New Zealand Gazette – 1869 – No. 19

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✨ Agricultural Statistics Table

Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 6th April, 1869.

THE following Return of AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS of the PROVINCE OF OTAGO, in February, 1869, is published for general information.
JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General.

ACCOUNT OF LAND IN CULTIVATION, AND OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE THEREOF, IN NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY, 1869.
(Taken under the authority of "The Census Acts Amendment Act, 1867.")
SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTOR'S RETURN. PROVINCE OF OTAGO.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS.	Extent of Land broken up, but not under Crop. Acres.	IN WHEAT.	IN OATS.	IN BARLEY.	IN HAY.*	In permanent artificial Grass (including Land in Hay in previous column). Acres.	IN POTATOES.	IN OTHER CROPS.
		Acres.	Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels).	Acres.	Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels).	Acres.	Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels).	Acres.
ROSLYN	89	18	595	257	7,135	5	220	840
CAVERSHAM	617	100	3,520	542	21,492	43	2,775	625
PORT CHALMERS	126	56	1,845	452	12,859	2	60	104
TAIERI	1,637	3,531	123, 164	8,494	324, 425	740	25,865	1,045
BRUCE	2,730	1,592	46, 417	8,887	312,953	365	11,779	811
CLUTHA	5,702	1,536	40,843	6,729	230, 177	271	8,687	677
OAMARU	6,716	10,136	358, 548	7,498	294, 872	926	32, 533	671
WAIKOUAITI	2,861	1,722	56,329	4,780	177,518	154	6,925	517
MANUHERIKIA	111	64	2,031	1,804	55,660	66	2,405	364
HAMPDEN	841	1,357	44, 305	880	34, 390	31	1,000	253
WALLACE (IN OTAGO)	215	30	761	498	13,570	1	20	154
GENERAL TOTALS FOR PROVINCE	21,645	20,142	678, 358	40,821	1,485,051	2,604	92,269	6,061

This column includes a large quantity of Oats cut for Hay, principally in the Dunedin Suburban Districts.

I certify that the above is a correct compilation from the original Returns.
JOHN HISLOP,
Superintendent Collector.

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VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1869, No 19

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

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🌾 Publication of Agricultural Statistics Return for Otago, February 1869

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Dated6 April 1869
KeywordsAgricultural statistics, Otago Province, land cultivation, crop yields, Electoral Districts, census
👩‍💼 Officials

John B. Bennett, Registrar-General
John Hislop, Superintendent Collector

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