitable. I am happy to report that I met with no case of cattle disease, and I believe it to be extinct : the class of small farnJCrs were great sufferers ; hence their poverty, which compelled them to abandon putting in crops, under the expectation that carrying of goods to Gipps Land, 'Wood's I>oint, and other places, paid better than farming for the year just ended; but for the forthcoming season they have better hopes and are cheer- fully turning to the plough. . Respectfully subri1itted, JOIL.'{ JAMES, The Registrar-General, Melbourne. Collector of North and South Evelyn. CQUNTY OF MORNINGTON. Sm, Cranbourne, 26th April, xS66. I have the honor to report that I ·have completed the collection of the Agricultural Statistics for the year ending 3rst March, r866. This has been a very favorablc season for Mornington. The great want of rain that was experienced in the northem portions of this colony caused many stockholders to send some of their surplus stock to Mornington, where all the paddocks were t)lis year fully stocked; and although very little rain fell in the district, there never was a much better supply of grass. Many of the farmers arc now turning their attention to clJecse-making, which proves most rcmuncratiYe. The wheat crops have been Yery good, but oats, from not being sown so early, did not turn out so well. I found that nothing answers so well as the application of lime to the soil in this colony, as there seems to be a deficiency of that ingredient in the ground; and where it has been used I found it to more than double the usual crops. The good crops this year have given a great impetus to agriculture. . · There are many new schools established in the district, but the Board, from what I hear from the masters of some of these new establishments, will not pay the teachers of new schools this year. This is a great grievance. Fancy a man of good educ:ition, and his wife, living on 15S. a week for sL~ months, in the hope of getting Government aid, then to be told the Board had not funds to pay masters of new schools. The system of education requires to be mrefully looked into, and inducements held out to respectable men to devote their time to the rising generation. If a fulse economy is now pursued, I fear there will, in a few years, be a strong muster ready to devote their time to native industry inside the walls of Pentridgc; Black Head is now quite a stirring fishing village since the new jetty was built there ; a fleet of · sixteen fishing boats lying between the jetty and the head gives the place quite a busy appearance, and the new schnappcr ground found off the end of l'hillip Island will greatly improve Black Head. King's Creek, or Hastings, has also greatly in1provcd since a jetty was built there ; there is now a very good school-house, and also a· good accommodation-house and saltworks near that place. In conclusion, I have to state that grubbing and clearing is going on in many parts of the ranges near Dromana, and that I found the soil in these ranges mnch better, and the crops of tobacco in a much healthier state than in any other portion of the County of Mornington. · I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, The Registrar-General, Melbourne. F. J. JONES. COUNTY OF GRANT. Sm, , Throughout the county the returns of crops will show favorably for a high position this year. The wheat has been most prolific and of a superior quality-scarcely any small grain or refuse; and were it not for the failures in former years in the old farming districts, I apprehend would have been sown to a greater extent-great numbers of small farmers having resigned, and new holders being unprepared and rather discouraged. This year great preparations are making to throw a .larger area into wheat. Oats and barley would not show so large a return were it not for the drought; being unfit for hay, the crops were allowed to run to grain. Pease are being sown extensively for feeding pigs, &e., besides having the effect of cleaning the ground for other crops, and not being of an exhausting nature. Potatoes, owing to the drought, have not been so remunerative in the southern districts, but in the northern have been most abundant. ·Root crops, generally, are not on the increase. Until farmers get upon the system of house or yard feeding they will not be grown to any extent; their tillage is rather costly. Onions :would have shown a large increase were it not that many acres had been totally destroyed by a grub and the ground turned up for other purposes. Tobacco, owing to its expense and trouble in cultivation, and quality not suitable for manufacturing, does not offer any inducement to farmers. Flax has been tried on a small scale and found to succeed, so th!lt much ground will be prepared this year for it. I anticipate its becoming a very extensive and remunerative crop. In vines it is impossible to get all the returns required, accurately. Most of the vineyards are rented. In numbers they can only give you an approximate idea. The new plantings are found to be better at greater distances, and many of the old have been thinned. The safest calculation would be r,Soo to the acre. In weight of fruit they never keep a memo. ; and iu wine tl1ey gather in large quantities and throw the fruit into the vats without weighing; but the c:tlculation is simple-about 17lhs. to the gallon. There is a considerable quantity of wine lying in the cellars, and I apprehend any considerable increase will not be made until there is a better prospect for sales. The class of wine which suitS a foreigner's taste, being rather rough and sour, is not at all suitable to an English taste; and until w:inemakers are gotteu out who are accustomed to make for the English markets, I suspect sales will not realise expectations. JAMES DUNCAN, Collector, Geelong. The Registrar-General, Melbourne. COUNTIES OF GRENVILLE AND POLWARTH. Sm, Colac, 24th April, xS66. Compared with the past year, it is a pleasing duty to hand in my report; having passed through the whole of the County of Grcnville and a considerable portion of the County of Polwarth, I had ample opportunity of observing·the marked change in the state of the farming interest. · The crops this year, with few exceptions, were abundant, especially the wheat, of which a considerable number of acres had been cultivated, giving to the farmer a satisfactory return for his tQils. The deep gloom that has so long overshadowed the fanning interest--ceausing many to relinquish farming, and driving others to the very verge of ruin-has given place to cheerfulness, renewed courage, and perseverance, the result of --- a REPORTS OF COLLECTORS OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. 87 which .will be an increase in the number of acres brought into cultivation during the coming season. The past season has been particularly fuvorable to the growth of wheat and other cereals, although the oat crop in many places has not been very good; this is principally owing to the lateness of sowing. The same remark also applies to the barley crop ; the early crops have yielded well. The•root crops have not succeeded so well. But small quantities of mangel-wurzel have been sown this year ; the produce very indifferent. Potatoes yield somewhat better than last year, but not abundant. Turnips, on account of the uncertainty of the crop, arc not cultivated in quantities worthy of notice, and are seldom seen beyond the bounds of the garden. Carrots and parsnips are not cultivated to that extent their value merits, although there is much land in the district suitable for their cultivation. Onions are scarce, having suffered severely from grub attacking them in the early part of the season; but small quantities are grown in this district. The cultivation of tobacco seems to have lost interest; the great want is a knowledge of the process of manufacture, or a market for the article in leaf. The hay crop is considered good by the principal growers ; but little hay is grown in the southern portion of the district, owing to the distance of carting. The principal growers of hay are near the diggings, where the demand is great ; 1! tons per acre is considered a good crop in that portion of the district. 