✨ Agricultural Statistics




Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce, March, 1886.

THE results of the collection made in March last for the under-mentioned counties (as returned by the Superintendent Collectors) are published for general information. The figures are subject to revision.

Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 28th April, 1886.
Wm. R. E. BROWN, Registrar-General.

Table Headers:

  • Counties
  • Numbers of Holdings over One Acre in Extent:
    • Freehold
    • Rented
    • Part Freehold, Part Rented
    • Total Numbers of Holdings
  • 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 (Acres)
    • For Grain (Acres)
    • 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 (in-cluding such as in Hay):
      • Acres
    • Grass-sown Lands not previously ploughed (in-cluding such as in Hay):
      • Acres
  • Grass Seed, Produce of:
    • Cocks-foot (Bshls.)
    • Rye-grass (Bshls.)
  • In Garden (Acres)
  • In Orchard (Acres)

Counties Listed:

  • Waitaki
  • Waihemo
  • Taranaki
  • Clifton
  • Mackenzie
  • Geraldine
  • Waimata
  • Southland
  • Wallace
  • Stewart Island


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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1886, No 25





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🌾 Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
28 April 1886
Agriculture, Land Cultivation, Crop Production, Counties, Statistics, Wellington, March 1886
  • Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General