Marlborough Provincial Gazette – 1874 – No. 250

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



ACCOUNT OF LAND IN CULTIVATION AND OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE THEREOF, IN NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY, 1874.

(TAKEN UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF "THE CENSUS ACTS AMENDMENT ACT, 1867.")

SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTOR'S RETURN.—PROVINCE OF MARLBOROUGH.

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. NUMBER OF HOLDINGS. EXTENT OF LAND BROKEN UP, BUT NOT UNDER CROP. IN WHEAT. IN OATS. IN BARLEY. IN SOWN GRASSES. IN POTATOES IN OTHER CROPS. TOTAL NUMBER OF ACRES UNDER CROP (EXCLUDING SOWN GRASSES). QUANTITY OF LAST YEAR’S CROP REMAINING ON HAND WHEN FORM WAS FILLED UP.
Acres. Acres (sown for grain only). Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres (sown for grain only). Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in tons).
WAIRAU.
Blenheim 3 1,637 32 450 16 180 18 520 231 42½
Lower Wairau 95 602½ 1,138½ 18,327 675½ 20,270 1,890½ 50,548 192½ 2675½
Upper Wairau 35 235½ 3 60 284½ 5,667 173 2,162 104 284½
Awatere 20 263 670 3 100 95 173
Totals 153 2,474½ 1,589½ 25,031 1,002½ 26,787 2,090½ 53,330 415 558
CHEVIOT (PART).
Kaikoura 56 87 122 2,480 64 3,730 33½ 715 83½ 110
PICTON.
Town of Picton 3 10 6 120 5 240 104½ 3,170 5 10
Queen Charlotte Sound 21 48½ 982 65½ 2,925 7 173 31½ 42
Tua Mariri 44 69 16½ 320 8 520 41½ 77½
Upper Wairau (part) 7 10 2 80 40½ 81½
Port Underwood 1 71 1,440 49 1,245 65 1,497 10 15
Pelorus 36 93 50½ 5,020 177½ 4,767 63½ 93½
Totals 111 170 142 2,832 118½ 1,315½ 2,301½ 58,812 197½ 1,012
TOTALS FOR PROVINCE... 321 2,731½ 1,853½ 30,373 603½ 35,537 2,301½ 58,812 695½ 901½

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

S. L. MULLER, Superintendent Collector.




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🌾 Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce in Marlborough

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Agriculture, Land cultivation, Crop production, Marlborough, Census data
  • S. L. Muller, Superintendent Collector