'l'hc cultivation of the vine is progressing slowly. Fruit is becoming plentiful in the district, although but few gardens or orchards exist beyond half or three-q_uarters of an acre. The desire to enter upon new and novel Industries has much abated. The cattle disease is fast disappearing ; but few cases occur now in the district. Fat cattle are scarce, as also dairy cattle, owing to the drought. The clip of wool has also suffered much from drought, the staple being much shorter than previous years. Labor obtains remunerative prices, the demand and supply being tolerably well balanced. The opening up of the lands has done much to give employment to the superabundant labor. In the parishes of Bambra, Gerangamite, and Murroon, the selectors are progressing with improvem.ents, especially the two last named parishes. Several, since the issuing of the leases, having commenced clearing, fencing, and building, an increase in the number of holdings may be expected in next year's return. Among the difficulties experienced in collecting the returns may be mentioned the general exodus towards the old country of many large landed proprietors, and the consequent changes of managers, from whom it was difficult to obtain reliable infonnation, owing to the very lhuited knowledge they possess of the extent and situation of the st.'ttions relative to the parishes ; also the many changes among farmers. Since the early days of gold-digging there have not been so many changes as have occurred during the past year, many fortunate selectors hav~ng sold their small holdings to enable them to enter on the new lands. The absence of occupiers from home gave me occasion to call a second time. The enquiries relative to the number and value of implements and machh1ery called forth mll,ny very unpleasant remarks and answers very unwillingly given, being considered too inquisitive, especially near the diggings, where a great horror of rates and taxation prevails. Great improvement has been made on the public roads, rendering travell.ing much pleasanter than in past years. Great improvement may be yet made, at little cost, by erecting finger or guide posts on the cross and bye roads, especially where the roads cross large paddocks, where the gates are placed at intervals far apart, and so placed as to bewilder the traveller n,s much as possible. The late rains have proved very beneficial and acceptable·; the weather continuing warm, causes the grass to spring quickly, and will be a great benefit to the dairyman and sheep farmer. Ploughing has commenced. A very general opinion prevails among the farmers that the coming season will be a good one; and,many, presuming on this, have expressed their intention of putting in as much crop as their circumstances and acreage will allow. The thistle nuisance still prevails. Although thistle inspectors are appointed hy the various Shire Councils, but little is done to lessen their number. Unless more strenuous efforts are made the country will be overrun with them. In my various journeyings I rode through large tracts of them, and even in the centre of the metalled roads saw them growing luxuriantly. The effort made to eradicate them is much too feeble, and cannot accomplish the end desired. Having briefly touched upon the various matters that came under my observation as collector, I now close my report. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, BENJN. JOS. MILLER, The Registrar-General, Melbourne. Collector of Statistics. COUNTY OF HAMPDEN. Sm, Mel'ri Creek, Brunswick, 1st April, 1866. In accordance with instructions, I have the honor to report on the agricultural condition of the County of Hampden. The county in question is not an agricultural one, being almost entirely occupied by pastoral tenants, who, whatever they may do towards improving the live stock of the colony, certainly do but little towards developing it.s agricultural resources, as, in a majority of cases, there is little if any land under eulti vation-nwrely sufficient to provide hay for the horses of the station ; and in some cases the squatter prefers to purchase fodder for his cattle rather than run the risk of cultivating the land himself; the soil too, over a considerable portion of the county, is unsuited for agriculture, and it is only in isolated parts that cultivation is carried on ; the neighborhood of Camperdown, Mortlake, and Terang, being the localities where the principal agrieulturn,l operations are conducted ; the soil here is o£ an exceedingly rich description-black about Camperdown and Terang, and chocolate at Mort lake, the slopes and bases of tbe various volcanic hills being eagerly sought after and cultivated. Notwithstanding the severely dry season we have experienced, the crops will, I think, on an examina tion of the returns, maintain if not exceed the average. The number of occupants is considerably larger than on any previous year, a large number of persons having selected under the Amending Land Act 1865; but little could he done beyond recording their names and the land held, as, owing to the dry season, they have been unable to cultivate, and in many cases, from want of water, unable to stock their land. During the ensuing winter advantage will probably be taken of the rainy season, and water-holes will be formed and cultivation proceeded with, so that the next year's collection will doubtless show a considerable increase in the returns of produce. · I am happy to report that the cattle disease (pleuro-pneumonia) seems entirely to have disappeared; I made particular enquiries, and could not hear of any cattle having suffered for some months past. . The country, in consequence of the want of rain; presents a most arid and barren appearance, while, from the prevalence of bush fires, what little dry grass did exist has been almost entirely destroyed, and the sheep and cattle reduced to the lowest possible condition. · I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, CHARLES ROSE. The Registrar-General, Melbourne, 88 REPOR'rS OF COLLECTORS OF AGRICULTURAL ·STATISTICS. ~ - J . COUNTY OF RIPON. Sm, · · · · · Ballarat, ZJrd April, 1866. I have the honor to present the following report on the agricultural statistics of the County of Ripon for the year ending 31st March, 1866. · · · . I think the farmers ought to be gratified at the results of the harvest, considering the extreme dryness of the season, and the uufavomble appearance of the crops in the spting. Th(l.t the cereal crops should have succeeded as well as they have done, with so small a quantity of rain as they received' from the tin1e·of being put into the ground, is a· circumstance I think few could have expected, except from the experience of last year, when the supply of rain wn.s nearly as limited, and the yields of wheat .and Ol)-ts better than were expected, although not equal to this year. The sen.son, however, was very unfavorable.to green crops, 'and especially to the potato crop, which suffered much from the continued drought. · . . . · · The 'return· of· grapes \[l,st .year was ·grently disproportioned to the number of' vines; as I have invnri:tbly found this to be tlie cnse, I am lecl to suppose that the climnte. of t4c district is not a.dapted to this industry. That is the opinion generally entertainccl, and some persons, in despair, hnve taken up their vines; but I am inclined to think thnt in most enses sufficient care ha.s not been given, nml that there nre few persons in the county experienced in vine culture, and that want of skill, particularly in planting ill-suited varieties of vines, may have much to do with the ill-success that hns hitherto been met with. I believe the senson hns been very favorable to the· growth of the eerenls in every other respect excepting the want of rain. In enquiring into the supposed cnuse of small yields, that almost invariably assigned was the dry weather, which I found had much more injurious effect on the lnte-sown crops than on those put in at the usual seed time. ·when the lancl was good, and the crop, if cereal, sown in the month of April, it would appear that it wn.s not seriously injured by the dry season thnt ensued; ·but on light sandy soils this '!'as by no menus the cnse, and in .the district about Amrat, where the land is of this chnraeter, the erops were much worse tlmn usual. In consequence of the inferior qunlity. of the lnnd in this part of the county, the farmers nre obliged to use more manure than in other localities, nncl from its proximity to several stations, they nre enabled to procure a CO)lsiderable supply of the manure left in the .sheep yards, without having to go a long distance for it, nlthough I have seen some farmers carting it distnnces of eight or ten miles. A dressing of this manme every second year ensures goOtl crops in general, but it.was remarked that this yenr, ou account of the wo,nt of rain, it failed to give fertility to the soil. I think that in all parts of the county a much better system of cultivation than hitherto prevails. Mnny years must neeessnriiy elapse before a really good system can be adopted, because it will not pny, in the present stntc of the colony, to grow green crops for the use of cnttle in large quantities; but I have observed that much more attention than formerly is given towards the ·erailicntion of weeds, that before putting in any of the grain crops two ploughings are genemlly given, that much more mnnure is now used, and that the custom of fo,llowing is becoming more prevalent, and that the insnnc practice of buining the straw, which was almost universal until last year, is now entirely f,riven up. . · . , . . A very important increase has taken place in the number of .holders in the county, in COI).sequence of the selections which lmve been made under·thc Amending IJand Act during the pnst ye11;r .. In my report. last year I expressed an opinion that a very strong disposition existed among the. peqple to settle on the lands, and that, if encouragement wero given, ap the lands fit for ngricnltura) purposes would soon.b.e in the ]lands of a farming popul-ltion. I find tlmt I bdve not been mistaken in this suppositiqn, n,J;!d that not only has there been an enrnest competition to get possession of the better portion of 'the lauds, but when these coul -- -· REPORTS OF COLLECTORS OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. 