New Zealand Gazette – 1878 – No. 35

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce, February, 1878.

Registrar-General’s Office, Wellington, 23rd April, 1878.

THE results of the collection made in February last for the under-mentioned Counties (as returned by the Superintendent Collectors) are published for general information.

Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General.

COUNTIES. NUMBERS OF HOLDINGS OF OVER 1 ACRE IN EXTENT. Extent of Land broken up, but not under Crop. In Wheat. In Oats. In Barley. In Potatoes. In Other Crops. Total Number of Acres under Crop, exclusive of Land under Grasses. In Sown Grasses. QUANTITY OF LAST YEAR’S CROP REMAINING ON HAND WHEN FORM WAS FILLED UP.
Freehold. Rented. Part Freehold. Part Rented. Total Numbers of Holdings. Acres. Acres (sown for Grain only). Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). For Green Food or Hay. For Grain. Estimated Gross Produce of Grain (in bushels). Acres (sown for Grain only). Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). Acres. In Hay. In Grasses after having been broken up (including such as in Hay). Grass-sown Lands not previously ploughed (including such as in Hay). Wheat (bushels). Oats (bushels). Barley (bushels).
Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). Acres. Acres.
WAITAKI ... 236 160 61 457 14,948 83,503 1,014,186 449 17,066 678,445 1,146 40,818 750 4,751 4,327 57,241 1,029 1,635 84,816 1,533 14,658 | 9,322 | 4,634
WAIKOUAITI ... 376 126 47 549 2,648 6,186 195,641 508 6,512 203,738 134 3,634 409 2,334 890 14,639 511 567 21,595 19,767 2,488 | 2,476 | ...
VINCENT ... 27 83 20 130 660 470 10,874 329 2,559 73,419 129 3,087 183 563 37 3,707 251 626 1,315 595 ... | 870 | 100
MANIOTOTO ... 17 90 9 116 1,154 134 4,468 481 2,202 55,295 18 505 143 497 425 3,403 186 86 1,472 317 36 | 956 | ...
LAKE ... 50 71 38 159 2,028 2,947 111,549 299 2,188 86,580 140 5,630 186 727 284 6,044 274 456 3,764 5,440 20 | 350 | 100
TAIERI ... 387 212 46 645 3,548 6,953 274,950 1,996 7,800 281,672 182 6,305 610 3,706 2,486 20,027 896 1,288 27,095 11,211 2,636 | 1,576 | 460
PENINSULA ... 162 56 14 232 102 73 3,105 203 284 11,346 12 541 111 687 244 927 236 453 2,916 4,757 ... | ... | ...
TUAPEKA ... 141 133 104 378 3,981 3,107 110,192 428 5,823 227,908 168 5,085 447 2,160 4,191 14,164 1,544 526 8,462 3,928 160 | 2,770 | 30
BRUCE ... 332 62 54 448 10,883 8,489 265,126 374 10,940 389,933 352 13,856 360 1,753 5,728 26,243 883 1,192 27,166 9,774 2,792 | 3,867 | 300
CLUTHA ... 295 99 29 423 6,247 5,412 177,633 833 9,432 324,437 109 2,900 299 1,692 8,469 24,554 1,165 1,887 32,470 15,317 87 | 7,615 | ...
SOUTHLAND ... 611 241 85 937 17,895 8,939 297,680 4,529 17,794 636,348 335 11,424 683 3,624 26,922 59,202 1,506 2,363 62,638 7,240 267 | 3,523 | 328
WALLACE ... 138 55 47 240 3,336 414 10,074 2,306 5,318 164,895 302 10,910 172 628 10,764 19,276 1,002 1,476 18,591 9,847 320 | 2,854 | 96
FJORD ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... | ... | ...
STEWART’S ISLAND ... 6 ... ... 6 ... 1 20 2 6 228 ... ... 7 30 1 17 ... ... 4 ... ... | ... | ...
TOTALS ... 2,778 1,388 554 4,720 67,430 76,628 2,475,498 12,737 87,924 3,134,244 3,027 104,695 4,360 23,152 64,768 249,444 9,483 12,555 292,304 89,726 23,464 | 36,179 | 6,048

The estimated cereal crops in the District of Otago in 1877 were as follows:—Wheat, 1,235,393 bushels; oats, 2,307,388 bushels; barley, 183,977 bushels.



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🌾 Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
23 April 1878
Agriculture, Land, Crops, Counties, Statistics
  • Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General