South Australia : its history, productions, and natural resources . s 3,200 acres, the holder being re-quired to clear one-fortieth of the land yearly of timber, till onehalf is in a fit state for agriculture. These holdings give no rightof commonage. Lands that are specially proclaimed, or that havebeen oSered at auction and remained unselected for two years, aredealt with in this way. These leases with right of purchase areofiered at auction, the buyers naming or bidding the annual rentthey will pay. It will be seen that the terms on which agriculturallands can be obtained are easy, but prob
South Australia : its history, productions, and natural resources . s 3,200 acres, the holder being re-quired to clear one-fortieth of the land yearly of timber, till onehalf is in a fit state for agriculture. These holdings give no rightof commonage. Lands that are specially proclaimed, or that havebeen oSered at auction and remained unselected for two years, aredealt with in this way. These leases with right of purchase areofiered at auction, the buyers naming or bidding the annual rentthey will pay. It will be seen that the terms on which agriculturallands can be obtained are easy, but probably they will be still furtherliberalised by the abolition of the auction system, which hasharassed agricultural selectors without benefiting the State. Thischange is the more probable, considering that some seven hundredof the selectors have, during 1883, been released from their agree-ments, and on their lands being again ofiered at auction, they havein nearly all cases repurchased them at 20s. 6d. per acre—theoriginal prices ranging up to £7 and even Ci5 CO 0 0) mo oo E ITS FLOCKS AND HERDS. 93 CHAPTER XIII. THE PASTORAL INTEREST AND THE LAND SYSTEM. Definition of terms—Early importations of live stock by sea—The overlanders Mathcattle and sheep—Mr. Charles Bonney—Mr. Eyre, the explorer—Encounters ofoverlanders with the blacks—The Mun-ay and Coorong routes—The Australianhorse—Draught horses—Cattle—Durhams—Herefords—Driving cattle— Richnessof the pasture—Cattle from Gulf of Carpentaria and their weight—Effect offencing the country on travelling stock—Carrjdng them by rail—-Sheep—TheMerino—Other breeds—Crossbreeds—Great fall in prices of mutton between1838 and 1844—Effect of the diggings—Mutton and beef rise again in value—Demand for store sheep for Queensland—Another fall to lowest rates in 1869—Since then prices have varied—Statistics—Diseases of the flocks and herds—Theland system as applied to the pastora
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