✨ Agricultural Statistics




Account of Land in Cultivation, and Agricultural Produce, February, 1894.

Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 4th April, 1894. The figures are subject to revision. E. J. von DADELSZEN, Registrar-General.

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

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 (Acres)
    • For 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 in crops, not previously broken up (Acres)
    • Grass-sown Lands not previously broken up (Acres)
  • Grass Seed, Produce of:

    • Cocks-foot (Bshls.)
    • Rye-grass (Bshls.)
  • In Garden (Acres)

  • In Orchard (Acres)

  • Grain crops affected by (1) flood of December last, (2) prevalence of small birds. No trace of Hessian fly. Fruit crop seriously injured by codlin-moth.

  • Chiefly cut for green food.

  • No damage done by Hessian fly, caterpillars, or other pests.



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1894, No 27





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🌾 Agricultural Produce and Land in Cultivation

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
4 April 1894
Agriculture, Statistics, Holdings, Crops, Production, Counties
  • E. J. von Dadelssen, Registrar-General