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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 84, 24 December 1887, Page 3

The large holdings of land in N.S.W., have, according to the Government statist, increased in a remarkable degree. At the close of 1886 there were 10,750 holdings of more than 400 acres, compared with 6938 in 1878 or an increase cf 55 per cent. At the end of 1886 there were 552 holdings of more than 10,000 acres each, comprising together 21.104,498 a., 18,507,635 a.. of which were freehold, and 2,796.863 a., held- under lease from private persons. This large extent of territory foiffis about six-tenths of the occupied lands, exclusive of what is held under lease by the tenants of the Crown, and represents more than half the entire alienated lands of the colony. This enormous area is in the hands of only 552 persons 1

An extraordinary statement was made by Professor Lucien Howe in a paper read before the meeting of the American Association for the advancement of Science. According to Professor Howe, while the population of the country increased 89 per cent, between 1870 and 1830, business increased 140 per cent., and it now costs tho United States about £8,000,000 annually to support the blind.