Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1872 – No. 16

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

PRINTED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND, BY REED AND HUNTER, WYNDHAM STREET, AUCKLAND. PRINTED FOR THE TIME BEING TO THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT.

ACCOUNT OF LAND IN CULTIVATION, AND OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE THEREOF, IN NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY, 1872.
(TAKEN UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF "THE CENSUS ACTS AMENDMENT ACT, 1867.")

SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTOR'S RETURN.—PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. NUMBERS OF HOLDINGS. Extent of Land broken up but not under Crop. Acres. In WHEAT. In OATS. In BARLEY. In SOWN GRASSES. In POTATOES. In OTHER CROPS. TOTAL NUMBERS OF ACRES UNDER CROP. QUANTITY OF LAST YEAR'S CROP REMAINING ON HAND WHEN FORM WAS FILLED UP.
Acres (Sown for Grain only). Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres. Estimated Gross Produce of Grain (in bushels). Acres (Sown for Grain only). Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels) Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in tons)
For Green Food or Hay. For Grain. Acres. In permanent artificial Grass (including Land in Hay in previous column).
Acres.
Acres.
Estimated Gross Produce (in tons)
Acres.
Estimated Gross Produce (in tons)
Wheat bushels.
Oats bushels.
Barley bushels.
Mongonui and Bay of Islands ... 179 518½ 104½ 1,267 37½ 46½ 764 3½ 21 263½
Marsden ... 528 196 175¼ 2,359 65¼ 154½ 2,051 1½ 17 321½
Rodney ... 400 995 120 2,002½ 86½ 131½ 2,288 13 202 150½
Waitemata ... 257 856 66 1,369 302¼ 88½ 1,300 22 229 153½
City of Auckland East... Nil — — — — — — — — —
City of Auckland West... Nil — — — — — — — — —
Parnell ... 69 14³⁄₈ — — 9½ ¾ 16 — — 9½
Newton ... 41 54¼ 40 400 68¼ 3 50 — — 150
Town of Onehunga ... 59 — — — 9 — — — — 58½
Eden ... 475 187¼ 141 3,002 863½ 24¾ 547 10½ 255 1,082½
Franklin ... 1,171 3,127 771¾ 14,185 1,757 701½ 9,497 63 947 2,718½
Thames ... 43 147 16 340 49½ 9 40 — — 33½
Waikato ... 407 3,814 937½ 14,535 319 780½ 12,802 145½ 2,074 850½
East Coast ... 138 504¼ 82¾ 1,814 39 201½ 4,292½ 6 120 91
GENERAL TOTALS FOR PROVINCE ... 3,767 10,418½ 2,455½ 41,273½ 3,612¼ 2,136¼ 33,647½ 265 3,865 5,883

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

THOS. KIRK,
Superintendent Collector.




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🌾 Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce in New Zealand, February 1872

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Agriculture, Land Cultivation, Crop Yields, Auckland Province, Statistics
  • THOS. KIRK, Superintendent Collector