89 In conclusion, I would mention a circumstance perhaps not quite relevant to this report, as it appears to me very." extraordinary. I mean the destruction of the gum trees. I heard of this having occurred in some parts O.f the colony; and I believe it was attributed to the attacks of insects, but I have not had an opportunity before of observing it myself. Over a distriqtof several miles, at the foot of the Mount William Range,.every gum tree is dead; but the other trees, lightwood, shcoak, &c., have not been i:ujurccl. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, JOHN BDRKE, The Registrar-General, Melbourne. Collector of Statistics for the County Ripon. COUNTY OF TALBOT. Sm, Castlemaine, roth April, 1866. I have the honor to report upon the general aspect of farming, &c., in the county of Talbot, during the past statistie·year ending the 31st ultimo. · · · , In ,the vicinity of Mount Alexander, extending ove1· the parish of Hareourt north-west, unto Elphin stone east, together with the intermediate parishes, the crops have proved extremely small, chiefly owing to the granite fornmtion of the soil, combined with the dry season. In this part of the country, my impression is (from personal observation of many years), that it is perfect(y useless to attempt to grow artificial grasses, as a general rule ; and that the only sniktble grasses for pasturage are the indigenous ones, which should not be broken up on any account: however, a dressing of manure of any kind, put on in the proper season, would greatly assist such, and would well repay the trouble. In the Loddon portion of the county, extending from Castlemaihe by Guildford to the Bet-bet and Btmg Bong, and from thence along McNcil's Creek up to Amherst, and then in a straight line to Yandoit, the land included in this area is generally of a yellow chtyey nature, and given to combine in a dry season like the past one; hence it requires an improved mode oftreatm(tnt to make it suitable for agricultural pm·poses. In this area farming appears to be carried on in u ycry meagre wuy ; and unless great improvements are adopted in drainuge, subsoiling, and rnanuring, it must remain a blot on the farmers of this part ; and to them-which is of gre.'tt importance-non-remunerution will be the result. \Vlmt, for instance, can be more miserable than the retums from Moolort ? uml U1e aspect of the mode of f!trming there would not allow of a better result. It, however, gives me great pleasure to turn from so disagreeable a part of fault-finding to the pleasing task of recording the remainh1g portion of the county as most fm·tile (with the exception of belts of scrub, which are to be found here, as well as in other parts of the colony), and the fanning in general exceedingly creditable. Commencing at Malmsbury, at which place there arc two splendid farms let to .their occupiers by Hy. A. Orr, Esq., Burke and Coliban parishes have well satisfied the farmers with the returns they have received for their labor. Adjoining there is Glenlyon, Holcombe, ,and }'ranklin, each one aspiring to outvie the adjoining parishes ; and to their credit it may be recorded, that theh· exertions are not in vain, as their returns will fully testify. Wombat is progressing rapiclly, ulthough the timber gre::ttly impedes the farming operations, and the clearing is very expensive ; but the returns arc pleasing to the farmers, and thereby they appear contented and prosperous. . The remaining parishes of Smeaton, Bullarook, Spring Hill, Ascot, and Glendaruel, &c., are not to be exceeded in the colony for extent of farms, the mode of farming, and their 1·eturns. This may appear an extreme statement, but the flwts are recorded by one and all, ancl the truth of which has been fully-cor roborated by the owners of steam threshing machines. In many instances the residences or homesteads are a pleasing contrast to the low and squalicl places that are to be met with in other parts; the stack-yards, barns, stables, and agricultural machines, all bespeak the princely and extensive mode in which farming is carried on. For instnncc, two brothers, residing in Ascot-Messrs. John and Thomas Ogdvy-had, on one day, twenty-two teams ploughing, besides a sowing machine at work and te.·uus engaged in harrowing in; and during the season never less th::m fifteen teams arc going euch day. The ground is chocolate in color, and very productive; and, strange as it may appear-and yet it is a fact-the best soil is on the hills and elevated ground. Many parties are availing themselves of the late Order in Council extending the 42nd section of the Land Act from twenty to eighty acres, and at Cluncs there is quite a rush for land; they appear fully to appreciate the boon. . 0 The vineyards arc not numerous in the county, but what few there are give promising indications of 'vhat can be don·c in this part in the culture of the vine ; and the profit that will accrue therefrom must prove satisfactory, although the season has been unpropitious. . . Orchards are also receiving some attention, nnd what few there are that have been planted a few years, have, in several instances, produced large quantities of fine fruit ; every homestead should have a garden and orchard, without which there appears a vacuum to be filled up. ' . Tobacco can be growu in this part to advuntage, as a small plot in Wombat fully indicates ; it looked luxuriant, and I have no doubt will turn out productive beyond the owner's expectations. , The flour mills are constantly employed, most of them going day and night ; and the general report from them is that the wheat is of finer quality than any previous year of the colony, consequently that they have to use extra screens to save the fine flour. There has not been one report of disease amongst the cattle recorded ; and it-is hoped that this baneful disease (pleuro-pneumonia) has taken" its departure for good. However, they have been very badly off for feed in many parts, owing· to the dry season ; but since the harvest has been gathered and tlie threshing com menced, their condition has quite changed for the better, having ample food, which they much required. · I have the honor to be, Sir, . ·Your very obedient and humble servant, The Registrar-General, Melbourne. WM. WILSON. COUNTY OF DALHOUSIE. Sm, Kilmore, 9th April, r866. The unusual drought of the past season served to ripen wheat, but in all other crops, even in some favored localities, failures are universal. . Even 'vh~t itself can only be said to have been a good crop on undeniably good ground; the light granitic soils occurring in S9me parts of Dalhousie afforded but light yields. My impression is that the past two or three years having been so disastrous to the cultivation of wheat, the yield of this year is looked upon by the farn1er as very opportune. To my own knowledge, in many parts farmers had entirely run out of wheat for seed or grist. The novel-industry farmers show but a very feeble attempt at the introduction of those exeeptionul crops for which the section of the Act was no doubt framed. That the introduction of a sufficie~t. supply of water for irrigation on agricultural lands would result in au enormous increase of bulk and weight, both in hay and root crops, there are a few instances to show. One acre of' well irrigated and manured laud on ahnost any of the farms visited would grow as much as ten acres in the ordinary way. ':Dhe County of D11lhousie is in general too cold for the gmpe to come to maturity, as the returns will show, JAMES W. OSBORN. The Registrar-General, Melbourne. 