✨ Agricultural Statistics
Numb. 54.
1827
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1906.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1906.
"The Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics Act, 1895."—Actual Yields in Corn-crops, Grasses, &c., 1905–6.—Notice No. 1042.
Department of Agriculture (Division of Statistics), Wellington, 2nd July, 1906.
IN the New Zealand Gazette of the 1st March, 1906, there appeared a return showing the estimated yield per acre of wheat, oats, and barley for the colony, viz.: Wheat, 28 bushels; oats, 35 bushels; and barley, 30 bushels.
The actual yields now to hand are as follows:—
Wheat .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 30·60 bushels per acre.
Oats .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 35·86 "
Barley .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 34·54 "
WHEAT.
The area for threshing was 222,183 acres, and the total yield is computed at .. 6,798,934 bushels.
Amount of wheat and flour returned on hand, 31st October, 1905 (as per returns) .. 2,990,553 "
Amount of wheat and flour imported from 1st November, 1905, to 28th February, 1906 7,990 "
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9,797,477 "
Wheat and flour exported from 1st November, 1905, to 28th February, 1906 .. .. .. 126,139 bushels.
Consumption for same period for population of 925,000, at the rate of 6 bushels per head per annum .. .. .. 1,850,000 "
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1,976,139 "
Leaving available for all purposes as at 28th February, 1906 .. .. .. 7,821,338 "
Estimated quantity required for seed (say, 250,000 acres at 2 bushels per acre) .. .. .. 500,000 bushels.
Estimated consumption of 930,000 persons, at 6 bushels per head, from 1st March, 1906, to 28th February, 1907 .. .. 5,580,000 " 6,080,000 "
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1,741,338 "
Apparent surplus .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,741,338 "
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NZ Gazette 1906, No 54
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🌾 Actual Yields in Corn-crops, Grasses, etc., 1905–6
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources2 July 1906
Agricultural statistics, Wheat yield, Oats yield, Barley yield, Crop production, Department of Agriculture