✨ Agricultural Statistics
Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce, February, 1879 and 1880.
Registrar-General’s Office, Wellington, 14th April, 1880.
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, with the results of the previous collection (1879) for comparative purposes.
Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General.
| COUNTIES. | NUMBERS OF HOLDINGS 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. | Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). | Acres. | Estimated Gross Produce of Grain (in bushels). | Acres. | |
| For Green Food or Hay. | For Grain. | |||||||||
| MONGONUI { 1879 | 97 | 37 | 12 | 146 | 198 | 32 | 399 | 24 | 8 | 125 |
| { 1880 | 93 | 25 | 12 | 130 | 110 | 12 | 125 | 33 | 10 | |
| BAY OF { 1879 | 84 | 9 | 13 | 106 | 43 | 16 | 376 | 66 | 18 | 456 |
| ISLANDS { 1880 | 118 | 24 | 11 | 153 | 59 | 17 | 425 | 102 | 36 | 450 |
| HOKIANGA { 1879 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 14 | ... | ... | ... |
| { 1880 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| WHANGAREI { 1879 | 403 | 13 | 8 | 424 | 963 | 143 | 1,768 | 179 | 168 | 2,434 |
| { 1880 | 415 | 17 | 8 | 440 | 1,095 | 76 | 1,115 | 297 | 171 | |
| HOBSON { 1879 | 140 | 14 | 9 | 163 | 78 | 43 | 644 | 68 | 34 | 484 |
| { 1880 | 182 | 5 | 8 | 195 | 319 | 21 | 285 | 96 | 45 | |
| RODNEY { 1879 | 473 | 26 | 11 | 510 | 879 | 39 | 804 | 254 | 102 | 2,051 |
| { 1880 | 484 | 20 | 9 | 513 | 1,891 | 26 | 490 | 236 | 167 | |
| WAITEMATA { 1879 | 320 | 35 | 15 | 370 | 1,585 | 22 | 460 | 445 | 112 | 2,539 |
| { 1880 | 300 | 48 | 13 | 361 | 2,045 | 3 | 75 | 431 | 94 | |
| EDEN { 1879 | 381 | 149 | 58 | 588 | 830 | 227 | 6,287 | 495 | 41 | 1,060 |
| { 1880 | 655 | 197 | 83 | 935 | 2,534 | 398 | 10,604 | 769 | 6 | |
| MANUKAU { 1879 | 1,151 | 107 | 41 | 1,299 | 10,932 | 3,596 | 95,917 | 1,296 | 1,727 | 42,349 |
| { 1880 | 1,227 | 102 | 61 | 1,390 | 11,677 | 3,486 | 70,541 | 2,505 | 1,832 | |
| COROMAN- { 1879 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 81 | 2 | 54 | 45 | 21 | 280 |
| DEL { 1880 | 34 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 103 | 1 | 20 | 131 | 19 | 370 |
| THAMES { 1879 | 60 | 61 | 14 | 135 | 457 | 29 | 363 | 161 | 7 | 128 |
| { 1880 | 131 | 79 | 8 | 218 | 12,116 | ... | ... | 103 | 14 | |
| PIAKO { 1879 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 9,379 | 558 | 11,280 | 595 | 43 | 880 |
| { 1880 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 3,409 | 1,612 | 25,290 | 874 | 10 | |
| WAIPA { 1879 | 288 | 19 | 15 | 322 | 3,325 | 365 | 8,097 | 408 | 445 | 12,114 |
| { 1880 | 307 | 34 | 26 | 367 | 3,920 | 488 | 17,024 | 784 | 709 | |
| WAIKATO { 1879 | 170 | 35 | 19 | 224 | 1,117 | 468 | 8,149 | 2,810 | 673 | 21,402 |
| { 1880 | 147 | 31 | 15 | 193 | 1,212 | 351 | 6,085 | 489 | 806 | |
| RAGLAN { 1879 | 60 | 6 | 9 | 75 | 769 | 36 | 486 | 177 | 78 | 2,036 |
| { 1880 | 79 | 17 | 10 | 106 | 914 | 53 | 986 | 146 | 180 | |
| KAWHIA { 1879 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| { 1880 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 10 | 150 | ... | 25 |
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🌾 Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources14 April 1880
Agriculture, Land cultivation, Crop statistics, Counties, Wheat, Oats, Barley, Potatoes, Grasses, 1879, 1880
- Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General
NZ Gazette 1880, No 36