Note 150 — CHAP. XVI.
Reading edition
An account of the Live Stock in the possession of, and Land in cultivation by, Government, and the Officers civil and military, 1st September 1796, extracted from page 123, of the above Report of the Select Committee on Finance.
Government.Civil and Military Officers.Settlers.Total.
Mares and Horses1443057
Cows and Cow Calves67340101
Bulls and Bull Calves3737074
Oxen466052
Sheep1911310301531
Goats11111761401427
Hogs598899211869
52534951091[E]5111
Land in cultivation, viz:—Acres.
Government1700
Civil and Military Officers1172
Settlers2547
5419
The above 1700 acres were unemployed in 1796, on account of the want of public labourers, and the many buildings required—about 4-5th parts of the 1172 acres were sown with wheat—much timber cut, but not burnt off, on the 2547 acres belonging to the settlers.