New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 2

Page 57

✨ Census Statistics



Jan. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 57

Census, 1906.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 4th January, 1906.

THE accompanying table, showing the result of the census taken in April, 1906, as regards poultry and bee-keeping, is published for general information.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

TABLE showing the Number of Poultry of Various Kinds in New Zealand; also the Number of Beekeepers and Hives, with the Quantity of Honey and Wax produced during the Year, as ascertained at the Census of 29th April, 1906.

Provincial District. Poultry (including Guinea-fowls and Ostriches, but not Pigeons). Bees.†
Geese. Ducks. Fowls. Turkeys. Other Poultry. Total Poultry. Pounds of Honey made. Pounds of Wax made.
Auckland .. .. 4,627 96,318 605,173 28,041 1,343 735,502 378,449 10,928
Taranaki .. .. 2,940 16,883 137,256 4,768 411 162,258 30,107 1,363
Hawke’s Bay .. .. 2,297 14,951 141,828 10,014 408 169,498 34,380 1,286
Wellington .. .. 8,522 45,093 405,509 11,606 859 471,589 89,148 2,747
Marlborough .. .. 1,940 6,411 63,121 2,696 56 74,224 16,251 551
Nelson .. .. 3,248 12,045 177,760 2,786 205 196,044 45,913 1,372
Westland .. .. 1,073 3,082 37,091 89 4 41,339 14,137 528
Canterbury .. .. 8,776 41,862 637,070 7,836 489 696,033 250,030 8,918
Otago—
Otago portion .. 6,474 26,562 383,149 7,637 112 423,934 117,907 2,778
Southland portion .. 4,356 18,726 195,389 1,594 48 220,113 27,583 1,209
Chatham Islands .. 47 66 923 34 .. 1,070 35 2
44,300 281,999 2,784,269 77,101 3,935* 3,191,604 1,003,940† 31,682†
  • 2,613 Guinea-fowls, 173 pea-fowls, 52 ostriches, and 1,097 not specified.
    † The number of persons keeping bees was returned on household schedules as 15,396, and the number of hives (of all kinds) as 74,341.
    ‡ Taking 5d. per lb. for the honey and 10d. per lb. for the wax, the value of the output for the year would amount to £22,235—viz., £20,915 for honey and £1,320 for wax.

NOTE.—In 1901 Victoria, with a population of 1,201,070, had 3,619,938 fowls, 257,204 ducks, 76,853 geese, and 209,823 turkeys. For New South Wales no figures are obtainable, but estimated value of production is set down at £619,000. With a population of 1,210,304, Victoria, in 1905, showed a yield of 1,906,088 lb. honey, and 28,653 lb. wax, and New South Wales (population 1,496,050) 3,023,468 lb. honey and 58,610 lb. wax.



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🌾 Poultry and Bee-keeping Census Results for 1906

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
4 January 1906
Census, Poultry, Bees, Honey production, Wax production, Provincial districts, 1906
  • E. J. von Dadelnzen, Registrar-General