✨ Otago Agricultural Statistics
Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 10th April, 1876.
THE following Return of AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS of the Province of OTAGO, in February, 1876, is published for general information :-
N.B. The differences between the number of Holdings and estimated Crops of 1875 and 1876, for the Province, are as follow :-
| 1875. | 1876. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Holdings | 3,809 | 4,172 | Increase, 363 |
| Wheat (bushels) | 980,128 | 950,042 | Decrease, 30,085$\frac{1}{2}$ |
| Oats (bushels) | 3,018,148 | 3,131,326 | Increase, 113,178 |
| Barley (bushels) | 168,436 | 253,691 | Increase, 85,255$\frac{1}{2}$ |
| Potatoes (tons) | 18,419 | 20,933$\frac{1}{4}$ | Increase, 2,514$\frac{1}{4}$ |
WM. R. E. BROWN, Registrar-General.
ACCOUNT OF LAND IN CULTIVATION, AND OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE THEREOF, IN NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY, 1876.
(Taken under the authority of "The Census Acts Amendment Act, 1867.")
PROVINCE OF OTAGO.
SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTOR'S RETURN.
| ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. | NUMBERS OF HOLDINGS. | Extent of Land broken up, but not under Crop. Acres. | IN WHEAT: Acres (sown for Grain only). | IN WHEAT: Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). | IN OATS: Acres (For Green Food or Hay). | IN OATS: Acres (For Grain). | IN OATS: Estimated Gross Produce of Grain (in bushels). | IN BARLEY: Acres (sown for Grain only). | IN BARLEY: Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). | IN SOWN GRASSES: IN HAY. Acres. | IN SOWN GRASSES: In permanent artificial Grass (including Hay in previous column). Acres. | IN POTATOES: Acres. | IN POTATOES: Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). | IN OTHER CROPS: Acres. | TOTAL NUMBERS OF ACRES UNDER CROP, INCLUDING SOWN GRASSES. | CROP REMAINING: Wheat (bushels). | CROP REMAINING: Oat (bushels). | CROP REMAINING: Barley (bushels). |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRUCE | 358 | 4,010$\frac{1}{2}$ | 2,043 | 72,484 | 494 | 8,474$\frac{1}{2}$ | 291,532 | 267$\frac{1}{2}$ | 9,185 | 306$\frac{1}{4}$ | 20,065$\frac{1}{4}$ | 349 | 1,739 | 1,767$\frac{1}{2}$ | 33,461 | 1,340 | 36,962 | 70 |
| CAVERSHAM | 306 | 975 | 1,067 | 494 | 20,945 | 24 | 83 | 460 | 936 | 8,836 | 153$\frac{1}{4}$ | 1,053 | 439 | 11,021$\frac{1}{4}$ | 1,085 | 34,865 | 414 | |
| CLUTHA | 378 | 5,543 | 1,417$\frac{1}{2}$ | 50,391 | 1,181 | 7,468 | 265,696 | 188 | 6,381 | 678 | 1,196$\frac{1}{2}$ | 28,293$\frac{1}{2}$ | 240 | 1,403$\frac{1}{2}$ | 2,642$\frac{1}{2}$ | 41,431$\frac{1}{2}$ | 747 | 34,865 |
| DUNEDIN | 173 | 279 | 67 | ... | 1,746 | 249 | 4,159$\frac{1}{2}$ | 106,978 | 106 | 3,869$\frac{1}{2}$ | 448 | 746 | 912 | 253 | 909 | 107 | 5,853 | ... |
| INVERCARGILL | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| MATAURA | 384 | 5,111 | 771$\frac{1}{4}$ | 24,631 | 2,123$\frac{1}{2}$ | 5,311$\frac{1}{4}$ | 234,548 | 117$\frac{1}{2}$ | 4,016 | 481$\frac{1}{4}$ | 676$\frac{1}{2}$ | 38,463$\frac{1}{2}$ | 338 | 1,525 | 6,671$\frac{1}{2}$ | 53,796$\frac{1}{2}$ | 1,377 | 5,265 |
