✨ Agricultural Statistics




Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce, February, 1885.

Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 7th April, 1885.
Wm. R. E. BROWN, Registrar-General.

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.

Counties:

  • Cook
  • Hutt
  • Kaikoura
  • Waimea
  • Collingwood
  • Amuri
  • Cheviot
  • Grey
  • Westland
  • Bruce
  • Clutha
  • Tuapeka

Column Headings:

  • Numbers of Holdings over One Acre in Extent (Freehold, Rented, Part Freehold/part Rented, Total Numbers)
  • Extent of Land under Crop, not under Grass (Acres)
  • In Wheat (Acres, Estimated Gross Produce in bushels)
  • In Oats (For Green Food or Hay, For Grain, Estimated Gross Produce)
  • In Barley (Acres, Estimated Gross Produce)
  • In Potatoes (Acres, Estimated Gross Produce in tons)
  • In Turnips or Rape (Acres)
  • In Other Crops (Acres)
  • Total Number of Acres under Crop, exclusive of Land under Grasses
  • In Sown Grasses (In Hay, In Grasses after breaking, Grass-grown Lands)
  • Grass Seed Produce (Cocksfoot, Rye-grass in bushels)
  • In Garden or Orchard (Acres)
  • 910 acres hops.
    † 123 acres hops.


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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1885, No 21





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🌾 Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
7 April 1885
Agricultural Statistics, Land Cultivation, Crop Production, Counties
  • Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General