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Table C13 Net losses of agricultural land, June to June 1989-1990 to 2002-2003

Year

Roads,
housing,
industry

Recreation

Mineral
workings

Electricity
& water

Service
depts

Forestry

Other(1)

Total

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

hectares

1989-90

583.7

332.8

914.8

2.0

1.6

16,406.8

402.8

18,644.5

1990-91

544.0

360.6

766.0

158.8

0.7

9,887.2

311.9

12,029.2

1991-92

649.5

415.9

95.9

9.1

0.0

6,967.2

320.4

8,458.0

1992-93

733.9

197.0

197.5

0.4

0.0

8,244.3

156.9

9,530.0

1993-94

791.3

677.3

24.3

2.7

13.0

5,907.3

3,488.9

10,904.8

1994-95

874.3

388.1

106.4

4.3

6.0

8,275.4

1,161.5

10,816.0

1995-96

747.4

5,335.4

-167.9

11.2

-2.0

3,776.8

-13,200.6

-3,499.7

1996-97

1,201.3

1,577.7

177.8

5.1

0.0

19,981.9

822.2

23,766.0

1997-98

1,339.0

626.0

2,381.1

-21.8

-2.9

4,869.5

-32,088.5

-22,897.6

1998-99

1,234.3

714.8

106.2

16.6

1.6

-1,408.5

-23,332.6

-22,667.6

1999-00

870.4

1,511.4

312.0

17.2

4,764.2

7,292.0

-7,902.8

6,864.4

2000-01

1,012.2

6,897.3

-63.5

-3.2

44.5

7,241.0

-20,102.1

-4,973.7

2001-02

1,222.2

191.8

102.2

7.4

23.4

2,204.2

-12,222.0

-8,470.9

2002-03

1,402.9

178.9

-375.2

9.9

32.3

283.8

-456.6

1,076.0

(1) Includes land remeasurements and land not previously recorded.
* data suppressed to prevent disclosure of individual holdings.

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