New Ulster Gazette – 1852 – No. 5

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✨ Returns of Māori produce



RETURN showing the Number of Canoes that have Arrived in AUCKLAND from the 1st to the 31st of January, 1852, together with their Crews, and the quantity and species of Produce, as nearly as can be ascertained.

Name of Tribe. No. of Canoes. Males. Females. Total. Commercial bay. Mechanics' bay. Kits of Potatoes. Tons of Wood. Kits of Maize. Pigs. Kits of Flax. Kits of Onions. Goats. Kits of Cabbage. Bundles of Grass. Kits of Peaches. Kits of Kumera. Fowls. Tons of Fish. Remarks.
Ngatipaoa 54 194 57 251 29 25 276 48 17 10 1 34 0 0 0 14 0 4 2 This Return does not include the produce brought overland nor in coasting vessels.—The average weight of a kit of potatoes is 75 lbs.—Ditto ditto onions is 50 lbs.—A kit of unshelled maize contains about 1 bushel.—A kit of flax weighs about 50 lbs.—The estimated value of the produce mentioned in this Return is £250.
Ngatimaru 43 177 46 223 1 42 216 42 82 4 4 41 0 0 0 34 5 14 0
Ngatiwhatua 29 143 55 198 27 2 406 4½ 19 13 4 32 0 0 52 285 36 0 0
Ngatiwhanunga 4 18 5 23 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0
Ngatibine 3 19 7 26 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 0 1 0
Ngatira 1 4 1 5 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Parawhau 2 40 0 40 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tawera 5 16 4 20 0 5 15 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total.... 141 611 175 786 59 82 919 94½ 123 31 9 107 3 52 350 114 6 18 2½

Orderly Room, Armed Police,
Auckland, 9th February, 1852.
THOS. BECKHAM,
Commissioner of Police.

RETURN showing the NUMBER of CANOES that have arrived in ONEHUNGA from the 15th to the 31st of January, together with their Crews, and the quantity and species of Produce, as nearly as can be ascertained.

Name of Tribe. Number of Canoes. Males. Females. Total. Kits of Potatoes. Tons of Wood. Kits of Maize. Pigs. Kits of Flax. Kits of Onions. Kits of Cabbage. Bundles of Grass. Kits of Peaches. Kits of Kumera. Fowls. Tons of Fish. Remarks.
Waikato 14 85 28 113 3 ½ 0 26 0 7 0 0 10 3 0 ½ The estimated value of the produce mentioned in this Return is £35.
Ngatiteata 2 13 11 24 4 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 This Return does not include the produce brought overland, nor in coasting-vessels.
Total : 16 98 39 137 7 1½ 4 29 0 7 0 0 13 3 0 ½

Orderly Room, Armed Police,
Auckland, 9th February, 1852.
THOS. BECKHAM,
Commissioner of Police.



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🏭 Return of canoes and produce arriving in Auckland

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
9 February 1852
Canoes, Māori produce, Auckland, Trade statistics, Tribes
  • Thos. Beckham, Commissioner of Police

🏭 Return of canoes and produce arriving in Onehunga

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
9 February 1852
Canoes, Māori produce, Onehunga, Trade statistics, Tribes
  • Thos. Beckham, Commissioner of Police