✨ Agricultural Statistics
Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce, April, 1891.
Register-General's Office, Wellington, 17th June, 1891.
Wm. R. E. BROWN, Registrar-General.
THE results of the collection made in February last, arranged according to provincial districts and counties, are published for general information.
TABLE I.—HOLDINGS, ACREAGE, AND PRODUCE—COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS YEAR.
Provincial Districts
Numbers of Holdings over One Acre in Extent:
- Freehold
- Rented
- Part Freehold, Part Rented
- 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 (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 Grasses
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.)
Quantity of Last Year's Crop remaining on hand when Form was filled up:
- Wheat (bushels)
- Oats (bushels)
- Barley (bushels)
*Including 5,759 acres in maize, produce 298,864 bushels.
4,041 " rye and bere " 37,976 "
8,772 " peas " 185,404 "
4,333 " beans " 107,612 "
577 " hops " 7,298 cwt.
16 acres in tobacco, produce 5,675 lb. dried leaf.
4,358 " mangold, beet, carrots, parsnips, and onions.
1,817 " maize, cut for green food.
6,102 " other crops.
NOTE.—In the returns of Agricultural Statistics as above summarised, gardens, orchards, plantations of forest-trees, holdings of one acre or less in extent, and holdings occupied by aboriginal natives, are not included, but the returns for 1891 show a total extent of land in garden of 9,810 acres, in orchard of 17,047 acres, and in plantations of forest-trees of 35,310 acres.
The area under wheat in March, 1891, was less by 34,401 acres than in 1890; but the area under oats was greater by 2,546 acres, with, however, this difference, that the area under oats for grain was less than in 1890 by 79,847 acres, while the area under oats for green crops and hay was greater by 82,393 acres. The decrease of land under grain crops, and the increase under turnips and green crops (the area under turnips and rape was greater in 1891 by 49,281 acres, and that under grass land that had been ploughed by 222,631 acres), indicate the substitution, to some extent, of pastoral farming for grain-cultivation.
There is a large decrease in the number of holdings in Otago and Canterbury, but a considerable increase in the number in Wellington and Hawke's Bay.
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NZ Gazette 1891, No 46
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🌾 Primary Industries & Resources17 June 1891
Agriculture, Land, Crop, Statistics, Holdings, Wheat, Oats, Barley, Potatoes, Turnips, Rape, Grasses, Garden, Orchard
- Wm. R. E. Brown, Registrar-General