90 REPORTS OF COLLECTORS OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. COUNTY Ol!' ANGLESEY. Sm, · . March, r866, The County of 4nglesey, which has the great disadvantage of being all but cut off from the principal markets for produce by the Dividing Ranges, has many areas of land to the south along the Goulburn River, and the Rubieon, the Achron, the Muddy,and the King Parrot Creeks, where· the soil possesses all the qualities desirable for cultivation. The whole of that part of the country is well watered ; and whilst at the present moment almost all creeks westward are dry, and have been so for months past, these little rivers have an abundance of splendid water. I found the grass in many places as luxur.iant as in spring, and all the cattle in these districts are in remarkably good condition. Not more than about z,soo acres being at present under cultivation in the whole county, whilst the rest of the land is used for pasture, it eaunot be regarded as an agricultural district; but I have no doubt that sooner or htter it will rank amongst the most productive ones of tbe colony. The crops have yielded a very fair average, and whilst only thirty miles farther north the yield in many cases did not return the seed, as much as I 5 to 25 bushels of wheat to tl1e acre have been obtained here. Oats certainly did here, as well, suffer much from the long-continued drought, but the potatoes have yielded satisfactorily, and, as usual, the crops were best along the banks of the rivers, where the land had been flooded and a deposit of sludge and sand bad been left. · · Bad farming, however, has been here also the cause of some failures, irrespective of the adversity of the season. . The vine and tobacco plantations are of a very limited extent, but have both yielded welL I found, in regard to the first, that the grapes come here a fortnight or three weeks later to maturity than in other parts of the colony ; and the same is to be said of fruit in general. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, The Registrar-General, Melbourne. G. C. HEYNE:MAN. COUNTY OF RODNEY. Sm, March, r866. But little ean be said of the agricultural pursuits and their results in tl1e County of Rodney, after a dry season like the last. :Moisture being one of the main stimulants for reproduction, it is evident that, after an almost uninterrupted drought of eigl1t months, no remunerative yield of the crops could be looked for. On my recent journey through this county I have found the greatest portion of it almost bare of vegetation. The native trees :tml woody scrubs nlone withstood the drought. Tlie ground I found as hard and dry as the rock itself, and wlmt had renmined on the surface of the dried-up grass had been swept away by the bot winds, leaving in many parts virtually nothing for the food of the cattle. The cultivated portion, which attracted my attention most, was cm;nparatively in no better condition. The drought was too persisting, and a failure of the crops the consequence. Only a few spots were an exception, and the parish of Colbinabbin in· particular, where a patch of a few farms have yielded com paratively good wheat crops. The soil is there of a better q nality than in many other districts of the county, and tbe (more than ordinary) care and labor which has been bestowed on the farms has assisted materially. The crops in the parish of ;\furchison, and tLlong the Campaspe a.nd the :Mount Pleasant Creeks, were, however, so poor in mauy instances that the farmers did not consider them worth cutting, and have in some cases turned their cattle into 'the field, and in others haYe left them standing to serve as seed for the coming season. It has come under my notice again, and I have mentioned it in former reports on the County of Talbot and the Loddon District, that there, where the seed had been put in early, and the crops had pretty far advanced towards maturity before the drought could affect the growth, the harvest has been a fair one. Good yields I observed also on fields which had been lying fallow during the previous year. This is another proof what a little more care aml attention can effect even in dry sc,.sons like the past. On a farm in Runnymede I saw a num!Jer of acres under new erop already, the young plants being about one inch over the ground. It was sown the latter end of January, and the owner expressed his firm belief. ill a goocl crop 'next harvest, may the coming season be ever so dry. The potato crop'has been a failure throughout the county. In nmny cases the plants have died and virtually disappeared. Those which lived long enough to have the benefit of the rainfall in January recovered a very promising exuberance ; but on examination it w:ts found that all the strength had been absorbed by the stalks and leaves, whilst on tbe roots not more than two or perhaps three potatoes were found, and these not larger than walnuts. Vine growing appears to come in !Jetter favor in this county than it has been hitherto, and although the drought during the two preceding seasons has seriously injured the plantations, the holders intend to brave the fluctuation of the climate in right earnest. The growing of tobacco has heel} abandoned, the land being too dry and meagre. In regard to live stock I can only say that its condition suffered most severely under the drought and the want of food. , · I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, The Registrar-General, Melbourne. G. C. HEYNEMAN. UNSETTLED DISTRICT OF THE :MURRAY. SIR, Lillydale, 8th August, r866. Having completed the collection of the Agricultural and other Statistics of the Murray District for the year ending JISt March, r866, I do myself the honor of submitting for your perusal the following brief report. · The first parish I visited was that of Ta!Jilk; and, as nearly all the farmers are recent selectors under the I.and Act, I did not find a large area in cultivation ; but considering the very short time the greater number had come into possession of the land, and the many difficulties they had to contend against in a season of such severe drought, the progress made was very satisfactory, numbers being engaged in fencing, grubbiJig, and splitting, I perceived that a large breadth of l!md lay in fallow, ready to receive the seed; and should rain come early in the season, all tbe farmers will have more or less in cultivation by next year. I found the same activity carriec1 on in nearly all the parishes where land had been taken up within the last twelve months; and, judging from the work already performed, there will be a very large increase in the district next year. The yield of wheat I found in general very good, with the exception of those farms on the plains, where the yield of cereals was very light indeed, and the effects of the drought most apparent, some of the oat crops not being worth the labor of reaping. --- Wi REPORTS OF COLLECTORS OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. 91 Tl!osc farms which lay in a highentltitudo I perceived were scarcely affected by the drought, and the yield, especially on some of the new lots, was excellent. The different samples of wheat throughout the district are. very good, both for seed and gristing purposes; but the oats seem very light and inferior. The potato crops, as might be expected from the drought, were a complete failure throughout the district, with the exception of a few who had sown on the banks of Cl'Beks and rivers. Tobacco was also a failure from the same cause. The grape crop was a medium one, and the quantity of wine made was not. very large, through the grapes being nipped by a late and very severe frost, which completely destroyed the crop in several of the large vineyards near Beechworth. :From the numerous enquiries which were made by the farmers in tile remoter parishes through which I passed, respecting the lands in their neighborhoods being thrown open for selection, and their anxiety to obtain sa\ue, I think the majority regard the Act as a great boon, and in a fe"" years more all the land amilable for agriculture v;ill be taken up. · I c,annot conclude, Sir, without expressing my warmest thank~, through t!Je medium of this report, to the settlers and farmers in the Murray District, for their uniform hospitality and kindness, and the very valuable . information I received from them whilst engaged in collecting the statistics ; and I can bear testimony as to the value and importance they attach to the publication of those statistics, and their great anxiety to afford correct informatiou. _ 1 have ·the honor to be, Your obedient servant, , 'fhe Registrar-General, Melbourne. H. H. MILLER. UNSE'l"l'LED DISTRICT OF THE LODDON. Sm, • . Sttndhurst, May, 1866. The experience of twenty years goes to prove tlmt almost every season is an exceptional one ; here have we just wound up a second year of unparalleled drought-one over another, four and twenty months (in this district) without any appreciable rainfall-being doubtless a reaction, consequent upon a fourteen months' heavy and constant wet of immediate precedence. · The effect of this long continued drought has been to bring down our yield of wheat from 15 ~in 1864 (the year of rust), to I3t'& in 1865, and to 6~ tbis year. I make uo doubt the ratio of most other crops would rule the same, if noted ; I did so, especially