New Zealand Gazette – 1868 – No. 23

Page 217

✨ Census Agricultural Statistics



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 217

CENSUS OF NEW ZEALAND,--DECEMBER, 1867.
TABLE SHOWING THE EXTENT OF HOLDINGS; THE NUMBER OF ACRES FENCED; THE QUANTITY OF LAND BROKEN UP, BUT NOT UNDER CROP; AND THE RESPECTIVE NUMBERS OF ACRES UNDER
EACH DESCRIPTION OF CROP, AS ASCERTAINED BY A CENSUS TAKEN IN DECEMBER, 1867.

NUMBER OF ACRES.

PROVINCES. Extent of Holding. Total Number of Acres Fenced. Land broken up but not under Crop. In Wheat. In Oats. In Barley. In Maize or Sorghum. In Rye or Bere. In Hay (mown.) In Sown Grasses including Land in Hay. In Peas or Beans. In Potatoes In Turnips or Rape. In Mangold, Beet, Carrots, Parsnips, or Onions. In Tobacco. In any other Crop. Total under Crop.*
Freehold. Leasehold.
Auckland 692,326 431,753 207,994 9,776 1,675 4,136 543 2,011 366 7,318 112,636 201 5,076 174 145 2,498 10 206
Taranaki 65,164 9,806 18,906 938 690 443 71 173 587 14,434 7 566 45 58 224 3 70 16,784
Wellington 791,880 428,722 266,308 6,991 922 3,059 343 27 8 4,080 126,751 265 888 127 39 1,295 6 158
Hawke's Bay 706,719 987,268 247,005 5,174 346 171 1,207 89 1,308 28,615 7 370 3 68 349 29 31,254
Nelson 674,745 547,264 459,327 4,496 3,814 1,989 976 5 78 2,376 32,183 378 711 113 66 1,001 15 255
Marlborough 545,166 930,274 273,782 2,664 1,823 2,132 1,388 55 15 837 11,553 270 299 14 15 341 71
Canterbury 521,308 3,084,103 1,013,523 22,620 26,660 35,381 5,868 42 385 7,006 73,692 2,678 2,390 831 1,194 2,800 50 688
Otago 720,357 6,043,071 665,572 27,728 12,541 41,973 3,342 122 150 3,116 56,018 555 3,314 1,787 432 1,617 9 319
Southland : 351,230 1,117,618 302,185 13,914 1,103 9,411 433 50 525 17,300 25 691 1,616 18 379 831,034
Chatham Islands 110,717 933 7 12 8 3
Totals 5,068,898 13,690,596 3,455,535 94,308 47,761 101,561 13,135 2,524 1,052 27,156 473,463 4,386 14,361 4,740 2,035 10,516 16-13 1,743
  • The "Totals under Crop" in each line differ from the correct addition of the preceding figures by the numbers under the heading "Hay (mown)," which are again given in the figures under the heading
    "Sown Grasses including Land in Hay."

JOHN B. BENNETT,
Registrar-General.



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🏛️ Census of New Zealand, 1867: Land Holdings and Crop Extent by Province

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Census, 1867, Land holdings, Fencing, Crops, Provincial statistics, Agricultural data
  • John B. Bennett, Registrar-General