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TRANSPORTATION

TOWN ALLOTMENTS.
January1610£576184
February80012100
March1720550134
May280371,919116
June11002568
Total No. of acres80337£3,193910
Total for the six months170,014322£58,07969


Extent and proceeds of land sold in New South Wales
during the years under-mentioned.
YearExtent in acresAmount
183220,860115£6,513116
183329,0012312,52808
183491,399131½28,589105
1835271,94523¾87,09792
1836 till June 30.170,01432258,07969


This amount, however, large as it is beyond all reasonable anticipation, is likely to be doubled, if not immediately, at least very soon after the colonial boundary to the southward shall have been extended to Bass's Straits,[1] and the extensive tracts of land of the first quality, in the

  1. This, I understand, has already been done.
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