Return of Agricultural Statistics of the Provincial District of Nelson.
Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 21st March, 1877.

THE following Return of AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS of the Provincial District of NELSON, in February, 1877, is published for general information :—
N.B.—The differences between the estimated Crops of 1876 and for Provincial District are as follows :—

WM. R. E. BROWN, Registrar-General.

NOTE.—It has been calculated that the above figures for 1877 are in excess of the actual yield by the undermentioned amounts, on account of damage done to the crops in the Waimea since the Collector obtained the Return:—Wheat 1,309 bushels; oats, 939 bushels; potatoes, 102 tons.

ACCOUNT OF LAND IN CULTIVATION, AND OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE THEREOF, IN NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY, 1877.
(Taken under the authority of "The Census Acts Amendment Act, 1867.")

PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF NELSON.
SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTOR'S RETURN.

NUMBERS OF HOLDINGS.
Extent of Land broken up, but not under Crop.
Acres.

Table Column Headers (Text Labels):

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. | Freehold. | Rented. | Part Free. Part Rented. | Total. | Acres (Uncropped). | 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 of Grain (in bushels). | IN BARLEY. (Acres sown for Grain only). | Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). | IN SOWN GRASSES. (In Grasses after having been broken up (including Hay). Acres.). | Grass sown lands not previously ploughed (including such as in Hay). Acres. | IN HAY. (Acres). | Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). | IN POTATOES. (Acres). | Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). | IN OTHER CROPS. (Acres). | TOTAL NUMBER OF ACRES UNDER SOWN GRASSES. | QUANTITY OF LAST YEAR'S CROP REMAINING ON HAND WHEN FORM WAS FILLED UP. (Wheat bushels). | Oats (bushels). | Barley (bushels).

Data Rows:

CITY OF NELSON ... | 39 | 23 | 5 | 67 | 6 | 36$rac{1}{2}$ | 41 | 70 | 261$rac{1}{2}$ | 351 | 12 | 104 | 70 | 721$rac{1}{2}$ | ... | ... | ... | 755 | 40
SUBURBS OF NELSON ... | 149 | 63 | 35 | 247 | 1,087$rac{1}{2}$ | 558$rac{1}{2}$ | 10,164 | 589$rac{1}{2}$ | 382 | 8,890 | 836 | 20,676 | 801$rac{1}{2}$ | 928 | 7,797 | 3,736 | 67$rac{1}{2}$ | 300$rac{1}{2}$ | 111 | 14,077$rac{1}{2}$ | 50 | 674
WAIMEA ... | 156 | 60 | 26 | 242 | 326$rac{1}{2}$ | 361$rac{1}{2}$ | 5,383 | 380 | 480 | 9,793 | 199$rac{1}{4}$ | 4,830 | 574 | 643$rac{1}{2}$ | 4,316 | 8,583$rac{1}{2}$ | 157$rac{1}{2}$ | 934 | 1340 | 14,612$rac{1}{2}$ | 124 | 298 | 188
MOTUEKA ... | 173 | 86 | 86 | 345 | 195$rac{1}{2}$ | 655$rac{1}{2}$ | 14,056 | 255$rac{1}{2}$ | 747$rac{1}{2}$ | 17,074 | 871 | 23,170 | 780$rac{1}{2}$ | 991$rac{1}{2}$ | 5,252$rac{1}{2}$ | 10,901 | 446$rac{1}{2}$ | 1,686 | 379$rac{1}{2}$ | 19,509$rac{1}{2}$ | 124 | 298
COLLINGWOOD ... | 111 | 25 | 26 | 162 | 14$rac{1}{2}$ | 14$rac{1}{2}$ | 289$rac{1}{2}$ | 107 | 48$rac{1}{2}$ | 1,234 | 18$rac{1}{2}$ | 376 | 265$rac{1}{2}$ | 348 | 790$rac{1}{2}$ | 4,633$rac{1}{2}$ | 102 | 614 | 52 | 5,766 | ... | ...
CHEVIOT (part of)... | 16 | 7 | 15 | 38 | 6,988 | 15$rac{1}{2}$ | 477 | 237$rac{1}{2}$ | 411$rac{1}{2}$ | 17,025 | 14$rac{1}{4}$ | 20 | 58$rac{1}{2}$ | 93$rac{1}{2}$ | 14,203 | 7,386 | 32 | 195 | 1,440 | 23,727 | ... | 2,500
BULLER ... | 22 | 71 | 10 | 103 | 155 | 1 | 30 | 71 | 23 | 210 | 63 | 63 | 317 | 1,166 | 67$rac{1}{2}$ | 327$rac{1}{2}$ | 20$rac{1}{2}$ | 1,666$rac{1}{2}$ | ... | ...
GREY (part of) ... | 32 | 107 | 13 | 152 | 71$rac{1}{2}$ | ... | 736$rac{1}{2}$ | 24 | 620 | 14$rac{1}{4}$ | 30 | 214$rac{1}{2}$ | 306$rac{1}{2}$ | 2,174$rac{1}{2}$ | 3,300 | 188$rac{1}{2}$ | 1,160 | 31$rac{1}{2}$ | 6,456$rac{1}{2}$ | ... | 1,600

TOTAL ... | 698 | 442 | 216 | 1356 | 8,844$rac{1}{2}$ | 1,606$rac{1}{2}$ | 30,399$rac{1}{2}$ | 2,413$rac{1}{2}$ | 2,117 | 54,846 | 1,927$rac{1}{2}$ | 49,102 | 2,799 | 3,445 | 35,112$rac{1}{2}$ | 40,057 | 1,063 | 5,227$rac{1}{2}$ | 2,241$rac{1}{2}$ | 86,538$rac{1}{2}$ | 174 | 5,827 | 228

I certify that the above is a correct compilation from the original Returns.—ROBT. POLLOCK, Superintendent Collector.