Crown Lands Sold.

39. The land alienated in fee-simple during 1879 was 283,694 acres, and the amount realised therefor was £384,432, or at the rate of £1 7s. 1¼d. per acre. The total extent alienated in fee from the first settlement of the colony to the end of the same year was 11,742,328 acres, for which £19,136,572 was received by the State, or at the rate of £1 12s. 7¼d. per acre.