New Zealand Gazette – 1870 – No. 15

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Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 17th March, 1870.
THE following Returns of AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS of the Province of CANTERBURY and the County of WESTLAND, respectively, in February, 1870, are published
for general information.
JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General.

ACCOUNT OF LAND IN CULTIVATION, AND OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE THEREOF, IN NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY, 1870.
(Taken under the authority of "The Census Acts Amendment Act, 1867.")
SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTOR'S RETURN. PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. NUMBERS OF HOLDINGS. Extent of Land broken up, but not under Crop. Acres. IN WHEAT. Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). IN OATS. Acres. For Green Food or Hay. For Grain. Estimated Gross Produce of Grain (in bushels). IN BARLEY. Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). IN SOWN GRASSES. IN HAY. Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). In permanent artificial Grass (including Land in Hay in previous column). Acres. IN POTATOES. Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). IN OTHER CROPS. Acres. TOTAL NUMBERS OF ACRES UNDER CROP.
CHEVIOT 15 399 66 2,120 386 11,305 8 320 100 154 1,043 19 49 32 1,554
ASHLEY 444 5,710 8,167$ rac{1}{2}$ 177,269 245 5,776$ rac{1}{2}$ 170,946 1,873 52,324 974 1,093 8,237 265$ rac{1}{2}$ 861$ rac{1}{2}$ 263$ rac{1}{2}$ 24,828
ΚΑΙΑΡΟΙ 430 1,517 4,667 140,186 50 4,216 138,388 2,489 68,907 1,298 2,037 12,596 278 1,589 556 24,852
AVON 544 642 2,875 87,336 119 5,340 158,720 1,717 59,110 1,320 1,751 14,343$ rac{3}{4}$ 403 2,709 458$ rac{3}{4}$ 25,257
HEATHCOTE 529 1,398 5,785 195,301 238 5,177 205,957 2,813 100,385 1,425 2,290 17,976$ rac{3}{4}$ 277$ rac{1}{4}$ 1,730$ rac{3}{4}$ 367$ rac{1}{2}$ 32,635$ rac{1}{2}$
MOUNT HERBERT 57 668 37 1,100 8 103 3,568 17 615 81$ rac{1}{4}$ 112 3,300$ rac{3}{4}$ 60 311$ rac{1}{2}$ 22$ rac{1}{2}$ 3,548
AKAROA 168 28$ rac{3}{4}$ 51 1,597 13 28 670 44 134 174 287$ rac{1}{2}$ 11,404$ rac{1}{4}$ 29 190 12$ rac{1}{2}$ 11,542$ rac{1}{4}$
SELWYN 461 9,424$ rac{1}{2}$ 16,770 494,673 111 9,824$ rac{1}{2}$ 331,923 5,224$ rac{1}{2}$ 165,963$ rac{1}{2}$ 1,590$ rac{1}{2}$ 1,787$ rac{1}{2}$ 16,711$ rac{1}{2}$ 240$ rac{1}{4}$ 1,178$ rac{1}{2}$ 729$ rac{1}{2}$ 49,611$ rac{1}{4}$
COLERIDGE 216 4,569$ rac{1}{2}$ 5,448 157,536 523$ rac{1}{4}$ 2,782$ rac{1}{2}$ 94,828 1,054 30,434$ rac{1}{2}$ 687$ rac{1}{2}$ 775$ rac{1}{2}$ 11,817$ rac{1}{2}$ 111$ rac{1}{2}$ 564$ rac{1}{4}$ 191$ rac{1}{4}$ 21,928$ rac{1}{2}$
TIMARU 275 5,038$ rac{1}{2}$ 7,268$ rac{1}{2}$ 164,217 162$ rac{1}{2}$ 5,199$ rac{1}{2}$ 174,815$ rac{1}{2}$ 774 24,002 426$ rac{1}{2}$ 634$ rac{1}{2}$ 3,172$ rac{1}{2}$ 174$ rac{1}{2}$ 935$ rac{1}{2}$ 146$ rac{1}{2}$ 16,898$ rac{1}{2}$
GLADSTONE 105 2,396 1,289$ rac{1}{2}$ 40,618 238 1,117$ rac{1}{2}$ 37,760 2,281 197$ rac{1}{2}$ 236$ rac{1}{2}$ 1,764 88$ rac{1}{2}$ 551$ rac{1}{2}$ 284 4,871
CHRISTCHURCH
LYTTELTON
GENERAL TOTALS FOR PROVINCE 3,244 31,790$ rac{1}{2}$ 52,425$ rac{1}{2}$ 1,461,953$ rac{1}{2}$ 1,708 39,951$ rac{1}{2}$ 1,328,880$ rac{1}{2}$ 16,063$ rac{1}{2}$ 504,475$ rac{1}{2}$ 8,275$ rac{1}{2}$ 11,158$ rac{1}{2}$ 102,366$ rac{1}{2}$ 1,947$ rac{1}{2}$ 10,670$ rac{1}{4}$ 3,064$ rac{1}{4}$ 217,527$ rac{1}{2}$

I certify that the above is a correct compilation from the original Returns. THOMAS WM. MAUDE, Superintendent Collector.

Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.

ACCOUNT OF LAND IN CULTIVATION, AND OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE THEREOF, IN NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY, 1870.
(Taken under the authority of "The Census Acts Amendment Act, 1867.")
SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTOR'S RETURN. COUNTY OF WESTLAND.

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. NUMBERS OF HOLDINGS. Extent of Land broken up, but not under Crop. Acres. IN WHEAT. Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). IN OATS. Acres. For Green Food or Hay. For Grain. Estimated Gross Produce of Grain (in bushels). IN BARLEY. Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). IN SOWN GRASSES. IN HAY. Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). In permanent artificial Grass (including Land in Hay in previous column). Acres. IN POTATOES. Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). IN OTHER CROPS. Acres. TOTAL NUMBERS OF ACRES UNDER CROP.
WESTLAND BOROUGHS 7 4 ... ... ... 2 40 ... ... 32$ rac{1}{2}$ 5 25 3 46$ rac{1}{2}$
WESTLAND SOUTH 129 60$ rac{1}{2}$ ... ... ... 67$ rac{1}{2}$ 13$ rac{1}{2}$ 411 2 20 97$ rac{1}{2}$ 214 602 226 1,300 77$ rac{1}{4}$ 1,048$ rac{3}{4}$
GENERAL TOTALS FOR COUNTY 136 64$ rac{1}{2}$ ... ... ... 67$ rac{1}{2}$ 15$ rac{1}{2}$ 451 2 20 97$ rac{1}{2}$ 214 634$ rac{1}{2}$ 231 1,325 80$ rac{1}{4}$ 1,095$ rac{1}{4}$

I certify that the above is a correct compilation from the original Returns.-T. BROHAM, Superintendent Collector.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.




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