✨ Table of Māori agricultural statistics
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.
RETURN of the QUANTITY of LAND CULTIVATED by MAORIES in the undermentioned Districts.
(Compiled from a detailed Census kindly furnished by his Honor the Superintendent of Canterbury).
| DISTRICTS. | In Wheat. | In Barley. | In Oats. | In Maize. | In Potatoes. | In Garden. | In other Crops. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acres. | Acres. | Acres. | Acres. | Acres. | Acres. | Acres. | ||
| ON THE EAST COAST. | ||||||||
| Settlements on the Plains— | ||||||||
| Kaiapoi | 237 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 129 | 0 | 5 | 391 |
| Taumutu* | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tewaiteruati* | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Banks' Peninsula—Port Victoria— | ||||||||
| Rapaki | 51 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
| Little Rapaki, or Tauahara | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Purao, or Rhodes' Bay | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Kokorarata—Port Levy | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47½ | 0 | 0 | 144½ |
| Whakaroi—Pigeon Bay | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Akaroa— | ||||||||
| Ohaë | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Wainui and Onuku | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Wairewa, or Little River | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| ON THE WEST COAST. | ||||||||
| Arahura* | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOTALS | 498 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 286½ | 0 | 5 | 813½ |
- No information obtained respecting Land under Cultivation.
Lyttelton, September 17th, 1857. J. W. HAMILTON.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1858, No 19
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🎓 Return of the quantity of land cultivated by Māori in the Province of Canterbury
🎓 Education, Culture & Science17 September 1857
Statistics, Māori, Agriculture, Land cultivation, Canterbury, East Coast, West Coast
- J. W. Hamilton