324 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

materially to affect the Totals), I thought it better to publish the Summary without waiting for it. It has
since been received, and is, of course, included in the following Tables, the Contents of each of which I
were instructed to obtain the required information for every Station or Holding of Cultivated Land in
their respective Districts, with the exception of Holdings occupied by Aboriginal Natives, Holdings of less
than one acre in extent, and Gardens attached to residences.

Table I. is a Summary for the several Provinces and the County of Westland, showing Totals for the
Colony of 13,476 Holdings in 1870, against 11,932 in 1869;---96,974 Acres of Land Broken up but not
under Crop in 1870, against 96,420 Acres in 1869;-86,162 Acres in Wheat, with an estimated Gross
Produce of 2,349,914 bushels in 1870, against 64,517 Acres, and 1,619,169 bushels in 1869, (the most re-
markable portion of this large increase being in the Province of Canterbury);-In Oats, 99,475 Acres
sown for Grain (besides 13,016 for Green Food or Hay), with an estimated Gross Produce of 3,329,586
bushels, in 1870, against 85,056 Acres (altogether) and 2,655,294 bushels in 1869;-In Barley, 28,572
Acres, with an estimated Gross Produce of 889,826 bushels in 1870, against 15,427 Acres, and 377,834
bushels in 1869;-In Hay, 26,836 Acres, with an estimated Gross Produce of 37,189 tons in 1870,
against 26,696 Acres and 36,435 tons in 1869; -In Permanent Artificial Grass (including Land in Hay
previously mentioned) 649,524 Acres in 1870, against 501,580 in 1869;-In Potatoes, 12,806 Acres, with
an estimated Gross Produce of 69,603 tons in 1870, against 11,557 Acres and 56,538 tons in 1869;-In
Other Crops, 10,947 Acres in 1870, against 8,878 Acres in 1869. The Total Number of Acres under
Crop in 1870 was 900,504, against 687,015 in 1869, being an Increase of 213,489 Acres.

In Table No. II. the information which was summarized in No. I. is exhibited in detail for the several
Electoral Districts returning Members to the General Assembly. In compiling this Table care was, of
course, taken, that in the cases of Electoral Districts running into more than one Province the particulars
relating to the several portions should be separated from the Returns for the Provinces, and added
together, so as to show fully and correctly the results for the Districts respectively.

Nos. III. and IV. are Comparative Tables showing the Numbers of Holdings, the Extent of Land
Broken up but not under Crop, and the Extent of Land under Crop, in the Provinces (and the County of
Westland) and in the Electoral Districts, according to the Accounts taken in February 1869 and
February 1870, respectively.

Nos. V. and VI. also are Comparative Tables. No. V. shows the Extent of Land under each descrip-
tion of Crop; and No. VI. shows the estimated Quantities of Produce of each of the Principal Crops in
each Province (and in the County of Westland) for February 1869 and February 1870, respectively.

In addition to the information of the Actual Results embodied in the Tables thus referred to, I subjoin
two Tables of centesimal calculations based upon those Results, which may be most appropriately intro-
duced here.

The Table immediately following (A.) will show the average proportions in which every 100 acres of
the Cultivated Land was divided amongst the respective Crops in each Province, according to the Account
taken in February 1870.

A.

CENTESIMAL PROPORTION OF LAND UNDER EACH DESCRIPTION OF CROP, IN EACH
PROVINCE (AND IN THE COUNTY OF WESTLAND).