✨ Agricultural Statistics




Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce, February, 1887.

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. The figures are subject to revision.

Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 4th April, 1887.
Wm. R. E. BROWN, Registrar-General.

Table Columns:

Counties

Numbers of Holdings over One Acre in Extent:

  • Freehold
  • Rented
  • Part Freehold, Part Rented
  • Total Number of Holdings

Extent of Land 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 being broken up (Acres)
  • Grass-sown Lands not previously ploughed (Acres)

Grass Seed, Produce of:

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

In Garden:

  • Acres

In Orchard:

  • Acres

Counties Listed:

  • Tauranga
  • Motiti Island
  • Rotorua
  • Whakatane
  • East Taupo
  • West Taupo
  • Waitotara
  • Wanganui
  • Rangitikei
  • Oroua
  • Manawatu
  • Horowhenua
  • Marlborough
  • Grey
  • Westland


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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1887, No 26





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🌾 Agricultural Produce and Land in Cultivation

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
4 April 1887
Agriculture, Land Cultivation, Crop Production, Counties, Holdings, Wheat, Oats, Barley, Potatoes, Turnips, Grass, Garden, Orchard
  • Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General