Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1875 – No. 12

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



ACCOUNT OF LAND IN CULTIVATION, AND OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, THEREOF IN NEW ZEALAND
FEBRUARY 1875.

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

SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTOR’S RETURN, PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

Road Board Districts. Number 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 number of acres under crop (including sown grasses). Quantity of last year’s crop remaining on hand when form was filled up.
Acres (Sown for Grain only). Acres. Acres (sown for Grain only). Acres. Acres. Acres. Wheat (bushels).
For Green Fodder or Hay. For Grain. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels).
Walpara 29 590 2 40 224 1974 1 38 520 3314
Kowai 86 321 1093 45086 5 9010 241 8071 113 2570
Ashley 104 865 617 14207 101 24644 113 36620 634 1001
West Eyreton 59 875 2063 40609 41 1357 3939 6015 35 674
Oxford 86 894 1109 19982 134 695 17040 117 1044 1424
Mandeville and Rangiora 183 559 84024 998714 37 20694 90191 661 23417 103445
Eyreton 188 417 3571 103445 140 2965 111858 507 16703 4244
Avon 240 151 6244 236543 424 581 36380 1624 6150 8974
Riccarton 215 4 614 19745 63 9254 34056 1914 6280 5974
Templeton 101 534 18355 1206 44807 140 4385 62 67 7377
Heathcote 150 251 8315 12974 102 5150 14700 102 5073 870
Spreydon 167 89 4654 17185 1044 129 34936 139 3545 546
Halswell 31 89 1914 706 4 129 5410 21 885 1134
Lincoln 178 509 2107 63310 244 2260 79016 325 10725 5604
Springs 148 1758 19284 48400 6 2427 278251 9124 278251 3014
Port Victoria 44 603 5 105 28 32 669 5 70 5
Port Levy 13 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Pigeon Bay 29 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Okain’s Bay 49 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Akaroa and Wainui 104 34 15 45 3 7 825 3 99 1974
Little River 40 68 674 2065 11 238 12057 1404 2280 1044
Courtenay 217 4388 6837 124252 62 5294 117726 162 2860 112
Ellesmere 317 3827 5453 156528 221 6344 215442 16474 47975 2044
Upper Waimakariri 37 1012 2404 4990 212 528 180361 9 2251 234
Malvern, East 34 1492 1240 30999 136 847 20965 6 ... 22
Malvern, South 6 172 65 1300 1 72 48 13204 ... ...
Rakaia 64 1011 977 22880 126 1213 32982 22 6804 93
Lake Coleridge 22 886 644 19180 370 255 9020 ... ... 404
Mount Somers 109 5531 4785 107635 312 3832 125165 495 13515 2354
Ashburton 109 5521 4785 107635 312 3832 125165 495 13515 2354
South Rakaia 55 6667 7169 208552 628 16104 48214 536 11705 41
Geraldine 95 4399 2356 55686 90 2849 116176 1454 3665 149
Levels 232 8804 127014 353338 22 6379 259097 272 9835 221
Mount Peel 11 387 16 117 3264 ... ... ... ... ...
Temuka 164 4633 42964 108797 118 4277 157081 3874 12227 359
Waimate 96 3300 2072 60620 115 6126 312354 202 16334 1034
Mount Cook 9 4566 950 23750 79 80 2800 5 1201 27
General Totals for Province 3938 59047 668474 1827795 38094 63823 2203663 80064 290369 107014

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