of this, as our primary cereal. . ' . Several of the runs in this district had the stock taken off them-which were paddocked elsewhere, the handiest for feed; other stock was taken to mnges in hilly country, and camped there for weeks and weeks ; some went towards Kyneton, some to the westward, and so on ; for it became beyond a paucity of feed-the're was literally none. And, furthermore, upon a part of the Avoca.all traces of there ever having been any vegetation seemed perfectly obliterated ; of su'ch stock as remained upon stations, they were fearfully emaciated. The sheep are literally strewed all about the country, in little knots of half-a-dozen to twenty or thirty each, going listlessly by themselves, seeking food, and dying piecemeal of sheer inanition ; · should, in any part of the country, cold weather with wet set in suddenly, they must perish wholesale; cattle too. Ofttimes a solitary sheep would be dropped upon chewing the bitt€r cud of gum scrub. I met .a thousand head of cattle coming down the country from the Downs, to be paddocked off to save their lives ; such a sight was never erew bile seen. Still, if the farmers have been a grumbling class-and who shall doubt it--they also are a hopeful class, and mostly mean to go in at it again this year, just as if nothing had occurred to damp their ardor ; of such energy is our need in a young eountry. In one place--as well exterior to as within the district--the adult male rustic population had all depart€d south-westerly, to.strive for new land in that locality, thinking little of that long overland journey for their chance of luck, their consolation under defeat being a return load of cheap potatoes, the price there being almost nomimtl ; their families, meanwhile, mueh needing that edibles should be brought to their homes ·with as little outlay as possible. Although the average of wheat is so small, I believe it would have.run even less still but for some two or three parishes, which brought it up ; we must not be unmindful that ere the long drought set in the district's yield per acre was second t The opossums are.very destructive first to the vines, whose' tender growth has to be protected by every' effort of the vigneron,. the least sh<;JOt being nipped off rigorously almost ere protruded, whilst at vintage time the. grapes have to be watched sedulously, else will the vines be stripped of the lowermost bunches, or par.ts of bunches of the fruit ; this evil. will give place as there is les~ timber contiguous for harbo.ring them. · . . , , · . . . .The. wine made this year should ·he good ; it will, doubtless, be less in quantity, ns there could hardly have ·been any superabundant moisture, but the saccharifc1'ous qualities must have been unprecedented. The vine will be eventhally the great staple of the district: It ripens much earlier west of the Loddon than about Sar;tdhurst.; pe.rhaps the medium is den~er, or the chill blasts from the south have less force .. ·. It was reportcc!'to me that a frost early in November last destroyed some wheat on the Campaspe; it is __a.so_litary. instan9~. .. . . Several holdings were retumed in \Valmcr and Qcighborhood with no results to vine crop. This was entirely attributable to extensive bush fires which occurred in summer of 1865, fourteen or fifteen months ago. Such a seasol') even as last will advantage the ploughcr, the land being in many places quite friable, not hav;i).lg~as.. the farmers technic!J,lly called it-got· over the last ploughing. . · There have been. many peculiarities of this season-a great dearth of blow-liies, also of other house vermin. During the summer, which lasted nearly ten months up here, a longer period than ever before known, the sun's l'!J.YS had quite a sen~ible feeling of convergence, as though concentrated through a focus; this occurred s:u.ndry times and for several days together. This want of :terial elasticity was a marked ~eat)lre ; the re~ult, may be, of that which kept us so long without rainfall, whatever meteorologists or other savans may determine that to be. What few sho,vers fell did not seem to have effect in causing any spring of vegetation ; the same was remarked upon by sundry others, over an extended surface area. But the natural drainage of the fiats held out most surprisingly upon the several gold fields which I Yisited; a fact, I should say, of itself wherebyAI)Y. mi~givings may be allayed henceforth and for ever, lest any perish upon thQs.e proverb,lltlly waterless placC's....:.the gold' fields tow:nships ; for a two years' test is what they are never likely to run the gauntlet of. again. ThiS place is not more than six or seven miles from source of wat<>rshed, yet'ample supply'foi· ·our large population of about 36,ooci could have been found in the natural drainage of the fiats, had there been efficient means of access !tnd suffusion of the element ; a resnlt I so far from antici pated as to hn.ve effectively advocated the adoption of a tempomry water supply per train. . . .. L\vould respectfully suggest that none of the questions contained in yom· circular letter to squatters for stoc)i: should be· iterated ·in ··the occupiers' schedules, or vice· versa; it has- a tendency to diniinish the willingness to give information, which, as a class, I have ever found the pastoral tenants to possess. · The question as to value of farming plant, &c., is not in very good odor ; that was my· experience right through this year ; an assistant reports similarly. · . The system of collecting these returns early is· undoubtedly best, and may safely be pursued, save Jl.urj.i::tg 'seasons ~:xceptionally late. · · · . . .' .' · Wl}ethe~:owing to Clinlitic infiuenc~:s or not, the grapes.. this year were half-done into raisins naturally; niany, were liaiiging thi:nii'fol''that purpose ; few; if any, know'how 'to effect a perfect cure ; it is a branch of, colonial industry wh:lcli ri1ight 'advantageously be 1pro.mote'd ; nor do I think a small. bonus from tlic Board. of Agriculture, for practical essay upon the art, '"ould be mone:r. lost to the' community. Artificially promotiell. aridity' would ·here, doubtless, prove the higJ:nvay to success. I tnsted several· samples ; their fiiw6r aud tl)eir condition was splendid. Should the ·,veather not break up for rain, and plenty thereof ·descend; vast areas of land will be left uncultivated. · . , . . I have the honor, &c., J, THOROLD TULLOCH, .f'h(_R:egistrar~Gene;a:, ~fel?ourn~., Collector for the Loddon. ·r, .· . ..• • .._ • ~ DISTRICT OF VILLIERS WEST: ~m,' r •·· ' ·. . - . , . . . · . · , ·; 'clierJ=Y Y.~,t!e, ..Koroit, !6th Mqy:,}8~_6. I do myself the h,ono'r to suj.imit my report of t.he progress of. agriculture' in Villiers West fot'tlic year endin'g 3rst March, 1866. It will be observed throughout the wliole district a very' marked increase has been obtained in the average yield from cereal crops. In some cases the increase is extraordinary ; in all it . •• , ,, • ,. ..., , is:s.atj.s~ctory, .•.•.,. 1 4 • . .:·: ..., ·~· . ·:J·," .• ' • . BELfAST...... Does·.n.ot contairi' much· land 'adapted· for agricultural purposes, and the .are!\' devote.d to the growth .of ·Cj3reals lias·been· decrcasi:ilg annually for some years past. ·There were 528 acres devoted to the· growth of grain di.lring'tlie:seasou'·of r863-4. The year ending· with March, r865, it receded to 2.57 acres, while .the breadth has been reduced (during the season now terminated) to the very narrow limit o.f 112. acr!"s, But while the breadth •of• land .. has .1.)een reduced· more than one-half, the produce has ·increased almost ·One-fourth. This . very satisfactory result·is qwiilg in partJto the very fa-vorable ;winter of r865, but.chiefly to the improved condition·"of the land cultivated, · · · • · · ·' · · · ·· .,. r· ... ,.. . •t•: ·'t: ~·t-;__:.·p'". ·~-;f.' 11 •1Pl'.-. :!:i p- PBOoTAHPOOL ·AND BoRAll-:BOR.AM: R~qulre"·~~·specia1' notice, except: it. bq the very slightly inwroved yielij. of thch~ cereal crops. 'fbe former p'!-fish.~specially is .Purely. li'astoral·land, an? t)ic agrieultur~l soils. ~f the latter. are very muc:1 exhf:ust.e.d, . a,!).dr()qui:re to ,~~.)a:?.?own II) l!a~t.ure for some years befo:e 1ts fertility .eau be restored. :CROXTON EAS'£, There is no new feature in connection with this parish, save a slight increase in the average yield of their·grain"crops,·which is· altogether d)le to the favorable season. It is inhabited by :1 few plodding indus trious Germans, who manage •to• live where, I mu persuaded, tt great m!),Ily others would find the battle of life rather a di!ficulty. Konorr Is the P,ext p;tiish on the summtiry list that reqliires to be specially noticed. A: very satisfactory. result has been obtained from the land devoted tQ. the growth of g~ain, being only a little short of twenty.. seven bushels per acre over the whole parisli; while the average yield per acre for the year ending with March, r86s, was very little over thirteen bushels per acre. The brearlth of land under potatoes is steadily increasing from ye.ar to~~ear. ' ' · KANGATONG, LANGULAO, A...'