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Department of Lands and Surveys: Report of the Surveyor-General and Secretary for Lands, 1899-1900 .{No. 41.} 19 0 0. PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA. DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS: REPORT OF THE SURVEYOR-GENERAL AND SECRETARY· . FOR LANDS, 1899-1900, \. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by His Excellency's Comurnnd._ Cost of pl'inting-,£34 lOs • ... ·_TASMANIA. REPORT OJI' 'lHE SURVEYOR-GENERAL AND SECRETARY FOR. LANDS POR 18 9 9--1·90 0. ftat:1mania: JOHN VAIL, GOV.ERNMENT PRINTER, HOBART (No. 44.) DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS. Surveyor- General's Office, Hobart, 13th July, 1900. S1R, I HAVE the honour to furnish you with the following Report on the working of the Departmant of Lands and Surveys for the twelve months ending· 30th of June, 1900. REVENUE. The total territorial revenue collected by the Department of Lands and Surveys during the year ending 31st December, 1899, was £55,860, and the total sum collected during the year ending 31 st December, 1898, was £60,205. These figures show a shortage of £4345, which shortage i'! wholly due to the greater amount collected as Survey Fees during the former year, The estimate made by me in April, 1899, of the revenue to be collected for that year, was £56,400, thus showing a difference between the estimate and the actual receipts of only £540. The revenue collected during the six months ending the 30th Jnne, 1900, is £25,463, and the revenue collected during· the corresponding six months of 1899 was £25,425, showing a very slight difference of £38 iu favour of the later period. The separate headings from which the total receipts are made up are set forth in tppendix A to this Report, Return No. 1. , LAND SELECTION AND SETTLEMENT. The progress of settlement under "The Crown Lands Act, 1890 " ( 54 Viet. No. 8), continuei. to be of a highly satisfactory description, notwithstanding the exceedingly libe1·al provisions of the several amending Acts which have come into• operation in the interim. The number of selections made under the 31st Section of the Crown Lands Act; 1890, is 373, comprising a total area of 23,803 acrns, as compared with 207 lots, compr1smg an area of 11,863 acres selected during the 12 months ending· the 30th of June, 1899, or an increase of more than double the area, whilst there is a steady increase under every separate Act, including· the sale of second class land under the Crown LanJs Amendment Act, 1895, to which is,credited 75 lots, comprising a total area of 6685 acres-there also the increase is nearly 100 per cent. The grand total of lots purchased during the 12 months.just closed is 643, embracing 38,211 acres, and the number of lots disposed of during the previous 12 months was 385, embracing a total area of 20,974 acres. These figures (vide Return No. 2, Appendix A), show an increase of 17,237 acres, which is the gTeatest that has taken place during· the last l 0 years, whilst the total area sold has only once been exceeded during that period. The sum realised from the sale of country lands, 20,071 acres, during the year 1898, was £24,455, being· an average price per acre of £1 4s. 51Jd., while the total area sold during 1899, was ~2,050 acres, which realised a sum of £40,815, being at the rate of £1 5s. 5¼d, per acre. These comparisons show tbat the increase in the area disposecl of is considerable, and that the price obtaine1 for the lands at per acre is an improvement upon last year's tmnsactionis. This is very ,encouraging information,, having in view the fact that there is a' growing demand for second class land under "The Crown Lands Amendment Act, 1895,''. in substitution for ordinary selection at £1 per acre, which materially affects the total receipts from the lands sold. It may be observed, .on reference to Return No. 7, Appendix A, that the rich lands in the County of Devon -continue to be much favoured by selectors, and there can be no doubt that in years to come, when the heavily timbered lands in the interior are brought under cultivation, it will embraee the finestI agricultural, districts of the Colony. , Should the construction of the proposecl railway from Railton through the Sheffield and what is known as the Wilmot country, towards the West _Coast, be proceeded with during the next year' or so, a further increJse in selection is certain to' follow, as there are comparatively large areas of 1 agricultural land still 1available for selection, but which are too far from market to be profitably opened up in the absenci of railway co~ml111ication with the busin_ess centres-indeed the mar~Q (No. 44.) 