RETURN OF LANDS GRANTED AND SOLD DURING THE YEAR 1886.
364
Number of Grants
Total
under 100 Acres.
Number
County or District.
Number of Number of Grants.
Acres.
of
Grants,
1886.
Total
Number
of Acres
Whether
by
Grant
Where Sold, state the Average Price per Acre.
granted,
1886.
or
Purchase.
Premium
per Acre.
Rental
per Acre.
of Acres
granted in the Colony.
State the
Total Number
State the Total Number
of
Acres sold.
State the Total Number
of Acres
that remain
ungranted.
A. R. P.
A. R. P.
A. R. P.
Victoria,..
Do.,
Marine 6
3. 1.163
Granted on
$385 to $769 ·
Lease for
999 Years.
Do. 3
0.3.9
Tuland 19 | 20. 3.24
999 Years.
Do.
Sold on Lenso
$20,299
$698
Do.,
Do.
127. 0.163
Do.,
Do.
4
1. 3.14
Don
82.2.31
Sold on Lease
for
999 Years.
Granted on
$5,887
Nominal for
Chinese
Cemetery. $192 to $583
Rural
3. 3.314
Do.,
Building !
Do.,
Kanlung,
Do.,
Do. 13 18. 3. 03
Lease
for 75 Years. Sold on Lease
for
75 Years.
Granted on
$523
$10
1,117. 2. 64
$52 to $119
Do.
Do.,
Hung hàng,........
TOTAL,..
Marine 2
1. 1.20
$58.1
Inland 41
3. 1.14
Lense
for 999 Years.
Granted on
Lease
$192
Do. 14
0. 3.344
for 75 Years. Sold on Lease
for
$7,275
$581
75 Years.
Do.
21
0. 1. 84
Do.
$9,982
$525 to $581
88 82. 2.312
88
82.2.31
1,117. 2. 61
for
999 Years.
Granted on
Lease for
$5 to $884
All Lands in the Colony are granted on Lease.
The small quantity of Arable Land in the Colony-is hired by Tenants at Will. Land for building purposes is made available as circum- stances require.
REMARKS.--82 a. 2 n. 314 r. were granted, and 35 A. 1 R. 151⁄2 r. were resumed, leaving 47 a. 1 r. 164 r. additional Land granted during the year. Persons having possession of Land or Houses previously to the Treaty, were allowed to retain them on payment of certain assessed rentals, now collected by the Registrar General; and in cases where snch Lands or Houses are not leased, the occupiers are considered as Tenants at Will.
ALFRED G. WISE, Land Officer.