New Zealand Gazette – 1873 – No. 18

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✨ Agricultural Statistics Table



Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 26th March, 1873.

THE following Return of AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS of the Province of OTAGO, 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 OTAGO.

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. NUMBERS OF HOLDINGS. Extent of Land broken up, but not under Crop. IN WHEAT. IN OATS. IN BARLEY. IN SOWN GRASSES. 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. Estimated Gross Produce of Grain (in bushels). Acres (sown for Grain only). Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in tons).
DUNEDIN 337 2,960 4,422 126,466 775 6,711 191,194 387 9,885 641
BRUCE 346 243 238 7,906 1,214 578 22,285 17 490 417
CAVERSHAM 305 3,253 1,888 56,926 642 4,908 140, 218 218 5,166 582
CLUTHA 123 109 48 1,492 866 2,211 48,777 56 1,264 198
DUNSTAN 118 286 6 103 963 550 11,312 34 703 78
MOUNT IDA 215 214 29 1,030 187 258 7,087 2 45 164
PORT CHALMERS 126 41 2 40 449 79 1,690 43 77 1,891
ROSLYN 366 1,107 4,490 163,833 665 6,487 220, 285 411 11,928 749
TAIERI 169 2,831 1,038 31,126 521 1,605 47,972 342 11,167 367
TUAPEKA 118 1,418 3,593 119,886 405 2,053 69,318 197 7,121 299
WAKATIPU 128 1,326 628 20,723 804 983 36,484 11 288 139
WAKAIA 269 2,226 5,597 153,628 592 5,340 158,506 356 15,361 1,046
WAIKOUAITI 353 23,208 25,192 694,366 834 10,357 312,433 1,660 37,400 1,638
WAITAKI 362 2,211 748 21,867 2,417 2,961 84,012 544 1,085 473
INVERCARGILL 303 3,902 2,349 72,855 454 6,285 204,756 1,121 34,066 406
MATAURA 67 1,083 509 17,205 835 325 10,630 27 825 322
RIVERTON ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
WALLACE ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

GENERAL TOTALS FOR
PROVINCE | 3,705 | 46,423 | 50,781 | 1,489,454 | 12,629 | 51,694 | 1,566,960 | 4,896 | 130,795 | 7,566 | 10,569 | 170,958 | 4,027 | 20,824 | 10,155 | 305,141 | 8,380 | 130,839 | 683 |

I certify that the above is a correct compilation from the original Returns.-J. SPERREY, Superintendent Collector.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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🌾 Publication of Agricultural Statistics Return for Otago, February 1873

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
26 March 1873
Agricultural statistics, Otago Province, Cultivation, Produce, 1873, Electoral Districts
  • John B. Bennett, Registrar-General
  • J. Sperrey, Superintendent Collector