New Ulster Gazette – 1851 – No. 6

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✨ Agricultural and Stock Returns



Colonial Secretary’s Office,
March 7th, 1851.

IN compliance with instructions from His Excellency the GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF, the following Returns are published for general information.

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

RETURN, showing the QUANTITY OF LAND CULTIVATED by, and the NUMBER OF STOCK belonging to, Europeans at the principal Settlements in the Province of New Ulster, at the termination of the Year 1850.

LOCALITIES. NATURE OF CROP, AND NUMBER OF ACRES OF LAND IN EACH CROP. NUMBER OF STOCK.
Wheat. Oats. Barley. Maize. Potatoes. Turnips. Hay. Onions. Garden. Pasture. Total Number of Acres in Crop. Number of Acres of Uncultivated Land Horses. Horned Cattle. Sheep. Goats.
AUCKLAND — Town and Suburbs, including the North Shore 29 105½ 104 61 126¼ .. 138¼ .. 131¾ 1,007¾ 1,554¼ 9,576¾ 279 2,028 1,257 48
Epsom, Onehunga, Otahuhu, Panmure, and Country west of the Tamaki 205 533½ 117 95½ 793¼ .. 238 .. 111¾ 3,559¼ 5,653¼ 1,5170¼ 358 3,271 2,016 115
Howick, and the Country east of the Tamaki 9 155¾ 7¼ 2¼ 446¼ .. .. .. 23¼ 530½ 874¼ 5,376 88 1,504 8 182
TOTALS IN THE AUCKLAND DISTRICT 243 794¾ 184¼ 103 1,066¼ .. 376¼ .. 267 5,097¾ 8,082¼ 30123¼ 725 6,803 3,281 345
BAY OF ISLANDS—Russell .. .. .. .. 30 .. 50 .. .. 100 130 .. 56 600 830 500
Waimate .. .. .. .. 50 .. 50 .. .. 690 720 .. 80 1,000 1,500 100
Hokianga .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 30 100 .. ..
TOTALS IN THE BAY OF ISLANDS DISTRICT 20 .. .. .. 80 .. 50 .. .. 700 850 .. 166 1,700 2,330 600
MONGANUI—Wangaroa .. .. .. .. 5 .. .. .. 5 51 82 .. 46 480 800 40
Monganui .. .. .. .. 16 .. .. .. 7¼ 79 109¾ .. 12 170 .. 20
Kaitaia .. .. .. .. 15 .. .. 10 14¼ 140 190 .. 20 350 12¼ ..
TOTALS IN THE MONGANUI DISTRICT 12 4 5 17¼ 36 .. .. 10¾ 27¼ 270 381¾ .. 78 1,000 420 60
NEW PLYMOUTH .. .. .. .. 263 119 4,26¾ .. 68¼ 1,182 3,217 .. 57 1,147 1,984 69
GROSS TOTALS IN THE ABOVE NAMED DISTRICTS. 1,121 951¼ 292¼ 126¼ 1443¼ 119 852¾ 10¾ 362¼ 7,249¼ 12531¼ .. 1,026 10,650 7,965 1,074

NOTES.—(a) The Returns for Auckland refer only to the country within a radius of fourteen miles of the Town. The numbers given of acres in crop and of uncultivated land refer to the purchased land in the occupation of the Settlers, and not to the Waste Lands of the Crown. The number of Acres granted by the Crown within the whole District of Auckland is 71,138, and the total granted within the Province 273,606 acres.

(b) This number includes, besides Hay, other Crops not distinguished in the Return from New Plymouth.

The extensive crops of Wheat, &c., raised by the Natives of Kaitaia, Otawhao, Bay of Plenty, &c., and the Stock belonging to them, are not included in this Return.

Compiled from authentic Official Records.

By His Excellency’s command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary.



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🗺️ Return of Land Cultivated and Stock in New Ulster

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
7 March 1851
Land cultivation, Stock numbers, Auckland, Bay of Islands, Monganui, New Plymouth, Agricultural statistics
  • Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary