✨ Canoe Arrivals and Produce Statistics




HET URN, showing the Number of Canoes that have arrived in Auckland from the 1st day of October to the 31st day of December, 1853, together with their Crews, and the Quantity and Species of Produce, as nearly as can be ascertained; also a Comparative Statement of the Canoes, Produce, &c., &c., that arrived in Auckland during the years 1852, 1853.

Name of Tribe. No. of Canoes. Crews. Where landed. Quantity and Species of Produce. Remarks.
Males. Females. Total. Commercial Bay. | Mechanics’ Bay. | Freeman’s Bay. | Kits of Potatoes. | Kits of Onions. | Kits of Maize. | Kits of Kumera. | Bundles of Coloc. | Kits of Peaches. | Kits of Flax. | Tons of Wood. | Tons of Fish. | Pigs. | Goats. | Ducks. | Fowls. | Dogs of Plant. | Gums. | Crees. | Kits Pumpkins. | Kits Water Melons. | Kits Grapes. | Kits Apples. | Kits Quinces. | Bushels Wheat. | Bindles Straw. | Kits Linseed (down seeds of Raupo) | Trays Kauri Gum. | Kits Pip. | Kits Oysters.
Ngatitaua ................... 152 506 156 662 104 | 48 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 172 | 188 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2530 | 624 | 9 | 48 | 81 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 480 | 0 | 23 | 10
Ngatiwai .................... 164 528 196 724 162 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 196 | 251 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 2510 | 463 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20
Ngatitamatera ............... 25 99 65 154 0 | 17 | 8 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 147 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Ngatimaru .................. 7 27 11 38 0 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Ngatiteata .................. 4 13 5 18 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Ngatipou .................... 12 44 12 56 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Ngatiwhatua ................. 6 26 8 34 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Waikato ..................... 3 40 30 70 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Ngatiwawakanoa .............. 1 4 1 5 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Total ................... 385 1316 511 1767 248 | 83 | 37 | 203 | 19 | 0 | 446 | 462 | 200 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 5394 | 1259 | 22 | 97 | 111 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 480 | 495 | 0 | 23 | 42
Total during 1852 ........ 1792 of the estimated value of £3,564 11s. 6d.
Total during 1853 ........ 1812 6285 2570 5928 924 | 1832 | 1427 | 39 | 5279 | 3265 | 1291 | 452 | 1299 | 60 | 191 | 1289 | 31 | 78 | 2 | 16 | 145 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 1000 | 69 | 17 | 1073 | 15 | 13 | 60 | 0 | 0

Orderly Room, Armed Police,
Auckland, 24th January, 1854.

Thos. Beckham,
Commissioner of Police.



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VUW Te Waharoa — PDF Auckland Provincial Gazette 1854, No 5





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🏭 Canoe Arrivals and Produce Statistics for Auckland, October to December 1853

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
24 January 1854
Canoes, Trade, Produce, Auckland, Statistics
  • Thos. Beckham, Commissioner of Police