New Zealand Gazette – 1872 – No. 27

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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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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

A CCOUNT of LAND in CULTIVATION, and of the AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE thereof, in NEW ZEALAND, February, 1872, (being a SUMMARY of Information already
published in more detail in the Gazette from time to time as received from the several Superintendent Collectors); with a COMPARISON (so far as it can be shown)
with the Agricultural Statistics in February, 1871.

N.B.—The Returns of Agricultural Statistics for 1871 only gave the principal crops, viz., Wheat, Oats, Barley, Hay, and Potatoes, omitting Grass not for Hay, "Other Crops," and "Extent of
Land broken up but not under Crop," respecting which full information was afterwards published as part of the results of the General Census.

NUMBERS OF HOLDINGS EXCEEDING ONE ACRE. Extent of Land broken up, but not under Crop. Acres. IN WHEAT. Acres (sown for Grain - only). Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). IN OATS. Acres. For Green Food or Hay. For Grain. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). IN BARLEY. Acres (sown for Grain only). Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). IN SOWN GRASSES. IN HAY. Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). In permanent artificial Grass (including Hay in previous column). Acres. IN POTATOES. Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). IN OTHER CROPS. Acres. TOTAL NUMBERS OF ACRES UNDER CROP, INCLUDING SOWN GRASSES. Acres.
1872 10,418 2,455 41,273 3,612 2,136 33,647 265 3,865 5,883 5,916 181,521 3,835 10,430 2,256 196,082
1871 1,082 ... 15,552 1,772 ... 31,393 135 3,090 6,062 5,892 20,721 3,301 15,640 ... ...
PROVINCE OF TARANAKI
1872 1,536 986 17,395 874 560 9,665 103 1,667 504 672 20,721 446 1,963 281 23,186
1871 872 15,788 433 483 9,857 163 3,139 351 442 ... 432 2,036 ... ...
PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON
1872 3,069 1,952 34,155 335 2,854 58,219 333 6,469 4,039 4,155 193,498 798 4,422 330 200,102
1871 1,868 41,408 3,427 98,106 723 19,970 3,268 4,802 ... 770 5,074 ... ...
PROVINCE OF HAWKE'S BAY
1872 2,446 615 10,554 239 660 14,536 252 5,259 1,440 1,831 70,230 236 789 90 72,324
1871 638 14,866 837 23,338 249 5,642 2,138 3,423 ... 330 2,108 ... ...
PROVINCE OF NELSON
1872 4,079 3,522 44,946 2,870 2,382 41,237 563 7,412 1,912 2,332 40,180 1,002 4,400 ... 51,078
1871 2,695 39,607 3,424 75,967 1,247 28,063 4,066 5,388 ... 984 5,600 ... ...
PROVINCE OF MARLBOROUGH
1872 1,922 2,686 52,815 557 1,139 29,568 1,438 34,130 756 1,053 22,126 220 768 143 28,313
1871 1,800 33,994 1,313 36,737 2,421 63,962 1,204 1,374 ... 191 934 ... ...
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY
1872 38,357 62,842 1,362,838 2,509 58,105 1,341,763 7,025 139,721 9,692 12,568 147,001 1,543 4,910 3,241 282,268
1871 46,073 1,016, 266 44,370 1,311,801 13,189 308,908 9,503 12,205 ... 1,552 7,135 ... ...
COUNTY OF WESTLAND
1872 215 ... ... 280 7 245 1 20 119 224 1,336 218 947 95 1,938
1871 ... ... 1 20 307 524 ... 139 ... ...
PROVINCE OF OTAGO
1872 34,366 33,660 884,225 9,369 71,339 2,197,929 3,323 89,103 6,369 6,922 146,629 3,630 13,497 6,565 274,517
1871 22,811 656,045 66,217 2,213,138 4,736 144,892 7,417 12,601 ... 3,200 16,609 ... ...
TOTALS FOR THE COLONY
1872 96,411 108,720 2,448, 203 19,861 139,185 3,726,810 13,304 287,646 30,717 35,674 823,246 11,932 42,129 13,561 1,129,811
1871 77,843 1,833,547 121,829 3,802,729 22,866 577,667 34,318 46,652 ... 10,900 56,039 ... ...
INCREASE IN 1872 30,876 614,655 17,356 75,919 9,561 290,020 3,601 10,977 1,032 13,909 ... ...
DECREASE IN 1872

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1872.

WM. EDW. TEAGUE
(for Registrar-General).




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🌾 Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce in New Zealand, February, 1872

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
22 May 1872
Agriculture, Statistics, Cultivation, Produce, Wheat, Oats, Barley, Potatoes, Provincial comparison
  • WM. EDW. TEAGUE (for Registrar-General)