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The same problem can be approached from the point of view of the number of occupiers. This is shown in th,e next two tables :

Table No. 71. —Table showing Number of Occupiers on Holdings of each Size in Selected Years from 1878 to 1941

Table No. 72. —Table showing Percentage Distribution of Number of Occupiers classified according to Size of Holdings in Selected Years from 1878 to 1941

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Area, in Acres. 1878. 1881. 1886. 1891. 1896. | 1900-01. 1 1 1905-06. 1- 10 .. 6,076 7,680 9,172 11,116 16,715 17,468 19,787 10- 50 .. 5,700 6,498 7,507 8,899 11,008 11,399 11,745 50- 100 .. 3,970 4,462 5,014 5,613 6,833 7,162 7,562 100- 200 .. 4,730 5,066 5,926 6,851 8,804 9,080 9,950 200- 320 .. 2.039 2,453 3,161 3,916 5,296 5,751 6,531 320- 640 .. 1,890 2,258 2,804 3,802 5,244 6,023 7,219 ■640- 1,000 .. 730 828 977 1,321 1,829 2,212 2,750 1,000-5,000 .. 934 1,097 1,396 1,675 2,367 2,802 3,497 5,000-10,000 .. 164 185 222 247 343 392 408 10,000-20,000 .. .140 169 170 189 227 232 237 20,000-50,000 .. 96 111 106 117 162 167 166 50,000 and over 17 25 30 31 112 97 90 Totals 26,486 30,832 36,485 43,777 58,940 62,786 j 69,942 Area, in Acres. 1910-11. 1916. 1920. 1925. 1930. 1935. • 1 1941.* 1- 10 .. 18,075 15,454 15,554 15,381 13,029 11,014 11,265 10- 50 .. 12,151 12,748 13,367 14,265 14,435 14,739 14,585 50- 100 .. 7,948 9,122 10,039 11,495 11,350 12,157 12,739 100- 200 .. 10,746 12,159 13,079 14,371 15,172 16,069 16,646 200- 320 .. 7,083 7,972 8,500 8,846 9,409 9,533 9,861 320- 640 . - 8,466 9,572 10,166 10,395 10,336 10,209 10,202 640- 1,000 .. 3,611 3,895 4,080 4,261 4,257 4,151 4,154 1,000-5,000 .. 4,780 5,284 5,722 5,864 6,105 5,941 5,883 5,000-10,000 .. 526 .517 550 570 552 555 544 10,000-20,000 .. 264 277 299 301 306 294 294 20,000-50,000 .. 136 165 174 169 162 148 145 50,000 and over 90 64 62 59 54 57 55 Totals 73,876 77,229 81,592 85,977 85,167 84,867 86,373 * latest figure available.

Area, in Acres. 1878. 1881. 1886. 1891. 1896. 1900-01. 1905 1- 10 .. 22-9 24-9 25-1 25-4 28-3 27-8 28-3 *10- 50 .. 21-5 21 1 20-6 20-3 •18-7 18-1 16-8 50- 100 .. 15-0 14-5 13-7 12-8 11-6 11-4 10-8 100- 200 .. 17-9 16-4 16-2 15-7 14-9 14-5 14-2 200- 320 .. 7-7 8-0 8-7 8-9 9-0 9-2 9-3 320- 640 .. 71 7-3 7-7 8-7 8-9 9-6 10-3 640- 1,000 .. 2-8 2-7 2-7 3-0 31 3-5 3-9 1,000- 5,000 .. 3-5 3-5 3-8 3-8 4-0 4-4 5-0 5,000-10,000 .. 0-6 0-6 0-6 0-6 0-6 0-6 0-6 10,000-20,000 .. 0-5 0-5 0-5 0-4 0-4 0-4 0-4 20,000-50,000 .. 0-4 0-4 0-3 0-3 0-3 0-3 0-3 50,000 and over 0-1 01 01 0-1 0-2 0-2 0-1 Total 1000 1000 100 0 100-0 100-0 100-0 100-0