\i'D l\1JNHAM1TE ~;e principally 'pasto~·al land, no great breadtl1 being fit for the plough. An. extensiveincrease ot' cultivated soils cannot reasonab.ly be expected. , Nonr-H MrNJAH AND MrNJAn Are parishes introduced this season for the first time, owing to Messrs. 'Yare a.t:~d Whitehead's stations having been all purchased; in cons;;quenl;)e of which they have been entered as. farms~ ' · · · ··. · .' .. - . .. • . • · . .. ~ ~··... : a. ..tJ ~.· . Jl. ·- M REPORTS OF COLLECTORS OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. 93 POMPOM AND PuRDEET EAST Contain only oneJnhnbitant each. The holdings were originally obtained under Mr. Brook's system of occu pation license. .As may be expected, they have very good spots of land, having had the whole district to select fr~m ; yet they do not seem to make much progress, either in the growth of crops or otherwise improvin~ their holdings. ' ST. HELEN'S Is also a new parish, having been created under the .Amending Land .Act of 1865. WARRONG. In ,this_ parish there is a decrease of 2oo acres iti"the breadth of cultivated land; 'the area under grain crops having fallen off almost one-half, while the prOduce remains nenrly the same. There is a considerable increase in the breadth of land under potatoes, for which only a very small portion of tile soils of this parish is snitnble. The number of holdings has very considerably increased, owing to some of the farms being subdivided and sold in. lots of one to ten acres each. YALIM1l0, YALilltnO EAsT, AND YATMERONE .Are parishes incapable.of much extension of the plough; the land is very superior grazing ground; and :is principally used for dairying purposes. YANGERY. This parish, at least that portion of it within my district, has uo land that is not first quality ; hence the very large proportion of land under tillage to the tot.'tl area in occupation. An average yield of 32 bushels per acre has been obtained this season, against 19 nearly for the year eniling 31st :March, 1865. .A very great breadth of land has been devoted to the growth of potatoes, and the highest :werage yield in the whole district was anticipated at the time my returns were made out, being slightly over 5 tons per acre over the whole parish. · YARPTURK Has not a very grea,t breadth of first-class agricultural land, but it comprises some of the best soil in the fur-famed district of Tower Hill. The average yield of grain is considerably higher here than in any other parish of Villicrs West, and probably higher than any other parish in Victoria, being at the rate of 35 bushels per acre. Potatoes have been grown to a considerable extent in this parish also. · Y..uiJ3UK AND CODRINGTON .Are situate on the sea-coast and immediately north of Belfast. The soil in either was never first quality ; it has now become pretty well worn out by cropping, and there is no very large breadth of new land even of equal fertility to bring under the operation of the plough. Potatoes have become a great staple of production, and now form the chief export from Belfast and Warrnambool. . The prh1cipal portion of this crop is grown within the boundaries of the four parishes of Yangery, Yarpturk, Koroit, and Warrong. Their proLltlction has given quite an impetus to the agricultural interest in the distl'ict of To,i'er Hill. A very considerable breadth of land was let last season for £4- to £5 per acre rent for the one crop, and I am aware that a very large breadth has been >tlready rented for £5 per acre for the crop of the coming season. This, as a matter of course, is land that is in a good state for growing a potato crop. . . . . · Cutting farms into small allotments, and submitting them for sale, is becoming of rather frequent occurrence, and in some cases the land brings extreme prices : in one or two cases it has gone as high as £8o per acre., .A farm immediately adjoining here, which had been thus subdivided, was submitted to auction a short time since, when a considerable portion of it fetched .the extreme _price of £56 to £6o per acre, and nop.e of the lots were sold below £4-o. . • I fear this is quite likely to be carried to an extent by no means desirable. It will create a super abundance of small holders who are wholly dependent on the growth of potatoes; and if the crop should fail, or difficulty arise in flnding a market (either of which are possible contingencies), their position would not be a very desirable one, their holdings being too small to support them or their families by any other crop t4ey may cultivate, .and so m·any around them placed in similar positions there could not be nny employment fOl' labor. Such a contingency would very seriously impair the progress of o~r now healthy and very prospero'\s district. In Concluding this rather tedious and confused report, I may inform you, as a proof of the value of land in the district of Tower Hill, that blocks of fifty acres and upwards will let readily for a term of seven years, at rents varying from £2 ss. to £3 per acre. · · If there is any other point on which you wish to be further informed, I shall be glad to do so at any time. I have the honor to be, Sir; Your very humble servant, The Regi~tmr-General, Melbourne. JOHN OFFICER. DISTRICT OF VILLIERS EAST AND COUNTY OF HEYTESBURY. Sm, , ' , , Mortlake, roth May, 1866. I have the honor to report that the return "'hich I have forwarded to you of the Agricultural Statistics of Villiers East and Heytesbury has been carefully compiled, and will be found, I •believe, substantially correct arid comprehensive. · · The considerable increase in the number of holdings-nearly a fifth more than the previous return, and some 6o,ooo acres under cultivation in excess-is an improvement to be acrounted for by the large quantity of land taken UP. under the Amending Land Act r865. This increase will probably be more marked in the next return, as many of the free selectors who we-re successful iu obtaining land were then in possession of leases, which will have to expire before they commence operations on their new allotments. You will perceive that the farniers of this district, with .the exception of Mr. J. Orlebar, Tooram, :Mepuuga, still adhere t.o the principle of only-cultivating the stereotyped wheat, oats, and potatoes, the , q]lantity \)f land laid down in other crops bearing a very small proportion· to the total quantity under cultivation, I beg to subjoin a few remarks upon the general state of the crops in this district. 94 REPORTS OF COLLECTORS OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. CEREALS.. Both in quantity and quality all the grain crops ha;ve been very successful, the sample of wheat, in many instances, being quite equal, if not superior, to anything produced during the last ten years. There has been almost an entire exemption from grub, '.vh·e-worm, or blight, and the return per acre has been far in advance of that of last year. The acreage for 1865 in wheat was 5,g8g, with a yield of 71,241 bushels, while in t866, with only 4,838 acres laid down, the yield amounts to 97,82.6 bushels. This result is mainly owing to the extremely favorahle weather we have lmd, as wliile in almost every other part of the colony the farmers were complaining of clrought, we were fortunate enough to have a plentiful supply of \Y:Lrm genial raih. In the oat crop a still further discrepancy between the yield rmd acreage of the two years is to be observed, which I acconnt for by the absence tllis sea;;on of the gruh, a destroying pest th:tt demolisl1ed whole crops in I 86 5· · ·Those f11nners who put in barley this year lmve been very fortunate both in the yield and the price they have obtained for it; but in consequence of there always being a great risk with this partieulal' crop of the ravage~ made hy the .grub, there arc not many who have sufficient conmge t,o cultivate it.. POTATOES AND GREEN CROPS. The splendid yield obtained from the early crop of pot11toes is most s11tisfactory; in fact, this crop is now looked upon as· the chief mainstay of the (listrict. I believe the totn,l yield, as set down in the return, is, if anything, somewhat under the real quantity of s11leablc potatoes sent into the nmrket; but as this crop, or rather the late crop, may be materi11lly affected by the weather n.fter my return is made np, it is almost impossible to arrive at a n,carer approach to the actnal tot.1.l yiclil. Gm>E:> FORAGE. You will notice an increase of 1,505 acres nnder this head. Settlers and farmers are finding it to their interest to lay down their land in English grass, as the feed for cattle is more substn.ntial derived froii! this source than if they trusted to the natmal productiop of t.he soil only. 0Tl:Qm CRoPs. Onions.