New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 34

Page 877

✨ Livestock Statistics



APRIL 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 877

HORSES, ETC.
SUMMARY OF TOTALS.

Provincial District Entires. Geldings. Mares over Two Years Old. Mares with Foal at Foot or to foal this Season. Colts or Fillies under Two Years Old. Total.
AUCKLAND 761 28,311 18,572 5,737 8,106 61,487
HAWKE'S BAY 232 8,051 5,625 1,232 1,733 16,873
TARANAKI 137 8,223 5,940 1,349 2,263 17,912
WELLINGTON 410 18,799 14,087 2,694 3,965 39,955
MARLBOROUGH 64 2,099 1,703 322 387 4,575
NELSON 77 3,752 3,053 638 810 8,330
WESTLAND 21 994 628 166 187 1,996
CANTERBURY 415 21,276 17,564 2,530 2,791 44,576
OTAGO 389 23,291 19,921 3,394 6,138 53,133
TOTALS 1896-97 2,506 114,796 87,093 18,062 26,380 248,837
TOTALS 1895-96 3,285 105,689 84,491 16,699 27,590 237,754
INCREASE ... 9,107 2,602 1,363 ... 11,083
DECREASE 779 ... ... ... 1,210 ...

CATTLE.
SUMMARY OF TOTALS.

Provincial District Bulls. Steers over Two Years Old. Cows or Heifers (calved or to calve) for Dairy purposes only. Cows or Heifers (calved or to calve) kept solely for Breeding. Heifers over Two Years Old intended for Dairying. Heifers intended for Breeding only. Cows or Heifers intended for Fattening. Steers or Heifers under Two Years not otherwise enumerated. Total.
AUCKLAND 4,424 58,509 60,145 27,968 9,498 8,612 15,154 102,095 286,435
HAWKE'S BAY 1,132 19,166 11,135 15,888 1,488 6,133 1,944 27,414 84,300
TARANAKI 2,721 31,718 62,585 9,326 4,799 1,656 7,495 81,218 201,518
WELLINGTON 3,203 41,144 50,816 28,998 4,783 7,951 8,398 78,441 223,734
MARLBOROUGH 261 1,143 3,994 427 369 141 479 4,665 11,479
NELSON 618 5,360 10,629 1,446 1,531 644 2,446 14,560 37,234
WESTLAND 234 2,719 3,837 899 744 229 776 4,295 13,733
CANTERBURY 1,419 12,107 36,803 1,875 2,213 1,122 5,031 35,354 95,924
OTAGO 3,271 22,610 61,275 10,389 6,272 3,611 7,286 69,996 184,710
TOTALS 1896-97 17,283 194,476 301,219 97,216 31,697 30,099 49,039 418,038 1,139,067
TOTALS 1895-96 18,117 158,898 276,217 98,275 33,339 31,307 42,556 387,182 1,015,891
INCREASE ... 35,578 25,002 ... ... ... 6,483 30,856 93,176
DECREASE 834 ... ... 1,059 1,642 1,208 ... ... ...

SWINE.
SUMMARY OF TOTALS.

Provincial District Boars for Stud purposes. Barrows or Sows over One Year Old for Fattening. Sows kept solely for Breeding. Barrows or Sows under One Year Old. Total.
AUCKLAND 1,458 12,733 7,948 37,789 59,928
HAWKE'S BAY 261 1,907 1,133 6,226 9,527
TARANAKI 386 2,491 2,256 12,539 17,672
WELLINGTON 761 3,959 4,434 23,132 32,286
MARLBOROUGH 90 562 456 2,591 3,699
NELSON 264 1,161 1,215 8,087 10,727
WESTLAND 59 331 239 1,304 1,933
CANTERBURY 664 3,976 4,696 36,678 46,014
OTAGO 577 4,645 2,955 19,871 28,048
TOTALS 1896-97 4,520 31,765 25,332 148,217 209,834
TOTALS 1895-96 5,729 39,699 30,485 173,865 249,778
INCREASE ... ... ... ... ...
DECREASE 1,209 7,934 5,153 25,648 39,944

The Statistics having been collected in November this year, instead of in January as last, may account for the apparent decrease in pigs. The months of November, December, and January being the principal breeding months.

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.



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  • John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington