✨ Agricultural Statistics
Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce, February, 1888.
Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 17th April, 1888.
E. J. von DADELSZEN, Deputy Registrar-General.
THE results of the collection made in February last are published for general information.
Provincial Districts
- AUCKLAND
- TARANAKI
- HAWKE'S BAY
- WELLINGTON
- MARLBOROUGH
- NELSON
- WESTLAND
- CANTERBURY
- OTAGO
- TOTALS
- INCREASE IN 1888
- DECREASE IN 1888
Table Columns
Numbers of Holdings over One Acre in Extent
- Freehold
- Rented
- Part Freehold, Part Rented
- Total Numbers of Holdings
Extent of Land
- Acres broken up, but not under Crop
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 (including such as in Hay), Acres
- Grass-sown Lands not previously ploughed (including such as in Hay), Acres
Grass Seed, Produce of
- Cocks-foot, Bshls.
- Rye-grass, Bshls.
Quantity of Last Year's Crop remaining on hand when Form was filled up
- Wheat (bushels)
- Oats (bushels)
- Barley (bushels)
NOTE.—In the returns of Agricultural Statistics as above summarised, gardens (8,608 acres), orchards (16,329 acres), plantations of forest-trees, holdings of one acre or less in extent, and holdings occupied by aboriginal natives, are not included.
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🌾 Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources17 April 1888
Agricultural Statistics, Land Cultivation, Crop Production, Provincial Districts
- E. J. von Dadelsszen, Deputy Registrar-General