-Though this crop makes bnt a poor .retlll'n in the schednle, there is a pretty fair quantity grown in gardens, the produce of which does not appear in the return. Tobacco.-There is not much of this valuable plant put in in this district beyond the quantity 11ctually required by the growers; but I believe it would prove remunerative as a speculation in many parts where the soil is well adapted for it ; and I think it is much to be regretted that there is· not some one of sufficient energy and enterprise to try the experiment of raising it on a large scale. Vines.-Therc seems very little chance of there being any extensive plantations of the vine, the climate being in some way prejudicial to their proper development; and in many cases, where they have been planted for some years, the grapes gathered have been very small in proportion; as an instance of this, M:r. Aberline, who hn.s vines in npwarcls of three years, iuforins me that he intends pulling them all up entirely. trvg STocK. The horse stock generally has much improved, ancl will, I believe, go on steadily becoming better year by year; the draught entires especially, from which tlm.t class of.stoek is derived, being, as a rule, most excellent. There is a considerable falling off in the number of sheep, the past lambing season having hceu a.very bad one, and slJCep-owners are anticipating that this season will be, tu all prob:tbility, still worse. The want of rain lately, on lands not immediately near the coast, has made feed ycry scarce, and this has, of course, a deteriorating influence; hut there must have been something beyond this iil the past season, the ewes generally, though in fair condition, having heen hy no means so prolific as in former years. . . I think I have touched upon most matters of moment embodied in the schedule ; but should there be anythrng that you deem req11ires a further explanation, I shall feel great pleasure in affording all the additional informatio11 in my pm,'er. · · I hM·e the honor to be, Sir, · Your obedient servant, .TORN HYLAND, The Registrar-General, Melbmirne. Stn.tistienl Collec~or. COUNTIES OF NORMANBY, DUNDAS, AND FOLLETT. s{n, Hamilton, 26th April, I866. I have the honor herewith to submit my report respecting the Counties Norm:::nby, Dundlls, .and Follett. . The increase of the number of holdings in the County of Norm.1.nby is undeniably inadequ11te to the vast deal of land selected under the late l11nd system, nnd may, I am sorry to say, prol1ably remain so. The only parishes where f11rmers are likely to become more numerous are, Condalt, Drick-drick, Grassdllle, Greenhill, Murndall, Taham, and Yulecart. . The yield of wheat crops has been, in comparison -with last year, very fair, and, considering the pre vailing drought, is higher than could he anticipated, especially in the parishes of Merino, Taham, and Cape Bridgewater. I have no doubt that in many instances, in particular North and South Hamilton, the land might he rendered more prodtictive, hy adopting a systematic method of farming, viz., to manure tiJC land well, and regularly plough it twice, change crops and turn it into fallo'v at shorter intervals, instead of · growing wheat for about seven or eight years on one and the same piece of land. Oats are very scarce, and more so than eyer I have known them to be; which, as far 11s I have le11rncd, is solely attributable to the destructiveness ClLUsed during the last few years by ·caterpillars ancl other insects, in consequence of which farmers became disheartened; and abandoned cultivating o11ts. ·The supply of bay is naturally very scanty. . The potato· crop is almost a failure throughout the district, owing to the excessiye drought ; only in Portland and neighborhood arc a few good t•etnrns obtained, the soil being of a sandy nature. Byadnk, Byambynec, and Merino also enjoy a medium return. . · Mangel-wurzels are chiefly cultivated in the vicinity of Porlland, 11nd yielded in one instance forty tons per 11cre ; the usual average returned for that particular district is about twenty tons per acre. As the land is of a very in'ferior quality, and the production of grass exceedingly slight, mangel-wurzels are exclusively used for feeding cattle. · . . The cultivation of artificial grasses is to a remarkably small extent, and principally c11rried on on stations; only of late farmers seem to appreciate the usefulness aud the oovantage therefrom arising. · As to vines, Hamilton and neighborhood are the .only places worth being noted. The quantity of wine made is extremely small ; however, a few years hence might cause a considerable alteration, as three allot ments of land in Croxton West, taken np under the forty-seventh clause of the Duffy Land Act, are about being prepared for vineyards and orchards. .. REPORTS OF COLLECTORS OF AGRICULTUllAL STATISTICS. 95 · \Vith reference to the County of Dundas, I must certainly say that the Land Act of 1865 operated with more success. Farms are scattered over the greatest portion of that county, and are now in the course of befug improved. As to the result of the harvest in t~at district, I find the yields of the d~er~nt crops similar to those of Normanby. The County of Follett, havmg no fn,nns, shows scarcely any cultiVatiOn. THISTLES. This troublesome and pernicious plant is growing as luxuriantly as ever, in spite of tbe continued efforts made to extirpate it by J~oth squatters n,nd farmers. Pr,EURO-PNEUMO:l'.'JA. This raging disease demanded a considerable deal of homage during the last twelve months, although just afpresent it seems relaxing. RoAD. Carting throughout the district is in the hands of farmers, and the teams so employed are enumerated in the different parishes. · Regarding the progressive state of the various towns, Hamilton has undoubtedly to be mentioned as being the chief place, the number of houses lJ1erein erected during the past year, and the magnificent and tasteful style in which they are executed, is most gratifying to see. Ne:xt ou the list is Colcraine ; a good number o.f houses have been erected here, and the style in which they are carded out is quite pleasing, and confirming the thrivingness of the place. As to other small towns in t.he district, it can only be said that the progress therein made is not to an over great extent. Portland, formerly the leading town of the wesLem district, do.es not show any progress-rather the reverse ; the business is aftogether in the hands of n few merchants and speculators : buildings, to the cost of .£400 sterling and more, are standing unoccupied, and in some instances remaining unfinished. The trade of Portland with Hamilton and other country or inland towns is daily abating, the business men of the latter places finding that the receiving of goods or merchandise via Belfast is more lucrative than via Portland. As to private schools, I find scarcely an increase in number; but as to the efficiency of some I should imagine everybody must be sensible. Respecting public roacls, I am happy to say that. they are improving from year to year, and in a most wonderful and satisfactory manner. As to other matters or information refel'l"ed to in the letters of instmction, I trust that they can be satisfactorily ascertained from the returns already .forwarded to your office. · I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, The Registrar-General, Melbourne. .JNO. BEATH. UNSETTLED DISTRICT OF GIPPS LAND. Sm, Melbourne, 3oth April, 1866. I have the honor to repo1•t my observations· whilst collecting the Agricultural and other Statistics of your departJ:!lent for the Districts of North and South Gipps Land. As regards the most import:mt cereals, wheat and oats, the acreage under· crop, I am gratified to find, places the district and its yields as the heaviest in Victoria. Taking, as an example, the average yield on the fertile plains of Ma:ffra, :we find under wheat 419 acres, rewarding the farmer in 14,964 bushels. Nor is it necessary to single out this particular parish, as in nearly the entire division I have been deputed to collect the crops have been singularly I uxuriant. In forwarding my returns I have been most cautions in accepting the information tenclered to me by the various occupants of land, and car: safely state that the yields, aR entered, are rather under than over the quantity given upon the respective schedules. · I need not inform you• of the large amount of acreage now lying idle in the shape of swamps and morasses; and, in connection with the possible reclamation of these most valuable lands, I would draw special attention to the fact which has come under my notice, that a portion of reclaimed swamp on the Tambo, 3! acres of land, has this year yielded 3 tons of tobacco leaf. The cultivation of ,fodder grasses is a subject of ever increasing importance to the Victorian farmer, and .much