✨ Agricultural Statistics
Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Auckland by W. C. Wilson, Printer for the time being to the Provincial Government, at his General Printing Establishment, 10, Wyndham Street, Auckland.—Thursday, April 30, 1874.
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ACCOUNT OF LAND IN CULTIVATION, AND OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE THEREOF, IN NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY, 1874.
(TAKEN UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF “THE CENSUS ACT AMENDMENT ACT, 1867.”)
SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTOR’S RETURN.—PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.
| ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. | NUMBER OF HOLDERS. | Extent of land broken up but not under Crop. | IN WHEAT. | IN OATS. | IN BARLEY. | IN SOWN GRASSES. | IN POTATOES. | IN OTHER CROPS. | TOTAL NUMBERS OF ACRES UNDER CROP (INCLUDING SOWN GRASSES.) | QUANTITY OF LAST YEAR’S CROP REMAINING ON HAND WHEN FORM WAS FILLED UP. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acres. | Acres (Sown for Grain only.) | Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). | For Green Food or Hay. | Acres. | Acres (sown for Grain only.) | Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). | In HAY. | In permanent artificial Grass (including Land in Hay in previous column). | Acres. | Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). | Acres. | Wheat bushels. | Oats bushels. | Barley bushels. | |||
| For Grain. | Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). | Acres. | Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). | ||||||||||||||
| Mongonui and Bay of Islands. | 276 | 289½ | 15½ | 285 | 45½ | 31½ | 709 | 1 | 8 | 227 | 224½ | 14,108 | 118½ | 482½ | 117½ | 14,432 | 20 |
| Marsden | 566 | 529½ | 464½ | 5,140 | 49 | 148½ | 2,343 | 5 | 57 | 400½ | 413½ | 22,689 | 287½ | 859½ | 413½ | 24,057½ | 114 |
| Rodney | 394 | 1,871 | 121 | 2,087 | 66 | 125 | 2,243 | 9 | 152 | 252 | 301 | 16,205 | 196 | 815 | 229 | 16,951 | 102 |
| Waitemata | 200 | 1,421¼ | 43 | 805 | 286¼ | 65 | 954 | 27 | 242 | 559 | 111 | 7,006 | 168 | 552¼ | 394¼ | 7,990¼ | 30 |
| Eden | 326 | 399 | 146½ | 4,208 | 263¾ | 52½ | 1,102 | 55 | 1,268 | 695¾ | 824½ | 14,091½ | 602½ | 2,465½ | 108½ | 15,320¼ | … |
| Auckland, City East | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| Auckland, City West | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
| Parnell | 21 | … | 6 | 60 | 2 | 12 | … | … | … | 36 | … | 140 | … | … | 21 | 169 | … |
| Newton | 47 | 150½ | … | … | 77 | … | 96 | … | … | 373 | 116½ | 1,375 | 7 | 49 | 37½ | 1,508½ | … |
| Onehunga | 91 | 27½ | … | 4 | … | 28½ | … | … | … | 79 | 119¼ | 453¾ | 93¼ | 384¾ | 12 | 587½ | … |
| Franklin | 1,118 | 4,950¼ | 954¾ | 13,562 | 999½ | 791¾ | 9,538 | 70¾ | 633 | 1,853 | 1,478 | 65,246¼ | 949¾ | 2,889¾ | 189¾ | 69,201¼ | 13 |
| Waikato | 479 | 7,225¼ | 1,084¾ | 22,691¼ | 259 | 419¾ | 7,171 | 29¾ | 233 | 1,259 | 1,702 | 43,806 | 606¼ | 2,481¼ | 116 | 46,820¼ | 27 |
| Thames | 84 | 235 | 16 | 327 | 54½ | 17 | 472 | … | … | 276¼ | 27½ | 2,832 | 84¾ | 284 | 87½ | 3,091¼ | … |
| East Coast | 194 | 281½ | 291 | 6,238 | 58½ | 157½ | 2,778¾ | 30 | 559 | 248¾ | 471¾ | 26,751½ | 374¾ | 1,267½ | 198 | 27,860¾ | 50 |
| General Totals of Province | 3,796 | 16,101¾ | 3,142¾ | 55,207¾ | 2,189¼ | 1,820¼ | 27,406¾ | 226¾ | 3,270 | 9,264 | 5,806 | 214,699¾ | 3,486¼ | 12371¼ | 1,915 | 227,480½ | 356 |
I certify that the above is a correct compilation from the original Returns.
T. M. HAULTAIN,
Superintendent Collector.
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Auckland by W. C. Wilson, Printer for the time being to the Provincial Government, at his General Printing Establishment, 10, Wyndham Street, Auckland.—Thursday, April 30, 1874.
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🌾 Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce in New Zealand, February 1874
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Agriculture, Land Cultivation, Crop Yields, Auckland Province, Statistics
- T. M. Haultain, Superintendent Collector
Auckland Provincial Gazette 1874, No 13