New Zealand Gazette – 1870 – No. 17

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✨ Agricultural Statistics Table



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

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Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 25th March, 1870.

THE following Return of AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS of the Province of Otago, in February, 1870, 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, 1870.
(Taken under the authority of "The Census Acts Amendment Act, 1867.")
SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTOR'S RETURN.—PROVINCE OF OTAGO.

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. NUMBERS OF HOLDINGS. Extent of Land broken up, but not under Crop. IN WHEAT. IN OATS. IN BARLEY. IN POTATOES. IN SOWN GRASSES. IN HAY. In permanent artificial Grass (including Land in Hay in previous column). Acres. IN OTHER CROPS. TOTAL NUMBERS OF ACRES UNDER CROP.
Acres. Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres.
CITY OF DUNEDIN ... 143 ... 36 ... 2 70 771 302 9,837 6
ROSLYN ... 298 263 117 3,873 705 408 14,330 48 1,835 323
PORT CHALMERS ... 215 86 38 1,200 187 330 9,072 1 50 116
TAIERI ... 326 784 2,930 86,368 461 7,720 261,909 853 29,129 639
BRUCE ... 366 2,387 1,785 57,328 321 8,850 304,371 766 25,208 756
CLUTHA ... 345 5,454 1,601 46,279 623 6,936 224,310 811 28,819 1,140
OAMARU ... 292 15,045 10,192 287,698 384 8,913 385,318 2,700 97,734 449
WAIKOUAITI ... 271 2,206 2,131 63,670 464 5,324 200,629 458 16,140 377
MANUHERIKIA ... 238 195 249 7,659 658 1,857 56,732 57 1,498 79
HAMPDEN ... 119 1,467 1,756 60,000 204 1,346 50,348 36 1,405 145
GOLD FIELDS TOWNS ... 91 189 60 1,630 411 418 2,559 7 155 129
WALLACE (in Otago) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
GENERAL TOTALS FOR PROVINCE 2,704 28,112 20,861 615,775 5,189 42,404 1,519,415 5,743 202,113 4,293 6,228

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

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




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🌾 Return of Agricultural Statistics for the Province of Otago, February 1870

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
25 March 1870
Agricultural statistics, Otago Province, Cultivation, Produce, Electoral Districts, Census data
  • JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General
  • JOHN HISLOP, Superintendent Collector