✨ Agricultural Statistics Table
A COUNT of LAND in CULTIVATION, and of the AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE thereof, in NEW ZEALAND, February, 1874 (being a Summary of Information already published in more detail in the Gazette from time to time as received from the several Superintendent Collectors; including a Comparison with the Agricultural Statistics in February, 1873.
| PROVINCES. | Numbers OF HOLDINGS Exceeding ONE ACRE. | Extent of Land broken up, but not under Crop. Acres. | IN WHEAT. | IN OATS. | IN BARLEY. | IN SOWN GRASSES. | IN POTATOES. | IN OTHER CROPS. | TOTAL NUMBERS OF ACRES UNDER CROP, INCLUDING SOWN GRASSES. |
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| 1874 | 1873 | 1874 | 1873 | 1874 | 1873 | 1874 | 1873 | 1874 | |
| PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND | 3,796 | 3,842 | 16,101$ rac{1}{2}$ | 10,857 | 3,142$ rac{1}{2}$ | 3,872 | 55,207$ rac{1}{2}$ | 63,058 | 2,189$ rac{1}{2}$ |
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| PROVINCE OF TARANAKI | 557 | 492 | 3,139 | 2,893 | 945$ rac{1}{2}$ | 1,052 | 19,290 | 19,414 | 82 |
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| PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON | 1,624 | 1,517 | 8,658$ rac{1}{2}$ | 2,596 | 1,787$ rac{1}{2}$ | 1,770 | 41,738 | 32,085 | 435$ rac{1}{2}$ |
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| PROVINCE OF HAWKE'S BAY | 388 | 351 | 3,178 | 474 | 10,146$ rac{1}{2}$ | 3,178 | 3,694 | 12,225 | 175$ rac{1}{2}$ |
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| PROVINCE OF MARLBOROUGH | 320 | 348 | 2,731$ rac{1}{2}$ | 1,364 | 1,853$ rac{1}{2}$ | 2,309 | 30,373 | 39,205 | 693$ rac{1}{2}$ |
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| PROVINCE OF NELSON | 1,112 | 1,222 | 3,778$ rac{1}{2}$ | 4,580 | 2,600$ rac{1}{2}$ | 3,576 | 44,874 | 46,081 | 2,607$ rac{1}{2}$ |
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| PROVINCE OF WESTLAND | 204 | 208 | 687$ rac{1}{2}$ | 70 | 2$ rac{1}{2}$ | ... | 7 | ... | 286$ rac{1}{2}$ |
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| PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY | 3,969 | 3,619 | 61,364$ rac{1}{2}$ | 48,570 | 71,826$ rac{1}{2}$ | 68,463 | 1,706,738$ rac{1}{2}$ | 1,487,174 | 4,615 |
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| PROVINCE OF OTAGO | 3,913 | 3,705 | 41,742$ rac{1}{2}$ | 46,423 | 50,068$ rac{1}{2}$ | 50,781 | 1,489,711 | 1,489,454 | 11,132 |
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| Totals | 15,883 | 15,304 | 148,350 | 120,032 | 132,425 | 131,797 | 3,391,633 | 3,188,696 | 22,216$ rac{1}{2}$ |
| Increase in 1874 ... | 579 | 28,318 | 628 | 202,937 | ... | ... | 674,721 | ... | |
| Decrease in 1874 ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,299$ rac{1}{2}$ | ... | ... | ... | ... |
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.
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NZ Gazette 1874, No 31
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🌾 Summary of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce for February 1874
🌾 Primary Industries & ResourcesAgriculture, Land cultivation, Produce statistics, 1874, Provinces, Comparison, Crops
- WM. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General