New Zealand Gazette – 1873 – No. 15

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✨ Agricultural Statistics Table



Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 5th March, 1873.

THE following Return of AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS of the Province of CANTERBURY, in February, 1873, 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 1873.
(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. IN WHEAT. IN OATS. IN BARLEY. IN SOWN GRASSES. IN HAY. IN POTATOES. IN OTHER CROPS. TOTAL NUMBERS OF ACRES UNDER CROP, INCLUDING SOWN GRASSES. QUANTITY OF LAST YEAR'S CROP REMAINING ON HAND WHEN FORMS WERE FILLED UP.
Acres. Acres (sown for Grain only). Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres (sown for Grain only). Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). In permanent artificial Grass (including Land in previous column). Acres. Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in tons).
CHEVIOT (part of) ... 15 1,132 80 860 61 117 2,104 816 11,288 846 630
ASHLEY 472 5,854 9,676 212,147 191 6,545 135,820 933 24,638 981 1,545
ΚΑΙΑΡΟΙ 406 570 5,696 154,486 109 2,910 78,745 600 12,746 1,094 1,455
AVON 487 840 3,771 93,470 216 2,925 71,480 315 53 86 622
CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH (East) 36 ... 11 340 8 32 1,325 9 315 53 86
CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH (West) 105 ... 20 650 24 23 885 ... ... ... 82
LYTTELTON...
HEATHCOTE 568 1,232 6,260 141,017 249 3,974 95,970 843 20,946 1,633 2,318
AKAROA 255 321 164 3,737 44 130 3,411 21 367 586 740
SELWYN 526 7,228 19,083 349,861 294 9,601 201,678 2,795 52,479 2,382 2,405
COLERIDGE.. 323 12,588 9,355 176,983 1,380 4,098 91,288 296 3,749 624 545
TIMARU 329 14,222 12,755 313,551 499 5,269 158,761 464 7,664 1,759 2,551
GLADSTONE... 97 4,582 1,589 40,072 107 1,547 56,077 30 415 449 521

GENERAL TOTALS FOR PROVINCE } 3,619 | 48,570 | 68,462 | 1,487,174 | 3,184 | 37,173 | 897,544 | 6,810 | 134,607 | 10,492 | 12,951 | 195,420 | 1,883 | 9,366 | 5,725 | 318,658 | 1,125 | 3,767 | 40

I certify that the above is a correct compilation from the original Returns,
F. DR C. MALET, Superintendent Collector.

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.



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🌾 Publication of Agricultural Statistics Return for Canterbury Province, February 1873

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
5 March 1873
Agricultural statistics, Canterbury, Cultivation, Produce, Holdings, Census Acts Amendment Act
  • John B. Bennett, Registrar-General
  • F. DR C. Malet, Superintendent Collector