Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce, February, 1884.

Registrar-General’s Office, Wellington, 20th May, 1884.

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

E. J. von DADELSZEN, Deputy Registrar-General.

| Counties. | Numbers of Holdings over One 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. | | |
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| | Freehold. | Rented. | Part Freehold, part Rented. | Total Numbers of Holdings. | Acres. | Acres. | Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). | For Green Food or Hay. | For Grain. | Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). | Acres. | Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). | Acres. | Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). | Acres. | Acres. | | 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. | | | |
| Raglan | .. | 102 | 6 | 5 | 113 | 491 | 31 | 692 | 189 | 52 | 1,660 | 5 | 180 | 99 | 531 | 177 | 92 | 645 | 151 | 238 | 7,695 | 10,640 | .. | .. | .. |
| Kawhia | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 51 | 1,020 | .. | 23 | 660 | .. | .. | 26 | 100 | .. | 14 | 114 | 4 | 3 | 170 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Wairoa | .. | 39 | 44 | 39 | 122 | 6,235 | 19 | 830 | 48 | 32 | 893 | 4 | 62 | 41 | 182 | 669 | 71 | 884 | 452 | 511 | 6,749 | 62,008 | 50 | 170 | .. |
| Waipawa | .. | 543 | 77 | 41 | 661 | 3,819 | 519 | 10,893 | 284 | 1,746 | 41,560 | 103 | 2,391 | 402 | 926 | 1,227 | 278 | 4,559 | 1,891 | 3,293 | 65,022 | 291,845 | .. | 1,650 | .. |
| Hawke’s Bay | .. | 229 | 196 | 71 | 496 | 6,874 | 736 | 20,607 | 787 | 962 | 30,235 | 528 | 23,173 | 505 | 3,373 | 1,670 | 448 | 5,636 | 6,809 | 11,117 | 54,511 | 298,771 | 20 | 560 | 14 |
| Wairarapa West | | 350 | 154 | 72 | 576 | 1,103 | 928 | 21,930 | 198 | 1,547 | 39,367 | 40 | 775 | 130 | 740 | 3,593 | 95 | 6,531 | 1,335 | 1,814 | 19,749 | 175,610 | 85 | 632 | .. |
| Wairarapa East | | 352 | 73 | 50 | 475 | 1,711 | 1,442 | 34,165 | 401 | 1,088 | 37,048 | 98 | 3,185 | 114 | 651 | 1,469 | 35 | 4,647 | 1,003 | 1,492 | 14,130 | 192,856 | .. | .. | .. |
| Bruce | .. | 366 | 94 | 60 | 520 | 6,058 | 7,716 | 209,002 | 1,575 | 12,844 | 461,202 | 499 | 16,308 | 366 | 1,861 | 13,209 | 72 | 36,281 | 1,148 | 1,683 | 60,386 | 5,290 | 222 | 24,742 | 30 |
| Clutha | .. | 345 | 45 | 27 | 417 | 5,010 | 3,664 | 100,792 | 1,672 | 19,178 | 729,611 | 138 | 4,805 | 262 | 1,212 | 18,913 | 55 | 43,882 | 799 | 1,362 | 63,258 | 2,469 | 48 | 3,947 | .. |
| Tuapeka | .. | 371 | 87 | 63 | 521 | 5,243 | 5,590 | 169,993 | 3,124 | 12,218 | 555,415 | 199 | 5,243 | 398 | 1,670 | 15,975 | 118 | 37,622 | 753 | 1,054 | 30,768 | 8,044 | 112 | 25,395 | .. |
| Waikouaiti | .. | 309 | 118 | 76 | 503 | 1,187 | 1,828 | 46,659 | 1,176 | 1,912 | 67,317 | 85 | 2,260 | 260 | 1,210 | 1,244 | 34 | 6,539 | 643 | 1,175 | 11,596 | 27,919 | .. | .. | .. |
| Peninsula | .. | 138 | 77 | 27 | 242 | 201 | 6 | 248 | 441 | 192 | 8,219 | .. | .. | 61 | 365 | 264 | 49 | 1,013 | 321 | 733 | 1,400 | 8,966 | .. | .. | .. |
| Taieri | .. | 444 | 204 | 88 | 736 | 3,651 | 6,009 | 214,120 | 5,012 | 7,650 | 286,732 | 83 | 2,181 | 519 | 3,534 | 6,597 | 125 | 25,995 | 635 | 1,182 | 44,649 | 21,245 | 2,075 | 12,787 | .. |
| Southland | .. | 1,466 | 253 | 142 | 1,861 | 24,214 | 28,068 | 764,066 | 15,678 | 41,456 | 1,711,468 | 1,157 | 36,824 | 1,143 | 5,198 | 56,880 | 506 | 144,888 | 3,720 | 4,829 | 185,829 | 16,218 | 1,671 | 23,918 | 240 |

[227] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 498