A
COUNT of the NUMBERS of HOLDINGS, the LAND in CULTIVATION, and the AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE thereof, in NEW ZEALAND, in February, 1877 (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 of February, 1876.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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NUMBERS OF HOLDINGS.
Extent
of Land
broken up,
but not
under
Crop.
IN WHEAT.
IN OATS.
IN BARLEY.
IN HAY.
IN SOWN GRASSES.
IN POTATOES.
IN OTHER
CROPS.
TOTAL
NUMBER
OF
ACRES
UNDER
CROP,
INCLUDING
SOWN
GRASSES.

PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS.
Freehold.
Rented.
Part Rented.
Part Free.
Total.
Acres.
Acres
(sown for
Grain
only).
Estimated
Gross
Produce
(in bushels).
Acres
For
Green
Food or
Hay.
For
Grain.
Estimated
Gross
Produce
of Grain
(in bushels).
Acres
(sown for
Grain
only).
Estimated
Gross
Produce
of Grain
(in bushels).
Acres.
Estimated
Gross
Produce
(in tons).
In Grasses
such as
Hay.
Grass
sown lands
not pre-
viously
ploughed
(including
such as
in Hay).
Acres.
Estimated
Gross
Produce
(in tons).
Acres.
Acres.

AUCKLAND
... 1877 | 3,450 | 546 | 195 | 4,191 | 21,179 | 1,945 | 46,904 | 3,814 | 2,200 | 52,047 | 207 | 5,424 | 9,691 | 11,741 | 185,341 | 159,040 | 3,938 | 20,839 | 3,181 | 359,670
" ... 1876 | ... | ... | ... | 4,002 | 13,891 | 2,334 | 45,626 | 4,690 | 3,505 | 65,599 | 252 | 4,107 | 12,665 | 14,083 | 340,530 | ... | 3,351 | 13,212 | 2,325 | 356,988

TARANAKI
" ... 1877 | 461 | 171 | 113 | 745 | 1,156 | 1,016 | 25,293 | 178 | 711 | 20,754 | 48 | 1,035 | 1,089 | 1,433 | 21,119 | 61,221 | 596 | 2,870 | 268 | 85,159
" ... 1876 | ... | ... | ... | 592 | 1,575 | 821 | 13,487 | 189 | 775 | 21,595 | 19 | 430 | 1,380 | 1,994 | ... | 58,019 | 482 | 2,106 | 267 | 60,575

HAWKE'S BAY
" ... 1877 | 345 | 157 | 79 | 581 | 11,115 | 143 | 4,362 | 494 | 1,527 | 37,723 | 116 | 3,366 | 3,555 | 5,148 | 45,772 | 276,978 | 449 | 2,105 | 432 | 325,913
" ... 1876 | ... | ... | ... | 551 | 5,637 | 126 | 1,617 | 909 | 1,450 | 36,816 | 89 | 2,808 | 4,117 | 6,389 | ... | 264,482 | 495 | 2,217 | 296 | 267,850

WELLINGTON
" ... 1877 | 1,478 | 563 | 198 | 2,239 | 12,538 | 2,201 | 55,678 | 2,040 | 6,839 | 158,602 | 269 | 6,436 | 5,752 | 9,107 | 98,977 | 474,375 | 1,338 | 8,834 | 677 | 586,718
" ... 1876 | ... | ... | ... | 1,800 | 6,567 | 1,426 | 27,386 | 862 | 5,687 | 166,831 | 172 | 4,341 | 5,258 | 8,257 | ... | 423,145 | 1,037 | 6,038 | 471 | 432,802

MARLBOROUGH
" ... 1877 | 287 | 67 | 57 | 411 | 2,326 | 1,484 | 34,535 | 755 | 1,401 | 45,361 | 3,012 | 65,440 | 858 | 1,037 | 17,061 | 19,051 | 350 | 1,557 | 286 | 43,401
" ... 1876 | ... | ... | ... | 409 | 2,039 | 1,084 | 25,716 | 1,683 | 2,192 | 74,603 | 2,137 | 70,624 | 921 | 1,314 | 28,333 | ... | 285 | 1,628 | 390 | 36,106