attel).tion is, I am glad to observe, being paid to its culture. Upon·many of the holdings may be observed various varieties; and from my experience of tbe descriptions triecl, the variety best suited to resist the influence of sun or drought is that of the prairie kind; and whilst upon this subject I cannot refrain from endorsfug the _opinions lately given by Lockhart Morton, Esq., whose name is too familiar and identified with farming pursuits to need a greater meed of praise from those who appreciate~his great experience. · I give his opinions here, and trust they may be circulated throughout the country. liis words arc as follows :- "A great deal has been written and said about improving the pastoral lands of the colony by sowing artificial grasses, but it appears to me that a vast amount of misapprehension prevails on the subject. \Ve are recommended to sow artifiehd grasses, to cultivate English grasses, and to note the surprising results. TI1c reeomn1endation is of universal application. It is never qualified or circumscribed by natural conditions of ·Soil, or by special characteristics of climate. Now, as much disappointment and loss to individuals mav result through following such sweeping recommendations, I wish to give my ideas on the subject. Everyone knows that there are m:my different climates in the colony, and that in each climate there are several varieties -of soils. Having·said this much, I venture to make the broad assertion, that in each climate and ou each variety ' of soil, the natural vegetation, from the most gigantic forest trees to the lowest types of plants, is that best adapted' to the circumstances in which it is found, and that consequently all attempts to transpose plants, in total disregard of the conditions of soil and climate, must end unsatisfactorily; there will be a totu.J failure or a parti>tl success, according to the violenc}! or moderation of the tmnsposition. But I go further than this, and 1tssert that we are justified in concluding that the natural grasses of all countries arc those best suited to their climate and physical conditions. In saying this, howeycr, I must guard against being understood as asserting that all native grasses must be of equal value if found Illlder similar conditions. One grass may be naturally superior to another, or it may have become greatly improved by cultivation. I hold, however, that the gmnd point to be kept in view in int.rodncing artificial grasses, is to select for a dry clin1lite the best and most improved grass from a similar climate. It is foolish to suppose that the best grasses to sow here are the most approved of in England. Under similar circumstances, English grasses thrive well, but this is only in localities which possess a climate siinilar in some respects to that of Enghtnd. To expect English grasses and clover to thrive in some of the warm districts of Victoria would be simply an inl\ttuation. During the moist and cool seasons of the year English grasses and elovers will do well enough in all localities, but none of them will stand the severe droughts of summer. Now the grass which above all others should be prized is that which can endure heat and drought, and there is no imported variety that I know of that will vegetate during the heat of Stimrrier. They do not retain even their nutritious qualities. We have in the colony an indigenous grass, which ts superior to all ot~er grasses in its resistance to heat and " 96 REPORTS OF COLLECTORS OF .AG lUCULTURAL ST.A TJSTICS. -drought. This is 1vhat is known as kangaroo grass. Over a large area of the colony, when all otl1er grass.es and varieties have become withered, kangaroo grass retains its verdure; it even seems to require an anmzing arn_ount of heat to make it vegetate perfectly; unfortunately it is not in all respects a first-rate fodder plant. It Js a somewhat coarse grass, and coarse grasses are not suitable for small ruminating animals like the sheep; still it must be regarded as of great value in a climate subjected to protracted drought. -There is every reason to believe that kangaroo grass 1vill gradually disappear from our native pastures. It is a triennial, !lnd of course if it is prevented from seeding it must die out. In many places it has ceased to exist, and in 1ts stead has come up a worthless variety of grass, which grows in winter only and fades n1vay as summer begins. Now whnt I wish to remind all interested in pastoral pursuits of, but especially all who are attempting to introduce artificial grasses, is that the best varieties of grasses must be sought out and obtained from countries which are dry and hot like this. There would be no sense or philosophy displayed in bringing swamp grasses from Siberia to improve the dry plnins of the Murray or Gipps Land. This woul (a) J may mention from mv own knoWledge thnt upon n small patch of Crown lnnd, in possession of ~Tabez Jnnes, situated on this river there hns been as much as ~IJ (thirte~n) tons of potnto,es to the- ncre, for two or t.hree seasons. "~~Jn fact,' some of the tluef't land I have'ever seen lies in patches along these gullies, fit for nnytl>ing, nnd partlculnrly the,tobacco plant. (b) These retums do not Include freight, &e,, forwarded oy sailing ,vessele, and nre only the tons forwnrded• by.. the Gipps Land Navigation CompQny, . '· --- REPORTS OF COLLECTORS OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. 97 quickly follow, as the country through which the railway would be traversed is thickly lined wit? all varieties of valuable timber, viz., the beech, box, wattle, ironbark, and lightwood-the latter is extensively used for all descriptions of carriage building and household furniture, and grows along Camp bell's track in immense size, and without a branch for 30 or 40 feet. It is by the developing of a country's natural gifts, it is !)y using what we possess (and sometimes undervalue), that·new industries arise, spreading population, and distributing money in its transit and labor to the.wOl·king man,. , I may have been rather lengthy in my remarks respecting rail way commnnication ; but considering the· immense resources of Gipps Land, I could not well refrain from what appears to me the direct manner of rendering them available. · I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, ROBERT BELL, The Registrar-General, Melbourne, Collector of Statistics for Gippe Land. UNSETTLED DISTRICT OF THE WIMMERA. Sm, . 'In submitting t~ you a report of the r~sult of agricultural operations in this district for the past year, I regret having to record the same as distressing and unprofitable beyond all past experience. iAlthough the land under tillage has been somewhat in excess of previous years, the yield is far ' inferior in almost all crops except wheat. Nearly .three times the .extent of land was laid down in wheat over that of r86 5, and the average yield is nearly equal to that of last year; but in oats, potatoes, and hay, the effects of the drought have been severely felt, and the average yield is but little over 56 per cent. of that of r865, In some cases. the oats 'and hay were scarcely worth cutting, and in many instances the potatoes were left in the ground, and even where dug the tubers were so small as to have been nearly unfit for use . .Vines also have suffered from the same cause, and in many cases this year?s grapes have been small and shrivelled. In a few instances where irrigation has been tried it has been with satisfactory results. Stock of all kinds has.also suffered severely from the drought, and the consequent losses from death have been very great, and have in many instances induced persons formerly holding small herds to part with their stock. · _ But few of the selectors under the Amending Land Act 1865 are as yet in actual occupation, though in many instances fepcing stuff is already laid on the ground, or is being split for use. Scarcely any have put· buildings on their land ; and the few acres that were broken up were either lying fallow or had been cropped ,with hay or potatoes, which had mostly proved failures. . There had been general anticipations ,of a dry season, and this may have led to some extent to an unwillingness on the part of selectors to put their newly acquired holdings under crop. Should the ensuing winter indicate a favorable change, a large increase in farming operations may be looked for in this district, more especially in the cultivation of wheat... I have thE) honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, The Registrar-General, Melbourne. ALFRED B, CLEMES, ERRATA. P~ge 23, Table 33, o,;er columns of" Gross and Average Produce of Turnips and Mangel-wurzel" read "tons" !~fstead of" bushels". , ' · Page 86, Signature to report upon the County o.f Grant, read ".Tames Qi.rinan" instead or" James Duncan".: :J By Authority: JoHN FEB!IES, Government Printer, Melbourne.