✨ Agricultural Statistics




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

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.

Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 28th April, 1885.

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

Table Structure:

Counties

Numbers of Holdings over One Acre in Extent

  • Freehold
  • Rented
  • Part Freehold
  • Total Numbers

Extent of Land broken up but not under Crop

  • Acres

In Wheat

  • Acres
  • Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels)

In Oats

  • For Green Food or Hay
  • For Grain
  • Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels)

In Barley

  • Acres
  • Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels)

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 Grass)

In Sown Grasses

  • In Hay
    • Acres
    • Estimated Gross Produce (in tons)
  • In Grasses after having been broken up (including such as in Hay)
    • Acres
  • Grass-sown Lands not previously ploughed (including such as in Hay)
    • Acres

Grass Seed, Produce of

  • Cocksfoot (Bshls.)
  • Rye-grass (Bshls.)

In Garden or Orchard

  • Acres

Counties Listed:

Rangitikei
Oroua
Manawatu
Horowhenua
Buller
Inangahua
Waikouaiti
Taireri
Maniototo
Vincent
Lake
Rodney
Islands near Auckland
Waitemata
Eden
Manukau
Coromandel
Thames
Piako



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1885, No 26





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🌾 Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce

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