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SUMMARY OF AN ACCOUNT OF LAND IN CULTIVATION, AND OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE THEREOF, IN NEW ZEALAND, IN FEBRUARY, 1870.
(Taken under the authority of "The Census Acts Amendment Act, 1867.")
Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
| Population according to the last Census, (December, 1837). (a) | 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 HAY. Acres. | Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). | IN SOWN GRASSES. 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND | 48,321 | 3,179 | 12,090 | 1,514 | 25,866 | 1,551 | 1,413 | 23,262 | 122 | 2,448 | 4,405 | 5,528 | 133,036 | 3,796 | 19,653 | 1,534 | 142,996 |
| TARANAKI | 4,359 | 489 | 810 | 1,031 | 19,185 | 15 | 251$\frac{1}{2}$ | 5,466 | 128 | 2,654 | 289 | 378 | 22,437 | 638 | 3,412 | 210 | 24,714 |
| " WELLINGTON ... | 21,950 | 1,356 | 2,647$\frac{1}{2}$ | 2,350 | 55,082 | 307 | 3,019$\frac{1}{4}$ | 87,919 | 632$\frac{1}{2}$ | 15,169 | 3,554 | 5,770$\frac{1}{4}$ | 176,580 | 983 | 6,588 | 402 | 184,274$\frac{1}{2}$ |
| " HAWKE'S BAY ... | 5,283 | 339 | 4,204$\frac{1}{4}$ | 1,079 | 25,066 | 199$\frac{1}{2}$ | 829$\frac{1}{2}$ | 21,440 | 373$\frac{1}{2}$ | 8,670 | 1,672$\frac{1}{4}$ | 2,536$\frac{1}{2}$ | 48,923 | 413 | 2,184 | 127 | 51,946 |
| PROVINCE OF NELSON (except-ing Agricultural Statistics for Electoral District of Westland North) | 23,814 | 1,115 | 6,924$\frac{1}{2}$ | 3,123 | 55,522 | 1,798 | 2,319 | 55,918 | 1,271$\frac{1}{2}$ | 33,170 | 2,326$\frac{1}{2}$ | 2,954$\frac{1}{4}$ | 34,608$\frac{1}{2}$ | 938 | 4,993 | 724$\frac{1}{2}$ | 44,784 |
| PROVINCE OF MARLBOROUGH... | 4,371 | 345 | 1,790$\frac{1}{2}$ | 2,724 | 58,963 | 574$\frac{1}{2}$ | 965$\frac{1}{2}$ | 28,572 | 2,230$\frac{1}{4}$ | 59,819 | 689 | 879 | 16,943 | 255$\frac{1}{2}$ | 1,373 | 309 | 24,003 |
| " CANTERBURY ... | 38,448 | 3,241 | 31,790$\frac{1}{2}$ | 52,425 | 1,461,953 | 1,708$\frac{1}{2}$ | 39,951$\frac{1}{2}$ | 1,328,880 | 16,063$\frac{1}{2}$ | 504,475 | 8,275$\frac{1}{2}$ | 11,158$\frac{1}{4}$ | 102,366$\frac{1}{2}$ | 1,947$\frac{1}{2}$ | 10,670$\frac{1}{2}$ | 3,064$\frac{1}{2}$ | 217,527$\frac{1}{2}$ |
| COUNTY OF WESTLAND | 15,418 | 136 | 64$\frac{1}{2}$ | ... | ... | 67$\frac{1}{2}$ | 15$\frac{1}{2}$ | 451 | 2 | 20 | 97$\frac{1}{2}$ | 214 | 634$\frac{1}{2}$ | 231 | 1,325 | 804 | 1,030$\frac{1}{2}$ |
| PROVINCE OF OTAGO | 48,577 | 2,704 | 28,112 | 20,861 | 615,775 | 5,189 | 42,404 | 1,519,415 | 5,743 | 202,113 | 4,293 | 6,228 | 91,741 | 2,950 | 16,107 | 3,115 | 172,003 |
| " SOUTHLAND ... | 7,943 | 533 | 8,506$\frac{1}{2}$ | 1,023$\frac{1}{2}$ | 32,501 | 1,249$\frac{1}{2}$ | 8,302$\frac{1}{2}$ | 258,082 | 2,004$\frac{1}{2}$ | 61,288 | 1,200$\frac{1}{2}$ | 1,476 | 22,180$\frac{1}{4}$ | 544$\frac{1}{2}$ | 2,667 | 1,371$\frac{1}{2}$ | 36,675$\frac{1}{2}$ |
| GENERAL TOTALS | 218,484(b) | 13,440 | 96,941 | 86,162$\frac{1}{2}$ | 2,349,914 | 12,660$\frac{1}{2}$ | 99,471$\frac{1}{2}$ | 3,329,406 | 28,572 | 889,826 | 26,803$\frac{1}{2}$ | 37,123$\frac{1}{4}$ | 649,452 | 12,696$\frac{1}{2}$ | 68,974 | 10,939$\frac{1}{2}$ | 899,954$\frac{1}{2}$ |
(a) It is certain that considerable changes in the distribution of Population in the Colony have taken place since December, 1867, but it is only when a Census is taken that any reliable numbers for the several Divisions of the Colony can be shown. The figures here given show the latest actually ascertained numbers. The estimated Population of the whole Colony in December, 1869, was 237,249, viz., 140,112 Males, and 97,137 Females.
(b) To make this Total agree with the number (218,668) previously published in the Tables of Census Results as the Population of New Zealand, in December, 1867, it is necessary to add the Population of the Chatham Islands, viz., 184.
NZ Gazette 1870, No 30
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