6 of profit tha.t can now be realised under the most favourable conditions in the back districts of Devon affords only a small return to the hardy settler for his labour and outlay, owing to the great expense incurred in carting his prod rice to market. Selection under Part IV. of" The Crown Lands Act, 1890," which was designed to encourage cultivation in mining districts, has been, practically, a dead letter during the year, owing to ite having been discovered tbat, when such selection, or portion thereof,- was found to contain mineral, and resumed for mining purposes, there was no provision in the Mining Act to lease or otherwise treat with the miner to work the land for mining purposes. It is, I understand, intended to remove these obstacles now standing in the way of progress, by Legislative authority, during the present Session of Parliament. This is a matter of dual importance to the staple industries ofi,the Colony, as it will enable the selector to pursue his calling in mining centres, where the best market for his produce can be readily obtained, while it will afford the miner a ready supply of fresh butter, milk, and vegetables at his own door, instead of being dependent upon the knocked-about, and, therefore, inferior, imp9rted article. RETURN of Applications under 31st Section of tlte Crown Lands Act, 1890, and tlte Crown L,wds Amendment Acts, 1893 and 1894,from the 30th Jmu1, 1899, to tlie 30tlt June, 1900. I CROWN LANDS ACT, 1890 (31ST SECTION). i CROWN LANDS ~MENDMENT ACTS, 1893 :A.ND 1894. 1-----,-----~-----------'1-----,----~-------,----- No. of I Total N~. o_f Area Amount of ! No. of Total N~. o_f · Area Amount of Applica- ; Area Applica~mne on which Survey Fee , Applica- Area Apphca~ions on which Survey Foe tions ;applied on which Sur,•ey paid by '\ tions applied on wluch Survey paid by i·eceived. 1 for. Surve_rdFee Poe paid. Applicants. received. for. Surv~yd Fee Fee paid. Applicants. 1 pa1 . pa1 . £ s. d. 1 £ s. d. Buckinghalll •.•• 69 I 2212 42 1301 200 15 o· 71 2324 88 1208 179 0 0 Cornwall ........ 12 ' 555 9 295 45 5 0 8 300 6 250 38 0 0 Cumberland .... 6 190 4 150 20 10 0 2 76 2 76 10 5 0 Devon ........•.... 180 I16,678 81 6606 643 5 0 87 8570 89 1512 207 15 0 Dorset ........... 47 , 3792 33 2520 251 15 0 85 1463 25 1128 147 5 0 Glamorgan ..... 2 100 Nil Nil Nil I 50 Nil Nil Nil Kent ............•.. 21 857 14 _606 83 10 0 14 401 9 260 42 15 0 Lincoln ........... 4 755 2 420 28 5 0 2 50 Nil Nil Nil Monmouth ..•.... 13 586 5 117 22 5 0 18 522 9 372 49 10 0 Pembroke .......• 29 2297 13 446 70 10 0 17 555 10 245 42 5 0 Somerset •........ 2 40 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil W ellingtou ....•. 83 7874 45 4330 396 10 0 62 2667 . 32 1385 184 5 0 Flinders .......... 1 16 Nil Nil Nil I 4 125 2 50 8 0 0 King Island ..... 102 18,842 59 10,062 711 15 0 11 500 6 275 85 5 0 Westmorland ... 17 1510 12 886 98 5 0 8 145 2 100 12 10 0 ToT.u. .. ... 588 56 1299 319 27,739 2572 10 0 880 12,748 180 6861 951 15 3 RETURN qf · Applications under Section 4, Cromn Lands A.mendme1it Act, 1895, · from 30th June. 1899, to 30th June, 1900. No. of Appli- No. of Total Area cations on Area on Amount of Applications which Sm•vey SurTey Fee paid. received. applied for. which Survey Fee paid. Fee paid. ------ Acres. Acres. £ 11. d. Buckin~ham .........•...•. 21 2037 10 1120 97 0 0 Corn,va I ....•.•..•......•.. 2 80 Nil _Nil Nil Cumberland ··············· lO 560 3 160 23 10 0 Devon ......•................ 21 2122 7 625 57 15 0 Dorset •...........•...•...•.. 19 . 1518 8 710 76 15 0 Glamorgan ...•.........•... 4 470 2 110 17 5 0 Kent ..••.•......••.••••••... 6- 612 5 581 51 15 0 Lincoln .....•.•.•....•....•. Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Monmouth ················ 9 477 5 300 33 15 0 Pembroke., ...•...•....•••• 18 1945 12 1100 109 15 0 Somerset ................... Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Wellington ...••.....· ..••.. 9 510 3 180 23 10 0 Westmorland .......••...•.. 18 2198 6 630 65 15 0 Flintlers ..•.•••••........•.•. 9 780 2 80 12 10 0 ------ Total .................. 146 13,309 63 5596 559 5 0 I I (No. 44.) 7 RETUR.N of Applications under Section 49 Crorvn Lands .A.et, 181:JO, from, 30th June, 1899, to 30th ,June, 1900. No. of No. of Appli- •Area on Applications Total Area cations on which Survey Amount of Sur- received. applied for. which. Sw•vey'. Fee paid, vey Fee paid, , Fee paid. -- Acres. Acres. £ s. d. Buckingham ··············· 14 750 6 250 33 0 0 Devon ......................
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