Total Number of Acres

granted, 1874:

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.

RETURN OF LANDS GRANTED AND

All Lands in the Colony are granted

on Lease, none are sold in per- petuity.

The small quantity of Arable Land in the Colony is hired by Tenants at Will. Land for building pur- poses is made available as cir-

cumstances require.

A. R. P.

Sold on Lease for 75 years.

£ 8. Yearly Rental

per Acre. 2 1 8

d

A. R. P.

34

45.0.35

Granted on Lense.

for 14 years.

4 3 4

.800. 1.15

Sold on Lease for 14 years.

4 3 4

County

Number of Grants under 100 Acres.

Number of Grants

above 100, not excceding 500 Acres.

Grants exceeding 500 Acres.

Total Number of

Or

Grauts,

District.

Number of Number of Grants. Acres.

Number of Number of

Acres. Grants,

Name of Grantee.

Extent of Grant.

1874.

A. R. P.

Victoria,...

1

2.237

Kowloon,...

7

1. 3.14

26

1. 2.37)

Do.,

Total,...

31

1. 0.354

-

:

31

1. 0.351

1. 1.15

:

:

( 162 )

SOLD DURING THE YEAR 1874.

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 a few places, for Agriculture.

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 such Lands or Houses are Lot leased, the occupiers are considered as Tenants at Will.