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Table No. 6. COMPARISON OF FREEHOLDERS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE UNIMPROVED VALUE OF LAND OWNED BY THEM FOR 1906, 1902, 1892.

Class. (Unimproved Value.) Year. Number of Owners Unimproved Value. Class. (Unimproved Value.) j Year. Number of Owners. Unimproved Value. Under £100 1906 1902 1892 48,117 53,631 45,192 £ 2,034,721 2,090,229 1,716,727 £2,000 and under £3,000 1906 1902 1892 3,279 2,304 1,408 £ 7,963,128 5,585,246 3,392,136 £100 and under £200 1906 1902 1892 22,958 19,062 15,692 3,151,259 2,617,064 2,137,630 £3,000 „ £4,000 1906 1902 1892 1,757 1,144 710 6,056,134 3,946,341 2,462,311 £200 £300 1906 1902 1892 12,239 9,872 7,791 2,923,425 2,350,696 1,845,658 £4,000 ■ . £5,000 1906 1902 1892 1,052 703 437 4,692,145 3,123,417 1,953,742 £300 £400 1906 1902 1892 7,648 6,096 4,612 2,597,430 2,063,498 1,559,396 £5,000 . £10,000 1906 1902 1892 2,080 1,285 820 14,256,900 8,810,161 5,690,705 £400 £500 1906 1902 1892 5,410 4,262 3,112 2,381,772 1,879,328 1,361,949 £10,000 £20,000 1906 1902 1892 894 534 381 12,247,776 7,172,133 5,364,802 £500 £600 1906 1902 1892 3,851 2,945 2,184 2,083,023 1,591,329 1,179,169 £20,000 , £50,000 1906 1902 1892 870 244 200 10,756,571 7,190,480 5,996,897 £600 £700 1906 1902 1892 3,133 2,421 1,669 2,009,875 1,552,019 1,072,335 £50,000 . £100,000 1906 1902 1892 85 60 79 5,612,791 4,037,357 5,328,842 £700 £800 1906 1902 1892 2,530 1,925 1,256 1,878,091 1,430,584 931,114 £100,000 . £200,000 1906 1902 1892 22 21 18 2,852,856 2,676,285 2,549,577 £800 £900 1906 1902 1892 2,028 1,581 983 1,707,501 1,333,347 828,896 £200,000 and over 1906 1902 1892 4 2 6 1,016,029 1,007,171 2,562,780 £900 £1,000 1906 1902 1892 1,685 1,266 830 1,591,145 1,195,122 783,016 Totals 1906 128,019 100,232,247 £1,000 62,000 1906 1902 1892 8,877 6,355 4,121 12,419,675 8,872,797 5,709,493 m 1902 115,713 70,524,604 1892 91,501 54,427,176 /