New Zealand Gazette – 1905 – No. 12

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✨ Agricultural Statistics

Feb. 10
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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SUMMARY OF CORN AND PULSE CROPS FOR 1904-5.

ACREAGE.

District.	Wheat.	Oats.	Barley.	Rye.	Maize.	Peas.	Beans.	Vetches.	Linseed.	Hops.	Other Similar Crops.	Total.
Auckland*	2,430	27,096	870	176	8,584	169	43	16	3	..	1,035	40,422
Hawke’s Bay	965	17,377	2,193	175	2,696	113	80	2	189	6	..	23,796
Taranaki	1,027	5,707	796	58	207	63	65	12	5	..	1	7,941
Wellington	7,477	31,584	1,764	182	217	692	279	46	25	..	28	42,294
Marlborough	4,353	13,108	9,316	190	91	1,994	103	4	4	6	97	29,266
Nelson†	1,274	13,371	3,309	35	45	533	12	37	1	882	4	19,503
Westland	..	574	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	575
Canterbury	187,328	204,458	9,841	243	..	8,061	1,982	53	199	..	12	412,177
Otago	54,042	235,663	4,112	1,438	..	111	2	26	288	..	..	295,682
Totals	258,896	548,938	32,201	2,498	11,840	11,736	2,566	196	714	894	1,177	871,656

SUMMARY OF GREEN CROPS FOR 1904-5.

ACREAGE.

District.	Potatoes.	Turnips.	Mangolds.	Rape.	Beet.	Carrots.	Other Green Crops.	Total.
Auckland*	6,109	40,104	487	4,944	5	448	1,002	53,099
Hawke’s Bay	2,381	10,412	737	16,331	250	80	1,321	31,512
Taranaki	1,113	11,947	779	2,220	..	653	176	16,888
Wellington	2,816	22,131	798	23,701	18	156	395	50,015
Marlborough	571	4,414	314	3,752	68	61	7	9,187
Nelson†	972	3,035	64	555	1	63	18	4,708
Westland	190	205	4	6	..	16	..	421
Canterbury	7,135	155,807	3,691	66,373	269	398	3,750	237,423
Otago	5,044	199,189	1,502	13,706	31	45	296	219,813
Totals	26,331	447,244	8,376	131,588	642	1,920	6,965	623,066

SUMMARY OF GRASSES FOR 1904-5.

ACREAGE.

District.	For Feeding Down.	Hay.	Ensilage.	For Seed.	Total.
	Land ploughed.	Land not ploughed.			Rye-
	Grasse.	Clovers.	Surface-sown Grasse.	Tussock, Native Grass, and Unimproved Land.
Auckland*	599,842	3,992	903,728	3,112,375	12,847
Hawke’s Bay	373,236	5,665	2,175,968	1,658,627	10,296
Taranaki	160,867	246	699,094	318,216	10,332
Wellington	278,541	1,718	2,370,079	1,244,102	13,081
Marlborough	96,162	442	282,327	2,029,136	1,848
Nelson†	40,240	475	251,834	432,912	2,895
Westland	8,609	118	48,722	539,796	1,155
Canterbury	1,557,107	5,165	496,409	5,215,899	13,973
Otago	1,487,066	4,659	298,226	7,994,513	13,389
Totals	4,601,670	22,480	7,526,387	22,545,576	79,816

SUMMARY OF FALLOW LAND, PLANTATIONS, ORCHARDS, ETC., FOR 1904-5.

ACREAGE.

District.	Fallow Land.	Plantations.	Private Gardens.	Market Gardens.	Orchards.	Vineyards.	Total (not including Fallow Land).
Auckland*	10,670	10,756	2,560	978	10,854	423	25,571
Hawke’s Bay	3,465	4,872	1,054	224	2,029	108	8,287
Taranaki	216	1,029	799	84	835	..	2,747
Wellington	1,809	4,544	1,322	929	3,628	23	10,446
Marlborough	1,191	1,556	224	45	505	1	2,331
Nelson†	439	283	229	166	3,055	5	3,738
Westland	9	7	57	12	236	..	312
Canterbury	14,478	24,072	4,064	799	3,302	8	32,245
Otago	31,036	5,727	3,109	521	2,467	3	11,827
Totals	63,313	52,846	13,418	3,758	26,911	571	97,504

The Counties of Waiapu and Cook are included in the Hawke’s Bay District.
† The Counties of Amuri and Cheviot are included in the Canterbury District.

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