32 NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

ACCOUNT OF LAND IN CULTIVATION, AND OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE THEREOF, IN NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY, 1876,
(TAKEN UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF "THE CENSUS ACTS AMENDMENT ACT, 1867.")

SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTOR'S RETURN.—PROVINCE OF NELSON.

| Electoral 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, Acres. | Total numbers of Acres, including Sown Grasses. | Quantity of last Year's Crop remaining on hand when Form was filled up. |
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| | | | Acres (sown for Grain only). | Estimated Gross Produce, in bushels. | For Green Food or Hay, Acres. | For Grain. | | Acres, sown for Grain only. | Estimated Gross Produce, in bushels. | IN HAY. | | In permanent artificial grass (including Land in Hay and Produce in previous column), Acres. | Acres. | Estimated Gross Produce in Tons. | | | Wheat, bushels. | Oats, bushels. | Barley, bushels. |
| | | | | | | Acres. | Estimated Gross Produce, in bushels. | | | Acres. | Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). | | | | | | | | |
| City of Nelson .. | 49 | .. | .. | .. | 30\frac{1}{2} | 4\frac{1}{2} | 180 | .. | .. | 37\frac{1}{2} | 42\frac{1}{2} | 615\frac{1}{2} | 2 | 19 | 90\frac{1}{2} | 743 | .. | .. | .. |
| Suburbs of Nelson | 248 | 406 | 510\frac{1}{2} | 9855 | 937\frac{1}{2} | 506\frac{1}{2} | 11928 | 554\frac{1}{2} | 14723 | 903\frac{3}{4} | 1261\frac{3}{4} | 10881\frac{1}{2} | 92 | 434\frac{1}{2} | 128 | 13145\frac{3}{4} | 520 | 550 | .. |
| Waimea .. .. | 215 | 135 | 316\frac{1}{2} | 3873 | 478\frac{3}{4} | 514 | 10712 | 99\frac{1}{2} | 2862 | 619 | 677 | 9469\frac{1}{2} | 392\frac{1}{2} | 628\frac{1}{2} | 107\frac{1}{2} | 11377\frac{3}{4} | 234 | 128 | .. |
| Motueka .. .. | 321 | 222\frac{3}{4} | 684 | 15154 | 2663\frac{1}{2} | 1051\frac{3}{4} | 30173 | 680 | 18427 | 830\frac{1}{2} | 1135 | 14040\frac{1}{2} | 427\frac{1}{2} | 2267 | 375\frac{1}{2} | 17525\frac{3}{4} | 2020 | 913 | 150 |
| Collingwood .. | 147 | 60\frac{1}{2} | 18\frac{1}{2} | 370 | 40\frac{1}{2} | 110\frac{3}{4} | 2151 | 13 | 442 | 273\frac{1}{2} | 362\frac{1}{2} | 4573\frac{1}{2} | 99\frac{1}{2} | 474\frac{1}{2} | 58 | 4967 | 130 | 69 | .. |
| Cheviot (part of) .. | 82 | 1065 | 4 | 100 | 202\frac{1}{2} | 351\frac{1}{2} | 12900 | .. | .. | 38 | 41 | 12529\frac{1}{2} | 24\frac{1}{2} | 161 | 1567 | 14678\frac{1}{2} | .. | .. | .. |
| Buller .. .. | 99 | 170\frac{1}{2} | .. | .. | 83 | 50 | 392 | 3 | 65 | 204\frac{1}{2} | 212 | 1706\frac{1}{2} | 105\frac{3}{4} | 538 | 9 | 1957\frac{3}{4} | 3 | 15 | .. |
| Grey (part of) .. | 149 | 389\frac{1}{2} | 1\frac{1}{2} | 30 | 642 | 124\frac{1}{2} | 3415 | .. | .. | 190 | 232 | 4308 | 227\frac{1}{2} | 1264 | 66 | 5369\frac{1}{2} | .. | 200 | .. |
| Total .. .. | 1260 | 2449\frac{1}{2} | 1534\frac{3}{4} | 29382 | 2757\frac{1}{2} | 2722 | 71851 | 1350 | 36519 | 3109\frac{1}{2} | 3963\frac{3}{4} | 57523\frac{3}{4} | 1371 | 5796\frac{1}{2} | 2401\frac{1}{2} | 69764\frac{3}{4} | 2907 | 1875 | 150 |

I certify that the above is a correct Compilation from the original Return.

ROBERT POLLOCK,
Superintendent Collector.