NELSON
" ... 1877 | 698 | 442 | 216 | 1,356 | 8,844 | 1,606 | 29,090 | 2,413 | 2,117 | 53,907 | 1,927 | 49,102 | 2,799 | 3,442 | 35,112 | 40,057 | 1,063 | 5,124 | 2,241 | 86,538
" ... 1876 | ... | ... | ... | 1,260 | 2,448 | 1,534 | 29,382 | 2,757 | 2,722 | 71,851 | 1,350 | 36,519 | 3,109 | 3,963 | ... | 57,628 | 1,371 | 5,796 | 2,401 | 69,764

WESTLAND
" ... 1877 | 139 | 159 | 4 | 302 | 216 | 10 | 357 | 64 | 150 | 238 | 342 | 2,399 | 2,112 | 245 | 1,402 | 97 | 5,218
" ... 1876 | ... | ... | ... | 289 | 179 | 8 | 348 | 3 | 122 | 255 | 382 | 3,686 | ... | 318 | 1,774 | 112 | 4,470

CANTERBURY
" ... 1877 | 2,760 | 1,235 | 478 | 4,473 | 130,046 | 92,416 | 2,623,112 | 5,322 | 70,032 | 2,031,905 | 16,046 | 486,599 | 17,123 | 20,247 | 316,078 | 91,817 | 3,419 | 19,591 | 58,251 | 653,383
" ... 1876 | ... | ... | ... | 4,175 | 63,823 | 57,499 | 1,770,363 | 5,507 | 72,522 | 2,788,688 | 16,819 | 620,699 | 14,392 | 22,318 | 352,850 | ... | 3,410 | 17,895 | 42,419 | 550,759

OTAGO
" ... 1877 | 2,675 | 1,300 | 477 | 4,452 | 70,532 | 40,799 | 1,235,393 | 17,084 | 65,881 | 2,307,387 | 6,051 | 183,977 | 8,652 | 12,563 | 266,709 | 89,421 | 4,805 | 24,600 | 46,000 | 536,753
" ... 1876 | ... | ... | ... | 4,172 | 50,253 | 25,977 | 950,042 | 13,934 | 79,392 | 3,131,326 | 6,815 | 253,691 | 7,437 | 13,514 | 291,124 | ... | 4,173 | 20,933 | 30,253 | 451,669

TOTALS
18.7 | 12,293 | 4,640 | 1,817 | 18,750 | 257,953 | 141,614 | 4,054,377 | 32,459 | 150,717 | 4,707,836 | 27,679 | 801,379 | 49,760 | 65,060 | 988,570 | 1,214,074 | 16,204 | 86,922 | 111,437 | 2,682,757
" ... 1876 | 7,250 | 146,414 | 90,804 | 2,863,627 | 30,882 | 168,251 | 6,357,431 | 27,655 | 993,219 | 49,537 | 72,214 | 1,819,801 | 14,655 | 71,599 | 78,937 | 2,230,988

INCREASE IN 1877
... | ... | ... | ... | 1,500 | 101,539 | 50,809 | 1,279,913 | 1,576 | ... | 23 | ... | 144,736 | ... | 6,191 | 382,843 | 1,549 | 16,190 | 32,500 | 451,769

DECREASE IN 1877
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17,533 | 1,573,761 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...

Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 3rd May, 1877.

NOTE.—In the above figures an allowance has been made for the damage estimated to have occurred since the statistics were collected in the Districts of Marlborough, Nelson, and Canterbury, amounting to—
Wheat, 89,163 bushels; oats, 75,834 bushels; barley, 47,104 bushels; hay, 963 tons; and potatoes, 867 tons.

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