Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1873 – No. 11

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✨ Agricultural Statistics

ACCOUNT OF LAND IN CULTIVATION, AND OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE THEREOF, IN NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY, 1873

(Taken under the authority of "The Census Acts Amendment Act, 1867.")

SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTOR’S RETURN—PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS.	NUMBERS OF HOLDINGS.	IN WHEAT.	IN OATS.	IN BARLEY.	IN SOWN GRASSES.	IN POTATOES.	IN OTHER CROPS.	TOTAL NUMBER OF ACRES UNDER CROP (INCLUDING SOWN GRASSES.)	QUANTITY OF LAST YEAR’S CROP REMAINING ON HAND WHEN LAST WAS FILLED UP.
		Extent of Land broken up, but not under crop.	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. \| In permanent artificial Grass (including Land in Hay in previous column.) \| Acres. \| Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). \| Acres. \| Wheat bushels. \| Oats bushels. \| Barley bushels.
		Acres.						Acres.	Estimated Gross Produce of Hay (in tons). \| \| \| \|


Cheviot (Part of)	15	1,132	80	860	61	117	2,104	...	...	...	...	1,746	9	25	8	2,021	...	...
Ashley	472	5,854½	9,076	212,147	191	6,545	135,820	816	11,288	846	630	20,362½	189	540	337½	38,117½	30	764
Kaikora	406	570	5,696¼	154,486½	109	2,310	78,745	933½	24,638	981½	1,545	18,367	179	859¼	480½	28,675½	...	...
Avon	487	840	8,771	93,470	218	2,925	71,480	600	12,746	1,094¼	1,455	17,324½	497	2,798	794	26,127¼	...	...
City of Christchurch (East)	36	...	11½	340	8½	32	1,325	9½	315	53½	86½	622	23½	142	15	727	...	...
City of Christchurch (West)	105	...	20½	650	24½	23½	885	...	...	82	153	1,090½	18	126½	11½	1,188½	...	...
Lyttelton	...	Nil.	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Heathcote	568	1,232	6,260½	141,017	249	3,974	95,970	843½	20,946	1,633¼	2,318	24,577	266¼	1,413	544½	36,715¼	150	232
Akaroa	255	321	164½	3,737	44	130	3,411	21½	367	586½	740½	25,349½	92½	422½	58	25,860	...	30
Selwyn	526	7,228	19,083½	349,861	294	9,601½	201,678	2,705	52,479	2,382	2,405½	36,916	186½	664	1,103	69,980½	168	110
Coleridge	323	12,588	9,355¼	170,983	1,380	4,098	91,288	236½	3,749	624	545½	20,411¼	151½	401¼	1,537½	37,230½	...	...
Timaru	329	14,222½	12,755	313,551	499	5,269	158,761	464	7,664	1,759	2,551	20,116	200½	875	129¼	39,433	54	960
Gladstone	97	4,582	1,589	40,072	107	1,547½	56,077	30½	415	449½	521	8,538	64½	360	705	12,581¼	200	1,100
GENERAL TOTALS FOR PROVINCE	3,619	48,570	68,462½	1,457,174	3,184	37,173	897,544½	6,810	134,607	10,492	12,961½	195,420¼	1,853	8,626¼	5,725½	318,658½	1,125½	3,767¼

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

F. DE C. MALET, Superintendent Collector.

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1873, No 11

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