Excerpt from The Pastoral Possessions of New South Wales: Alphabetically Arranged, in the Eastern, Central, and Western Divisions; With the Names of the Pastoral Holders of the CrownThe three Divisions provide for settlement upon the land Of a some what differing character, inviting, in their climatic incidences, peoples from all parts of the civilized world as tillers of the soil. The grazing resources of the Colony are at present only partially developed; and mining wealth, beyond all powers of calculation, is awaiting the inux of population and capital necessary to unearth it.The Pastoral Holdings are not limited as to area, and when not measured are, under authority, accepted as estimated quantities. The Divisions of the Holdings, as by Law provided, now number about areas. Approximately one-half of these are Leasehold, and the other half Resumed Areas.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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