Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1872 – No. 26

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



Provincial Secretary's Office,
Christchurch, 1st May, 1872.

W. KENNAWAY, Provincial Secretary.

The following corrected Return is published for general information.

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 CANTERBURY.

Road Board Districts (Excepting Seadown, Geraldine, Waitangi, and Waimate, which are Provincial 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 land 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). In Hay. Estimated Gross Produce (in tons).
Waipara 25 673 71 1,430 241 3,270 1 15 18 25
Kowai 172 2,197 2,581½ 46,718 130 73,111 228½ 3,156 492 509
Ashley 72 431½ 517 9,220 — 1,267 108 1,358 253½ 192½
Oxford 48 379 268 5,555 30 8,195 6 56 23½ 32
Cust 104 1,963 1,979 40,214 11 56,329 164½ 2,562 174 161½
West Eyreton 38 797 1,518 31,374 6 18,066 177 2,915 731 65
Mandeville and Rangiora 260 728 3,672½ 54,772 55 68,611 577½ 10,637 772 1,105
Eyreton 106 323 2,878 68,174½ 100 32,164 458½ 11,440½ 490 714
Avon 260 286½ 395½ 11,700 105½ 22,945 188½ 4,688 721 1,005½
Riccarton 196 186 1,194 34,775 103½ 30,455 108½ 2,800 475 645
Heathcote 105 12 374 9,205 58 16,437 133 3,470 248½ 372
Spreydon 135 126 895½ 28,265 46 31,720 167½ 3,840 528 786½
Halswell 28 39 100½ 2,840 — 4,415 14 420 30½ 49½
Templeton 106 655 1,321 27,625 27 53,366 199 3,009 120 409
Courtenay 205 3,624 8,762 142,276 2 131,268 311 7,384 208 427
Lincoln 158 876 3,889 99,413 40 123,536 284 7,588 595 821
Springs 145 975 3,800 89,120 4 73,276 525 9,424 419 507½
Port Victoria 20 21 4 30 — 290 — — 91 27½
Port Levy 12 6 — 28 1½ 5 2½ 65 18½ 25½
Pigeon Bay 26 50 — — — 60 3½ 105 115½ 141½
Okaia’s Bay 43 4 — — — — 1½ 15 56 87½
Akaroa and Wainui 98 18 8½ 143 2½ 512 14 28 150 202½
Little River 36 109 167½ 4,175 32 5,526 75½ 1,595 195 254½
Ellesmere 341 6,370 11,587 240,750 68 261,236 2,418½ 46,231 1,693 1,762
Upper Waimakariri
Malvern 66 958 644 13,515 388 11,485 8 170 33 20
Malvern (East)
Malvern (South)
Rakaia and Lake Coleridge 101 1,548 2,787 44,260 142 22,026 282½ 2,847 110 98
Ashburton and Mt. Somers 54 3,325 530½ 14,340 430 17,450 24 700 379 927½
Geraldine 261 4,301 6,518 146,610 97 124,997 217½ 3,966 668 932½
Seadown 149 4,206½ 4,187 115,194 259 58,164 116½ 2,900 386 380½
Waimate 72 3,176 2,809½ 77,997 106 60,065 221 6,590 149 237½
Waitangi 8 94 178 3,120 25 2,310 — — 4 2
GENERAL TOTALS FOR PROVINCE 3,510 38,357½ 62,842 1,362,838½ 2,509½ 53,105½ 1,341,763 7,025 139,721½ 9,692½

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

F. DE C. MALET, Superintendent Collector.




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🌾 Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce in New Zealand

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
1 May 1872
Agriculture, Land Cultivation, Crop Statistics, Canterbury
  • W. Kennaway, Provincial Secretary
  • F. De C. Malet, Superintendent Collector