✨ 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. | ||
| 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.
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- F. De C. Malet, Superintendent Collector