New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 19

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✨ Agricultural Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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TOTALS FOR COLONY.

TOTAL AREA IN COLONY IN OCCUPATION.

Year.	Crops.	Fallow Land.	Sown Grasses.	Native Grasses, &c.	Orchards, Plantations, Gardens, &c.	Total Area in Occupation.
	Acres.	Acres.	Land ploughed.	Land not ploughed.	Acres.	Acres.
			Acres.	Acres.
1895-96	1,355,600	58,039	4,254,983	5,030,247	18,239,209*	80,357
1896-97	1,451,059	57,158	4,308,720	5,733,138	21,516,744	86,845
1897-98	1,517,222	60,792	4,123,304	5,743,245	22,452,083	91,110
1898-99	1,688,703	51,164	4,065,860	6,178,879	22,314,553	87,129
1899-00	1,542,458	78,751	4,337,594	6,515,708	21,857,909	90,233
1900-01	1,486,376	67,747	4,425,738	6,656,174	22,182,956	92,582
1901-02	1,407,846	55,947	4,695,200	6,924,978	22,330,627	93,291
1902-03	1,504,991	64,494	4,558,346	7,249,869	22,431,136	98,611
1903-04	1,493,764	61,069	4,607,165	7,342,006	22,877,322	95,155
1904-05	1,494,722	53,313	4,741,702	7,568,337	22,545,576	97,504
1905-06	1,535,384	54,080	4,779,734	7,745,727	22,944,831	107,704
1906-07	1,612,137	52,119	4,815,157	7,903,374	22,922,047	103,639

SUMMARY OF HORSES (INCLUDING MULES AND ASSES)

FOR THE YEARS 1897-98, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1900-01, 1901-02, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1904-05, 1905-06, 1906-07.

—	Entires.	Geldings.	Mares over Two Years Old.	Mares with Foal at Foot, or to foal this Season.	Colts or Fillies under Two Years Old.	Total.
1897-98	..	..	2,407	116,228	89,444	18,433
1898-99	..	..	2,264	119,959	91,050	17,835
1899-00	..	..	2,245	122,845	92,110	18,778
1900-01	..	..	2,465	120,932	93,487	22,017
1901-02	..	..	2,596	124,869	93,188	27,249
1902-03	..	..	2,784	124,514	93,405	29,781
1903-04	..	..	2,818	128,076	95,240	31,643
1904-05	..	..	2,966	134,787	98,188	33,915
1905-06	..	..	3,180	137,111	102,733	36,289
1906-07	..	..	3,378	145,246	107,730	36,453

SUMMARY OF CATTLE

FOR THE YEARS 1897-98, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1900-01, 1901-02, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1904-05, 1905-06, 1906-07.

—	Bulls.	Steers over Two Years Old.	Cows or Heifers (calved or to calve) for Dairy Purposes only.	Cows or Heifers (calved or to calve) kept solely for Breeding.	Heifers over Two Years Old intended for Dairying.	Heifers over Two Years Old intended for Breeding only.	Cows or Heifers intended for Fattening.	Steers or Heifers under Two Years not otherwise enumerated.	Totals.
1897-98	..	..	17,734	210,669	324,485	96,762	36,108	28,180	54,389
1898-99	..	..	18,678	214,822	333,536	95,237	37,649	32,071	61,035
1899-00	..	..	19,754	222,559	355,256	99,595	39,887	34,252	53,041
1900-01	..	..	20,196	198,884	372,416	117,717	34,190	32,913	52,403
1901-02	..	..	21,228	202,810	381,492	132,439	39,001	33,687	50,267
1902-03	..	..	24,049	210,659	428,773	134,973	43,390	35,668	47,161
1903-04	..	..	26,629	245,049	468,125	140,367	47,054	36,228	49,949
1904-05	..	..	27,992	262,592	498,241	170,037	51,875	48,211	63,496
1905-06	..	..	29,068	287,607	517,720	185,654	57,074	56,515	64,864
1906-07	..	..	31,405	315,558	543,927	179,267	60,210	60,018	84,145

SUMMARY OF SWINE

FOR THE YEARS 1897-98, 1898-99, 1899-00, 1900-01, 1901-02, 1902-03, 1903-04, 1904-05, 1905-06, 1906-07.

—	Boars for Stud Purposes.	Barrows or Sows over One Year Old, for Fattening.	Sows kept solely for Breeding.	Barrows or Sows under One Year Old.	Totals.
1897-98	..	..	4,247	27,446	24,338
1898-99	..	..	4,476	25,759	26,203
1899-00	..	..	6,141	28,293	36,791
1900-01	..	..	5,608	27,423	34,876
1901-02	..	..	4,983	21,955	30,150
1902-03	..	..	4,716	18,950	27,210
1903-04	..	..	5,414	20,935	32,796

—	Boars for Stud Purposes.	Sows over One Year Old kept for Breeding.	Sows under One Year Old kept for Breeding.	Barrows or Sows, all Ages, kept for Fattening.	Total.
1904-05	..	..	6,350	37,479	9,623
1905-06	..	..	5,885	34,037	8,373
1906-07	..	..	5,914	33,111	6,366