New Zealand Gazette – 1892 – No. 41

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce, February, 1892.

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. Extent of Land broken up, but not under Crop. In Wheat. In Oats. In Barley. In Potatoes. In Turnips or Rape. In Other Crops. Total Number of Acres under Crop, exclusive of Land under Grasses. In Sown Grasses. Quantity of Last Year's Crop remaining on hand when Form was filled up
Freehold. Rented. Part Freehold, part Rented. Total Number of Holdings. Acres. Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). For Green Food or Hay. For Grain. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres.
AUCKLAND 1892 7,117 2,035 690 9,842 18,406 6,459 169,409 16,780 6,633 195,142
1891 6,446 1,530 632 8,608 34,662 6,852 140,785 13,969 11,159 285,309
Taranaki 1892 1,594 713 328 2,635 1,508 2,386 68,820 1,478 2,534 103,467
1891 1,490 715 299 2,504 1,221 1,984 48,611 1,354 4,269 118,204
Hawke's Bay 1892 1,187 494 301 1,982 11,834 1,274 32,191 3,151 6,189 169,365
1891 1,110 506 297 1,913 27,959 1,311 27,305 3,800 5,999 112,090
Wellington 1892 4,187 1,570 577 6,334 3,822 12,039 331,847 4,579 14,364 480,310
1891 3,715 1,531 562 5,808 4,381 10,318 248,207 4,031 17,728 547,486
Marlborough 1892 469 190 152 811 4,368 7,179 170,212 3,116 2,900 102,065
1891 490 207 155 852 4,094 5,417 122,633 3,012 4,877 153,346
Nelson 1892 1,474 322 282 2,078 1,303 8,891 202,456 7,283 4,247 104,883
1891 1,374 346 302 2,022 4,246 6,382 107,281 7,784 4,811 120,162
Westland 1892 207 85 49 341 405 .. 389 6 180 ..
1891 196 100 30 326 890 3 30 366 7 40
Canterbury 1892 4,746 2,170 1,035 7,951 51,653 279,150 6,952,319 37,080 117696 3,443,283
1891 4,539 2,003 1,021 7,563 58,875 212,097 3,793,329 50,697 113048 2,345,220
Otago 1892 5,870 2,267 1,113 9,250 47,155 84,895 2,330,484 44,628 168939 6,410,325
1891 5,863 2,044 1,080 8,487 74,181 57,096 1,240,429 49,681 184326 6,265,179
TOTALS 1892 26,851 9,846 4,527 41,224 140,454 402,273 10,257,738 118484 323508 11,009,020
1891 24,723 8,982 4,378 38,083 210,509 301,460 5,723,610 134694 846224 9,947,036
INCREASE IN 1892 .. 2,128 864 149 3,141 .. 100,813 4,534,128 .. 1,061,984 ..
DECREASE IN 1892 .. .. .. .. .. 70,055 .. 16,210 22,716 .. 8,472
  • 19,408 for green food, 99,076 for hay.

† Including—5,447 acres in maize, produce 238,746 bushels; 4,730 acres in rye and here, produce 91,271 bushels; 6,254 acres in peas, produce 147,881 bushels; 3,298 acres in beans, produce 98,529 bushels; 639 acres in hops, produce 6,810cwt.; 6 acres in tobacco, produce 1,482lb. dried leaf; 5,377 acres in mangold, beet, carrots, parsnips, and onions; 1,679 acres in maize, cut for green food; and 3,307 acres in 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 1892 show a total extent of land in garden of 9,608 acres, in orchard of 19,627 acres, and in plantations of forest-trees of 38,723 acres.

In addition to the agricultural statistics, the following information as to the number of cattle and breeding cows was also obtained: Provincial Districts—Auckland, 196,445 head of cattle (of which 70,060 were breeding cows); Taranaki, 109,966 head of cattle (44,201 breeding cows); Hawke's Bay, 50,318 head of cattle (18,437 breeding cows); Wellington, 151,131 head of cattle (54,658 breeding cows); Marlborough, 7,800 head of cattle (2,859 breeding cows); Nelson, 30,890 head of cattle (10,639 breeding cows); Westland, 6,899 head of cattle (2,251 breeding cows); Canterbury, 64,924 head of cattle (29,970 breeding cows); Otago, 128,160 head of cattle (54,628 breeding cows). Total, 746,533 head of cattle (of which 287,703 were breeding cows).

The returns also show that, at the time of the collection, there were 218 silos or ensilage stacks in the colony.



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