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1.—AGRICULTURE AND LAND TENURE.
(a)
Acreage disposed of daring the year.
Granted
without
sale
Free.
Sold
(1)
(2)
(3)
ToUl
8
355
494
228
1,085
Amount Realised
£ s. cp.
298 11 0
28 15 1
479 3 3
806 9 4
Total Acreage at end of year.
Alienated
1,400,017
(approx.)
In Traces*
of
Alienation
Unalienated
{a) 445,743
(approx.)
(>) 448,000
"Total area
of the
Island
2.293,760
Remarks:—(1) Where waste land has been broken up without previous permission and there has been less than 10
years occupation the full value as estimated at time of grant of title is taken. (2) If ten years have
elapsed 2-V per cent, of the value is taken. (3) Sales by auction, cases of lands which have escheated
to the State by failure of heirs or where occupiers of waste lands have failed to pay equivalent value
on 2-J-r per cent of it as above.
(a) Rocky uncultivable land and cultivable land.
(b) Eorests.
" NOTE.—When the area of the Island includes anj large body of water, this should be clearly stated. The area nf water should, if
possible, be given separately.
ib)
Size of Holdings, specifying the Number of Holdings.*"
Uuder lu acres j 11 to 60 acres
i
i
51 to 100 acres
101 to 1.000 acres
Over 1,000 acres
The cadastial survey of the Island has not been completed. Very few cultivated properties, except Chiftlikand
Monastery lands, are over 10 acres. T h e average size of the holdings surveyed up to date is 2h acres.
'State here the date to which these particulars relate.