New Zealand Gazette – 1882 – No. 60

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce, February, 1882.

Registrar-General’s Office, Wellington, 22nd June, 1882.

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

THE results of the collection made in February last, arranged according to provincial districts, are published for general information.

PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS. 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 TURNIPS OR RAPE. 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. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels).
For Green Food or Hay. For Grain.
AUCKLAND { 1882 4,704 937 423 6,064 26,973 8,100 213,842 7,589 3,268 88,319 427
{ 1881 4,565 845 390 5,800 35,114 5,127 130,520 8,124 2,353 55,755 348
TARANAKI { 1882 943 249 139 1,331 1,351 2,960 76,771 375 1,975 60,019 94
{ 1881 722 261 139 1,122 2,294 2,103 48,068 467 1,230 36,495 168
HAWKE’S BAY { 1882 683 267 132 1,082 10,484 1,608 44,503 957 3,947 88,582 296
{ 1881 647 210 112 969 14,530 2,008 43,297 997 2,911 60,409 517
WELLINGTON { 1882 2,142 913 334 3,389 5,027 12,013 278,884 2,369 8,902 259,150 640
{ 1881 1,868 774 278 2,920 15,385 11,550 239,193 1,974 7,365 174,056 731
MARLBOROUGH { 1882 424 127 96 647 10,401 3,789 88,780 1,408 2,080 58,918 2,669
{ 1881 396 81 65 542 4,482 3,224 68,975 1,546 1,999 54,977 4,064
NELSON { 1882 866 442 297 1,605 4,551 3,207 55,394 4,137 2,105 47,028 3,009
{ 1881 776 501 263 1,540 3,948 2,246 41,298 3,432 2,009 46,953 3,798
WESTLAND { 1882 229 69 21 319 82 2 32 411 10 233 2
{ 1881 150 87 20 257 1,308 5 ... 465 1 30 5
CANTERBURY { 1882 3,649 1,451 706 5,806 100,662 237,015 5,047,883 19,633 102,370 2,540,591 17,728
{ 1881 3,355 1,347 677 5,379 130,208 208,561 4,915,298 15,331 89,280 2,406,476 28,640
OTAGO { 1882 4,092 1,377 586 6,055 89,021 97,021 2,491,801 24,552 118,730 3,782,008 4,943
{ 1881 3,447 1,514 657 5,618 86,203 90,125 2,661,148 18,851 107,882 4,056,810 8,607
TOTALS { 1882 17,732 5,832 2,734 26,298 248,552 365,715 8,297,890 61,431 243,387 6,924,848 29,808
{ 1881 15,926 5,620 2,601 24,147 293,472 324,949 8,147,797 51,187 215,030 6,891,961 46,878
INCREASE IN 1882 ... 1,806 212 133 2,151 ... 40,766 150,093 10,244 28,357 32,887 ...
DECREASE IN 1882 ... ... ... ... ... 44,920 ... ... ... ... ... 17,070


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🌾 Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
22 June 1882
Agricultural statistics, Land cultivation, Crop production, Provincial districts, 1882
  • Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General