New Zealand Gazette – 1906 – No. 12

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✨ Agricultural Statistics Tables

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 12

TABLE SHOWING AREAS UNDER CORN AND GREEN CROPS, GRASSES, PLANTATIONS, ETC., AND TOTAL AREA IN OCCUPATION IN EACH DISTRICT FOR 1905-6.

ACREAGE.

District.	Crops.		Fallow Land.	Grasses.			Plantations, Orchards, &c.	Total Area in Occupation.
	Corn and Pulse.	Green.		Sown Grass.		Tussock and Native Grasses, &c.
	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Land ploughed.	Land not ploughed.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.
Auckland*	..	..	50,655	59,524	10,812	624,902	985,866	3,190,490 \| 31,702 \| 4,953,951
Hawke's Bay	..	..	27,147	32,779	858	375,256	2,189,462	1,721,772 \| 9,323 \| 4,356,597
Taranaki ..	..	..	10,772	19,506	58	195,620	704,354	315,566 \| 2,842 \| 1,248,718
Wellington	..	..	49,052	51,703	1,868	303,642	2,400,980	1,229,852 \| 11,609 \| 4,048,706
Marlborough	..	..	29,901	9,110	1,059	91,471	261,058	2,044,868 \| 2,516 \| 2,439,983
Nelson† ..	..	..	20,195	5,625	1,241	41,498	226,746	478,888 \| 3,952 \| 778,145
Westland..	..	..	655	754	1	8,163	51,873	573,886 \| 295 \| 635,627
Canterbury	..	..	896,687	247,713	14,713	1,616,041	593,615	5,191,277 \| 33,460 \| 8,093,506
Otago ..	..	..	305,037	218,569	23,470	1,523,141	331,773	8,198,232 \| 12,005 \| 10,612,227
Totals	..	..	890,101	645,283	54,080	4,779,734	7,745,727	22,944,831 \| 107,704 \| 37,167,460

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

TABLE SHOWING NUMBER OF STOCK IN EACH COUNTY.—HORSES, SWINE, AND CATTLE, AS AT 31ST OCTOBER, 1905; AND SHEEP, AS AT 30TH APRIL, 1905.

County.	Horses (including Mules and Asses).	Swine.	Cattle.	Sheep.

DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.


Mongonui	..	..	..	1,852	1,314	9,344	17,769
Whangaroa	..	..	..	760	911	2,098	7,726
Bay of Islands	..	..	..	2,852	1,562	13,804	25,010
Hokianga	..	..	..	2,803	2,537	10,633	7,012
Rodney	..	..	..	2,619	1,411	20,326	55,179
Whangarei	..	..	..	5,165	2,112	39,262	21,591
Otamatea	..	..	..	2,242	1,377	16,735	36,363
Hobson	..	..	..	1,660	1,047	15,001	16,730
Waitemata	..	..	..	2,847	2,178	16,302	29,268
Eden ..	..	..	..	6,077	1,934	6,974	8,520
Manukau	..	..	..	9,253	7,933	56,145	73,707
Coromandel	..	..	..	1,044	729	6,427	15,334
Thames	..	..	..	1,305	1,268	5,841	4,350
Ohinemuri	..	..	..	2,037	2,072	6,973	2,422
Waikato	..	..	..	3,889	3,955	25,730	28,113
Raglan	..	..	..	4,297	2,721	35,068	74,352
Waipa ..	..	..	..	4,155	3,740	27,011	19,543
Piako ..	..	..	..	3,868	2,279	31,621	93,222
Waitomo	..	..	..	1,190	1,321	6,499
Kawhia	..	..	..	890	715	6,065	29,683
Awakino	..	..	..	648	207	8,739
West Taupo	..	..	..	1,780	2,014	6,911
East Taupo and Rotorua	..	..	..	1,494	1,259	2,803	36,204
Tauranga	..	..	..	3,415	2,400	19,504	3,476
Whakatane	..	..	..	1,556	1,409	7,451	19,768
Opotiki	..	..	..	1,772	1,899	8,681	17,008
Totals	..	..	..	71,470	52,304	411,948	642,845

DISTRICT OF HAWKE'S BAY.


Waiapu	..	..	..	5,420	4,306	21,412	423,157
Cook ..	..	..	..	9,279	2,900	77,900	1,012,311
Wairoa	..	..	..	3,677	1,429	16,755	509,915
Hawke's Bay	..	..	..	8,336	3,565	46,782	1,036,135
Waipawa	..	..	..	5,698	2,043	47,575
Woodville	..	..	..	1,466	1,782	14,536	678,599
Patangata and Weber	..	..	..	2,801	640	43,071	713,238
Totals	..	..	..	36,677	17,265	268,031	4,378,855

DISTRICT OF TARANAKI.


Clifton ..	..	..	..	2,025	1,913	26,669	19,269
Taranaki	..	..	..	4,783	6,549	54,818	17,986
Egmont	..	..	..	2,280	2,730	34,066	4,207
Stratford	..	..	..	3,271	5,068	52,536	81,861
Hawera	..	..	..	6,276	14,402	86,264	96,725
Patea ..	..	..	..	3,710	2,709	31,933	203,774
Totals	..	..	..	22,345	33,371	286,286	423,822

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1906, No 12

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🌾 Areas Under Various Crops and Land Use by District (continued from previous page)

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
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🌾 Number of Stock in Each County

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