| MOUNT IDA | 107 | 160 | 13 | 451 | 441$\frac{1}{2}$ | 1,461$\frac{1}{2}$ | 53,484 | 8 | 282 | 233 | 203 | 1,764 | 150 | 650 | 715$\frac{1}{2}$ | 4,554$\frac{1}{2}$ | 10 | 3,508 |
| PORT CHALMERS | 210 | 41$\frac{1}{2}$ | 6 | 240 | 216$\frac{1}{2}$ | 226$\frac{1}{2}$ | 6,798 | 1$\frac{1}{2}$ | 58 | 201$\frac{1}{2}$ | 307 | 3,571 | 87$\frac{1}{2}$ | 495$\frac{1}{4}$ | 61$\frac{1}{2}$ | 4,171 | ... | 109 |
| RIVERTON | 339 | 3,870$\frac{1}{4}$ | 805 | 25,653 | 796 | 9,142$\frac{1}{4}$ | 307,783 | 1,104 | 35,085 | 569 | 814 | 19,431$\frac{1}{2}$ | 278 | ... | 4,052 | 35,609 | ... | 1,890 |
| ROSLYN | 134 | 31 | ... | ... | 376$\frac{1}{2}$ | 183 | 5,145 | 6 | 100 | 135 | 254 | 2,642 | 40$\frac{1}{2}$ | 939$\frac{1}{4}$ | 210$\frac{1}{2}$ | 3,324 | ... | 100 |
| TAIERI | 361 | 1,362$\frac{1}{4}$ | 2,494$\frac{1}{4}$ | 99,690 | 1,124$\frac{1}{2}$ | 7,550 | 314,706 | 321 | 12,765 | 710 | 1,273 | 25,820$\frac{1}{2}$ | 585$\frac{1}{2}$ | 3,203$\frac{1}{2}$ | 1,016$\frac{1}{2}$ | 38,913 | 5,990 | 35,596 |
| TUAPEKA | 288 | 3,442 | 947$\frac{1}{4}$ | 41,289 | 1,906$\frac{1}{2}$ | 3,643 | 139,710 | 78$\frac{1}{4}$ | 1,406 | 263$\frac{1}{2}$ | 352$\frac{1}{2}$ | 9,354$\frac{1}{2}$ | 316$\frac{1}{4}$ | 1,270$\frac{1}{2}$ | 1,225 | 17,470$\frac{1}{2}$ | 205 | 6,660 |
| WAIKAIA | 176 | 3,342 | 370$\frac{1}{4}$ | 13,460 | 750$\frac{1}{2}$ | 3,211$\frac{1}{2}$ | 165,622 | 494 | 1,700 | 177$\frac{1}{2}$ | 284 | 9,684$\frac{1}{4}$ | 216 | 1,027$\frac{1}{2}$ | 3,610$\frac{1}{2}$ | 17,892$\frac{1}{2}$ | 256 | 8,966 |
| WAIKOUAITI | 331 | 2,993$\frac{1}{2}$ | 1,745$\frac{1}{4}$ | 64,219 | 477$\frac{1}{2}$ | 8,547$\frac{1}{2}$ | 349,989 | 504 | 18,620 | 779$\frac{1}{4}$ | 1,339$\frac{1}{2}$ | 24,461 | 346 | 2,182 | 522$\frac{1}{2}$ | 36,604$\frac{1}{2}$ | 2,044 | 58,966 |
| WAITAKI | 351 | 16,588 | 13,521 | 495,318 | 771$\frac{1}{2}$ | 16,512$\frac{1}{2}$ | 734,205 | 3,839 | 151,767 | 1,240 | 3,148 | 86,098$\frac{1}{2}$ | 458 | 2,724$\frac{1}{2}$ | 4,123 | 125,323$\frac{1}{2}$ | 3,999 | 91,916 |
| WAKATIPU | 201 | 957 | 1,214 | 43,120 | 686$\frac{1}{4}$ | 2,074$\frac{1}{4}$ | 83,715 | 894 | 3,517 | 260$\frac{1}{2}$ | 620 | 6,612 | 270 | 1,208$\frac{1}{2}$ | 278$\frac{1}{2}$ | 11,224$\frac{1}{2}$ | 5,400 | 7,553 |
| WALLACE | 75 | 2,312$\frac{1}{4}$ | 532$\frac{1}{2}$ | 16,375 | 1,272 | 931$\frac{1}{2}$ | 50,470 | 132$\frac{1}{4}$ | 4,857$\frac{1}{4}$ | 493 | 377$\frac{1}{2}$ | 5,115 | 90$\frac{1}{2}$ | 390$\frac{1}{4}$ | 2,945$\frac{1}{4}$ | 11,019 | 30 | 330 |
| TOTALS OF PROVINCE | 4,172 | 50,253$\frac{1}{4}$ | 25,977$\frac{1}{2}$ | 950,042$\frac{1}{4}$ | 13,934 | 79,392$\frac{1}{2}$ | 3,131,326 | 6,815$\frac{1}{2}$ | 253,691$\frac{1}{4}$ | 7,437 | 13,514$\frac{1}{4}$ | 291,124$\frac{1}{4}$ | 4,173$\frac{1}{2}$ | 20,933$\frac{1}{4}$ | 30,253$\frac{1}{2}$ | 451,669$\frac{1}{2}$ | 22,806 | 309,028 |
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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