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No. VIII.
COMPARATIVE TABLE SHOWING THE QUANTITY OF LAND (IN ACRES) IN THE POSSESSION OF EUROPEANS, UNDER CROP, AND THE QUANTITY FENCED, IN THE SEVERAL
PROVINCES OF NEW ZEALAND, IN THE YEARS 1858, 1861, AND 1864, RESPECTIVELY.
PROVINCE. WHEAT. BARLEY AND OATS. POTATOES. SOWN GRASSES. OTHER CROPS. TOTAL UNDER CROP. TOTAL FENCED.
1858. 1861. 1864. 1858. 1861. 1864. 1858. 1861. 1864. 1858. 1861. 1864. 1858. 1861. 1864. 1858. 1861. 1864. 1858. 1861. 1864.
Auckland . . . . . . . 2,322 3,892 856 2,851 2,554 3,564 2,508 3,553 3,477 50,319 62,817 75,842 2,199 3,109 3,815 60,201 75,916 87,556 90,467 112,318 129,147
Taranaki . . . . . . . 764 61 58 615 163 215 482 166 292 9,723 9,642 9,006 569 119 196 12,155 10,153 9,768 12,705 9,858 8,134
Wellington . . . . . . 1,127 2,285 764 1,573 1,604 1,836 701 762 664 21,580 49,143 90,286 1,040 1,518 1,864 26,023 55,313 95,415 40,841 76,611 127,350
Hawke's Bay . . . . . 336 550 228 139 391 725 110 191 222 479 3,731 19,861 265 980 842 1,330 5,844 21,879 4,143 31,781 65,671
Nelson (including Marlborough in 1858) 3,084 4,395 3,221 4,195 2,986 3,332 637 517 527 8,010 12,156 22,739 2,070 2,879 2,247 17,997 22,934 42,068 45,337 37,299 91,411
Marlborough . . . . . . 493 970 466 1,480 136 224 1,766 4,428 300 1,084 3,162 8,188 20,455 86,032
Canterbury . . . . . . 4,238 12,785 13,328 3,253 6,025 17,104 645 1,088 1,753 4,229 10,310 31,670 1,568 2,597 4,871 13,935 32,807 68,727 22,926 72,937 342,416
Otago (including Southland in 1858). 1,835 4,928 5,734 2,885 4,683 21,655 489 667 3,059 3,717 8,220 15,626 436 753 2,297 9,363 19,254 48,373 19,139 42,254 149,698
Southland (including Stewart's Island) . . 138 352 465 5,695 183 878 206 2,148 120 474 1,114 9,549 5,067 70,341
Totals . . . . . . . 13,709 29,531 25,513 15,513 19,329 55,609 5,574 7,265 11,099 98,061 157,994 271,610 8,148 12,380 17,694 141,007 226,500 381,526 235,561 409,473 1,070,203
Fractions having been omitted in the columns of this Table relating to 1861 and 1864, the totals for the Colony for those years given above are not the exact addition of the figures in the columns, but the
actual results as shown in the detailed Tables No. VI. and No. VII.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Comparative Table of Land Area Fenced and Under Crop by Province (1858-1864)
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