New Zealand Gazette – 1906 – No. 12

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✨ Agricultural Statistics

Feb. 14. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 523

SUMMARY OF CORN AND PULSE CROPS FOR 1905-6.

ACREAGE.

District.	Wheat.	Oats.	Barley.	Rye.	Maize.	Peas.	Beans.	Vetches.	Linseed.	Hops.	Other Similar Crops.	Total.
Auckland* ..	2,043	36,794	829	228	10,428	213	48	15	21	..	36	50,655
Hawke's Bay	764	21,650	2,200	134	2,139	120	67	12	31	6	24	27,147
Taranaki ..	703	8,505	939	83	389	60	87	3	3	..	..	10,772
Wellington..	6,411	39,118	1,910	126	119	815	475	25	16	..	37	49,052
Marlborough	2,832	14,188	9,217	533	..	2,980	101	15	..	7	28	29,901
Nelson† ..	1,005	14,399	3,073	50	35	574	6	37	..	995	21	20,195
Westland ..	4	651	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	655
Canterbury..	156,222	219,369	10,056	485	..	8,698	1,277	34	323	..	223	396,687
Otago ..	53,587	244,582	4,690	1,284	..	192	5	2	616	..	79	305,037
Totals ..	223,571	599,256	32,914	2,923	13,110	13,652	2,066	143	1,010	1,008	448	890,101

SUMMARY OF GREEN CROPS FOR 1905-6.

ACREAGE.

District.	Potatoes.	Turnips.	Mangolds.	Rape.	Beet.	Carrots.	Other Green Crops.	Total.
Auckland*	5,376	46,573	470	4,270	136	507	2,192	59,524
Hawke's Bay	2,678	13,418	666	14,320	22	65	1,610	32,779
Taranaki	1,428	13,759	837	2,623	1	657	201	19,506
Wellington	2,997	24,094	753	23,178	9	192	480	51,703
Marlborough	649	3,818	235	4,140	1	36	231	9,110
Nelson†	1,111	3,444	78	815	22	69	86	5,625
Westland	172	556	3	..	..	23	..	754
Canterbury	6,564	164,982	3,221	69,633	86	382	2,845	247,713
Otago	5,859	198,935	827	12,763	..	40	145	218,569
Totals ..	26,834	469,579	7,090	131,742	277	1,971	7,790	645,283

SUMMARY OF GRASSES FOR 1905-6.

ACREAGE.

District.	For Feeding Down.	Hay.	Ensilage.	For Seed.	Total.
	Land ploughed.
	Grasses.	Clovers.	Land not ploughed.
			Surface-sown Grasses.	Tussock, Native Grass, and Unimproved Land.
Auckland* ..	603,417	4,468	984,574	3,190,490	15,022
Hawke's Bay	357,537	949	2,187,258	1,721,772	10,080
Taranaki ..	183,370	66	703,655	315,566	10,640
Wellington..	276,911	15,940	2,398,463	1,229,852	11,666
Marlborough	87,141	1,306	254,634	2,044,868	7,442
Nelson† ..	37,139	1,501	226,324	478,888	3,040
Westland ..	7,463	61	51,265	573,886	1,245
Canterbury	1,586,920	8,202	562,509	5,191,277	11,596
Otago ..	1,492,545	1,878	330,921	8,198,232	10,018
Totals ..	4,632,443	34,371	7,699,603	22,944,831	80,749

SUMMARY OF FALLOW LAND, PLANTATIONS, ORCHARDS, ETC., FOR 1905-6.

ACREAGE.

District.	Fallow Land.	Plantations.	Private Gardens.	Market Gardens.	Orchards.	Vineyards.	Total (not including Fallow Land).
Auckland*	10,812	16,359	3,085	1,094	10,762	402	31,702
Hawke's Bay	858	5,573	1,125	303	2,213	109	9,323
Taranaki	58	1,090	936	57	756	3	2,842
Wellington	1,868	5,267	1,721	1,046	3,552	23	11,609
Marlborough	1,059	1,706	263	77	470	..	2,516
Nelson† ..	1,241	457	333	164	2,994	4	3,952
Westland	1	6	45	23	221	..	295
Canterbury	14,713	25,418	3,942	742	3,351	7	33,460
Otago ..	23,470	5,603	3,393	566	2,441	2	12,005
Totals ..	54,080	61,479	14,843	4,072	26,760	550	107,704

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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