Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 12

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, March 12, 1870.

THE FOLLOWING RETURNS OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS FOR THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY, IN FEBRUARY, 1870, ARE PUBLISHED FOR GENERAL INFORMATION.

Edwd. Jollie, Provincial Secretary.

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 CANTERBURY.

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.
Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres. Estimated Gross Produce of Grain (in bushels). Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). In Hay. Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in tons) In permanent artificial Grass (including Land in Hay in previous column.) Acres. Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). Acres.
CHEVIOT 15 399 66 2,120 — 1,1305 8 320 100 154 1,048 19 49 32 1,554
ASHLEY 444 5,710 8,167½ 177,269 245 5,776 1873 52,324 974 1,093 8,237 265½ 861½ 263½ 24,828
KALAROI 430 1,517 4,667 140,186 60 4,216 2489 68,907 1,298 2,037 12,596 278 1,589 556 24,852½
AVON 544 642 2,875½ 87,336 119 5,340 1717 158,720 1,320 1,751½ 14,343½ 403½ 2,709 458½ 25,257½
HEATHCOTE 529 1,398 5,785 195,301 238 6,177 2813½ 205,957 1,425½ 2,290 17,976½ 277½ 1,730½ 367½ 32,635½
MOUNT HERBERT 57 668 37 1,100 8½ 103 17 615 81½ 112 3,300½ 60 311½ 22½ 3,548½
ARAROA 168 28½ 51 1,597 13 28 4½ 184 174 287½ 11,404½ 29 190 12½ 11,542½
SELWYN 461 9,424½ 16,770 494,673 111 9,824 5224½ 165,963 1,590½ 1,787 16,711½ 240½ 1,178 729½ 49,611½
COLERIDGE 216 4,569½ 5,448 157,536 523½ 2,782 1054 30,434 6,87½ 775 11,817½ 111½ 564½ 191½ 21,928½
TIMARU 275 5,038 7,268 164,217 162½ 5,199 774 24,002 426½ 634 3,172½ 174½ 935½ 146½ 16,898
GLADSTONE 105 2,396 1,289½ 40,618 238 1,117 89½ 2,281 197½ 236½ 1,764 88½ 551½ 284 4,871
CHRISTCHURCH — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
LYTTELTON — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
GENERAL TOTALS FOR PROVINCE 3,244 31,790½ 52,425½ 1,461,953½ 1,708½ 39,951½ 16,063½ 504,475½ 8,275½ 11,158½ 102,366½ 1,947½ 10,670½ 3064½ 217,527½

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

THOMAS WM. MAUDE.
Superintendent Collector.



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🌾 Agricultural Statistics for Canterbury Province

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
12 March 1870
Agricultural Statistics, Land Cultivation, Agricultural Produce, Canterbury
  • Edwd. Jollie, Provincial Secretary
  • THOMAS WM. MAUDE, Superintendent Collector