Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 3

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



ESTIMATED YIELD AS RETURNED BY THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS ON 30TH NOVEMBER, 1868.

DISTRICT ACRES UNDER GRAIN. ESTIMATED YIELD BY THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS. TOTAL ESTIMATED YIELD. FLOUR AND GRAIN ON HAND.
Wheat. Oats. Barley. Wheat.
bush.
Mandeville and Rangiora 4319 3916 2013 28
Malvern 187 485 68 22
Oxford 102 205 78 23
Riccarton 627 677 203 30
Heathcote 176 280 253 29
Spreydon 565 732 210 31
Ellesmere 10,554 4,771 1,930 29
Halswell 81 104 22 31
Templeton 1,144 1,564 505 25
Springs 3,350 2,403 994 24
Lincoln 2,793 2,652 682 25
Avon 358 352 259 32
Courtenay 4,089 2,598 1,159 26
Cust 1,714 1,288 401 27
Kowai 3,032 3,023 552 20
Rakaia 1,231 742 100 30
Levels 870 1,396 104 29
Geraldine 3,865 2,597 861 27
Waimate 715 685 34 41
Port Levy 12 15 5 28
Port Victoria 100 28 10 31
Waipara 53 185 ... 35
Ashburton 101 170 ... 35
Pigeon Bay, Akaroa, and Little River ... ... ... ...
Town of Christchurch ... ... ... ...
Lyttelton ... ... ... ...

| Totals arrived at from Road Board Returns | 40,038 | 30,768 | 9,871 | 27 | 35 | 32 | 1,085,070 | 1,077,316 | 311,001 | 469 | 25,156 | 83,135 | 20,570 |

Since the above Returns were furnished by the Road Boards the crops in many parts of the Province have suffered considerably from drought and hot winds. In consequence the yield of wheat will be short of the estimated quantity. The yield of wheat will not in all probability exceed 20 bushels per acre, and there will probably be a corresponding decrease in the yield of oats and barley. The following is an estimate, based on the above statistics, making allowance for probable decrease of yield :-

ACRES UNDER GRAIN. ESTIMATED AVERAGE YIELD. TOTAL ESTIMATED YIELD.
Wheat. Oats. Barley.
Total, 1868-69 40,038 30,768 9,871
Totals from Census for 1867 26,054 35,354 5,868
Increase 13,984 ... 4,003
Decrease ... 4,586 ...

The attention of Farmers and others interested in the Grain Trade is directed to the increase or decrease of the number of acres under crop of each kind of grain, as compared with the return of the previous year.

ESTIMATE OF THE QUANTITY OF WHEAT LIKELY TO BE AVAILABLE FOR EXPORTATION DURING THE YEAR 1869

  • Expected Harvest, 1868-69: 800,760 bushels.
  • One Year's Food, 41,000 inhabitants, at 8 bushels per head per annum: 328,000 bushels.
  • Seed for 45,000 acres, at 1 1/4 bushels per acre: 56,250 bushels.

Quantity Available for Export: 416,510 bushels.



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22 January 1869
Agricultural Returns, Grain Yield, Statistics