New Zealand Gazette – 1894 – No. 41

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce, 1894 and 1893.

THE results of the collection made in February and March last, arranged according to provincial districts and counties, are published for general information.

Registrar-General’s Office, Wellington, 30th May, 1894.
E. J. von DADELSZEN, Registrar-General.

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 Number of Holdings

  • Extent of Land broken up, but not under Crop (Acres)

  • In Wheat

    • Acres
    • Estimated Gross Produce (bushels)

  • In Oats

    • For Green Food or Hay (Acres)
    • For Grain (Acres)
    • Estimated Gross Produce (bushels)

  • In Barley

    • Acres
    • Estimated Gross Produce (bushels)

  • In Potatoes

    • Acres
    • Estimated Gross Produce (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 (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 in Bushels

    • Cocks-foot
    • Rye-grass

  • Quantity of Last Year’s Crop remaining on hand when Form was filled up

    • Wheat (bushels)
    • Oats (bushels)
    • Barley (bushels)

  • Returns for certain holdings in the Wellington Provincial District for 1894 appear to be wanting. Inquiries are being made, but it is considered undesirable to hold back any longer the general results of the collection. The figures as to numbers of holdings and extent of land in sown grasses in the Wellington Provincial District must not, therefore, be accepted as absolutely correct.



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🌾 Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
30 May 1894
Agriculture, Land, Holdings, Acreage, Crops, Produce, Statistics, Provincial Districts, Counties
  • E. J. von Dadelson, Registrar-General