County
Number of Grants under 100 Acres.
Number of Grants
above 100, not exceeding 500 Acres.
Grants exceeding 500 Acres.
Total Number
Total Number
ог
of Grants,
of Acres
District.
Number of Number of
Grants. Acres.
Number of Number of Grants. Acres.
Name of Grontee.
Extent of Grant.
granted,
1873.
1873.
Whether
by Grant or
Purchase.
Where sold,
state
the Average Price per Acre.
State the Total Number
of Acres granted in the Colony.
State the Total Number
State the Total Number
of Acres
of Acres sold. that remain
ungranted.
A.R.P.
A. R. P.
Victoria,...
1
7. 2.14
Sold on Lease for
099 years.
Granted on Lease
£ .. d.
Yearly Rental
per Acre.
6 17 2
Do.,
0. 0. E
Do.,
0. 0. 07
Do.,
0
0. 1.112
Do.,
1
---
Do.,
1
0. 0. 2
0.0.74
27 12. 2.0 Sold on Lease for
13 years.
Granted for a Ro-
Ад Catholic Church.
Aplecchow,
1
0. 0.14)
Kowloong,.
Do.,
0. 2. 23
3. 3.18
for 099 years.
157 5 1
Sold on Lease for
100 years.
153 18 2
Granted on Lense' for V99 years.
100 8 6
708. 1.33
140 1 2
0 42
Sold on Lense for
990 years.
Granted on Lense
for 14 years. Sold on Lease for
14 years.
12 12 9
4 3 4
4 3 4
All Lands in the Colony are granted on
Lease, none are sold in perpetuity.
Colony is hired by Tenants at Will. The small quantity of Arable Land in the Land for Building purposes is made available as circumstances require.
Total,
27
12. 2. 04
27
12. 2.01
768. 1.334
:
( 162 )
RETURN OF LANDS GRANTED AND SOLD DURING THE YEAR 1873.
REMARKS ON SQUATTING.
No Squatting, in the sense in which it is understood in most other Colonies, is adopted here, as the land is unavailable for pasturage, and except in few places, for Agriculture.
Persons having possession of Land or Houses previous to the Treaty, were allowed to retain them on payment of certain assessed rentals, now collected by the Registrar General; and in cases where such Lands or Houses are not leased, the occupiers are considered as Tenants at Will.