New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 6

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✨ Post Office Updates and Agricultural Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

Offices opened and closed; Designation corrected.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 18th January, 1898.

THE following particulars of offices opened and closed, and of a designation corrected, are published for general information.
W. C. WALKER,
For Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

Name. District. Date.
POST-OFFICES OPENED.
Auroa Wanganui 15 November, 1897.
Cricklewood Timaru 1 December, "
Henley West Dunedin 6 December, "
Maratoto Thames 6 December, "
Maryville (reopened) New Plymouth 20 September, "
Punihu Stream Wanganui 14 December, "
Rapaki Christchurch 1 January, 1898.
Three Springs Timaru 1 November, 1897.
Totaratahi Oamaru 7 December, "
Wylie’s Crossing Dunedin 6 December, "
POST-OFFICES CLOSED.
Okiwi Bay Nelson 10 December, 1897.
Omoho Auckland 15 December, "
Owharoa Thames 15 December, "
MONEY-ORDER OFFICES AND POST-OFFICE SAVINGS-BANKS OPENED.
Thorpe Nelson 16 December, 1897.
Tokatea Auckland 1 January, 1898
Waerenga Auckland 1 January, "
TELEPHONE-OFFICES OPENED.
Day’s Bay* Wellington 23 December, 1897.
Kokonga† Dunedin 6 January, 1898.
Parnassus* Christchurch 16 December, 1897.
Plimmerton‡ Wellington 6 December, "
Rona† Wellington 23 December, "
Turiroa† Napier 18 December, "
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE OPENED.
Kaitangata Dunedin 10 August, 1897.
DESIGNATION CORRECTED.
Description. Office. District.
From To
Post-office Kokoamu Kokoamo..
  • No post-office here.
    † Now post and telephone (combined).
    ‡ Again post and telephone (combined).

“The Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics Act, 1895.”—Interim Return, 1897–98.—Notice No. 506.

Department of Agriculture, Wellington, 27th January, 1898.

THE following figures show the areas under cereals and quantity of grain on hand at 15th November, 1897. A reduction had to be made last year from the areas under wheat, oats, and barley “for threshing” on account of the dry weather, and the same is done this year.

The following are the total areas under wheat, oats, and barley “for threshing” as per returns:—

Wheat. Oats. Barley.
Acres. Estimated Total Acres. Estimated Total Acres. Estimated Tot
Yield. Bushels. Yield. Bushels. Yield. Bushels
342,393 .. .. 376,385 .. .. 30,398 .. ..
20,000* .. .. 20,000* .. .. 2,000* .. ..
322,393 21 6,770,253 356,385 30 10,691,550 28,398 25 709,950
  • Estimated will now be cut “for chaffing” or “for feeding down.”

The backwardness of the season, and the consequent lateness of the crops in the southern portion of Otago, has prevented an estimate of the yields being obtained for the several provincial districts, therefore an estimate for the whole colony has been struck.

The quantity of wheat available for the period, 15th November, 1897, to, say, 15th November, 1898, may be estimated as follows:—

On hand at 15th November, 1897 .. .. .. .. .. 1,112,682 Bushels.
Harvest of 1898 .. .. .. .. .. 6,770,253
Total .. .. .. .. .. 7,882,935

The complete returns will be published at an early date, and an estimate of the actual yields will be made from the threshing returns.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Secretary for Agriculture.



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🚂 Post and Telegraph Office Updates

🚂 Transport & Communications
18 January 1898
Post Offices, Telephone Offices, Openings, Closures, Designation Correction
  • W. C. Walker, For Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner

🌾 Agricultural Statistics for Cereals, 1897-98

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
27 January 1898
Agriculture, Cereals, Wheat, Oats, Barley, Statistics, Yield
  • John D. Ritchie, Secretary for Agriculture