1.	Total number of Freeholders, 1886, 73,000.
2.	Value of Real Property (exclusive of Crown and Native hands, Railways, &c.), 96,832,640l.
3.	Value of Real Property assessed for the year 1885, 112,000,000l.

Note.—No. 3 is exclusive of Native Lands beyond five miles of any road suitable for horse traffic, and of all railways, telegraphs, and public works.

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The total amount of personal property has not yet been ascertained.

Estimated Number of Live Stock on 1st April, 1886.

Sheep	15,224,000
Pigs	200,000
Horses	200,000
Cattle	864,000

(Exclusive of stock belonging to Natives.)