New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 39

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✨ Agricultural Statistics Table



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Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce, February, 1879.

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

Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 8th April, 1879.
WM. R. E. BROWN, Registrar-General.

| COUNTIES. | NUMBERS OF HOLDINGS OVRE 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. |
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| | Freehold. | Rented. | Part Freehold, Part Rented. | Total Numbers of Holdings. | Acres. | Acres. | Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). | Acres. For Green Food or Hay. | Acres. For Grain. | Estimated Gross Produce of Grain (in bushels). | Acres. | Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). | Acres. | Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). | Acres. | | Acres. | Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). | Acres (including in Hay). | Grass-sown lands not previously ploughed (including such as in Hay). | Wheat (bushels). | Oats (bushels). | Barley (bushels). |
| CHEVIOT | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 4 | 500 | 64 | 1,925 | 25 | 161 | 3,330 | ... | ... | 7 | 30 | 400 | 657 | 15 | 40 | 6,150 | 6,015 | ... | ... | ... |
| AMURI | 18 | 9 | 14 | 41 | 1,591 | 107 | 2,780 | 478 | 379 | 12,710 | 23 | 575 | 34 | 137 | 1,218 | 2,239 | 198 | 93 | 9,811 | 7,483 | ... | ... | ... |
| ASHLEY | 553 | 179 | 162 | 894 | 7,993 | 13,581 | 301,628 | 1,333 | 17,069 | 363,870 | 1,933 | 40,845 | 933 | 4,719 | 8,096 | 42,945 | 2,666 | 2,158 | 77,739 | 12,048 | 5,043 | 1,080 | 130 |
| AKAROA | 253 | 78 | 49 | 380 | 188 | 641 | 18,204 | 119 | 451 | 12,165 | 173 | 5,165 | 62 | 327 | 379 | 1,825 | 361 | 475 | 17,370 | 53,427 | ... | 12 | ... |
| SELWYN | 1,177 | 495 | 170 | 1,842 | 19,344 | 40,897 | 780,368 | 6,989 | 31,934 | 598,327 | 5,542 | 112,707 | 2,630 | 16,899 | 16,320 | 104,312 | 4,926 | 4,523 | 143,953 | 15,472 | 3,062 | 2,581 | 20 |
| ASHBURTON | 326 | 119 | 59 | 504 | 46,412 | 64,880 | 1,139,025 | 4,800 | 23,470 | 515,204 | 5,980 | 122,788 | 261 | 1,244 | 40,834 | 140,225 | 1,313 | 925 | 96,168 | 11,679 | 4,583 | 3,385 | 420 |
| GERALDINE | 498 | 189 | 102 | 789 | 25,530 | 34,742 | 813,575 | 1,638 | 31,400 | 854,158 | 2,653 | 61,929 | 467 | 2,126 | 18,067 | 88,967 | 1,777 | 1,722 | 92,552 | 19,737 | 14,788 | 10,960 | 404 |
| WAIMATE | 189 | 64 | 21 | 274 | 21,016 | 19,154 | 569,020 | 309 | 24,060 | 893,738 | 781 | 27,575 | 261 | 1,452 | 13,465 | 58,030 | 706 | 1,061 | 51,943 | 2,991 | 15,036 | 10,340 | 1,220 |
| TOTALS | ... | 3,016 | 1,133 | 579 | 4,728 | 122,574 | 174,066 | 3,626,525 | 15,691 | 128,924 | 3,253,502 | 17,085 | 371,584 | 4,655 | 26,934 | 98,779 | 439,200 | 11,962 | 10,997 | 495,686 | 128,852 | 42,512 | 28,358 | 2,194 |



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🌾 Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce for February, 1879 (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
8 April 1879
Agriculture, Statistics, Land cultivation, Crops, Counties, Cheviot, Amuri, Ashley, Akaroa, February 1879
  • WM. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General