Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 23

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



ACCOUNT OF LAND IN CULTIVATION,

AND OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE THEREOF, IN NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY, 1870.

(Taken under the authority of the Census Acts Amendment Act, 1867.)

SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTOR’S RETURN.—PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.

Electoral Districts. Number of Holdings. Extent of Land broken up but not under Crop. In Wheat. In Oats. In Barley. In Town Grasses. In Potatoes. In other Crops. Total Number of Acres under Crop.
Acres. Acres. Estimated Gross Produce in Bushels. Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in Bushels). Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in Bushels). In Hay.
Mongonui 89 196 41 714 2 6 11½ 12 12
Bay of Islands 133 1,104 62 806 18 208 1 28 10
Marsden 580 922 543 7,375 17 468 4 251 -
Northern Division 435 1,424 173 3,369 13 529 1 314 25
Auckland City East - Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Auckland City West - Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Newton 32 61 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Parnell 38 34 Nil Nil 6 Nil Nil Nil Nil
Onehunga 41 12 Nil Nil 3 Nil Nil Nil Nil
Pensioner Settlements 122 143 54 935 3 182 1 127 3
Raglan 929 4,321 328 5,849 10 311 28 1,967 15
Franklin 777 3,873 328 6,731 42 8,629 4 1,354 16

| Genl. Totals for Province | 3,176 | 12,090 | 1,522 | 25,779 | 100 | 1,551 | 100 | 4,405 | 100 | 5,528 | 139,036 | 3,795 | 19,653 | 1,534 | 155,025 |

I certify that the above is a correct Compilation from the original Returns.

Thomas Kirk,
Superintendent Collector.

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Auckland, by Charles Williamson, O'Connell-street, Auckland, Printer for the time being to the Provincial Government.




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🗺️ Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce in New Zealand, February 1870

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Agricultural statistics, land cultivation, crop production, Auckland Province
  • Thomas Kirk, Superintendent Collector