New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 22

Page 851

✨ Agricultural Statistics and Census Data



MAR. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 851

"The Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics Act, 1895."—Estimated Yields, 1906-7.—Notice No. 1108.

Department of Agriculture (Division of Statistics), Wellington, 4th March, 1907.

THE following table gives the area of wheat, oats, and barley for threshing, and the estimated yields; also the amount of flour and wheat on hand as at 31st October, 1906.

Wheat. Oats. Barley.
Acres. Estimated Yield. Bushels. Total Bushels. Acres. Estimated Yield. Bushels. Total Bushels. Acres. Estimated Yield. Bushels. Total Bushels.
206,185 24 4,948,440 351,929 25 8,798,225 33,305 26 865,930

In a Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette of 28th June, 1906, the wheat on hand available for all purposes as at 28th February, 1906, was stated at Bushels.
Wheat and flour imported from 1st March, 1906, to 31st October, 1906 .. .. .. 7,821,338
36,086
7,857,424

This has been disposed of as follows:—
For seed, 207,090 acres at 2 bushels per acre .. .. .. Bushels.
414,180
Consumption for population of 930,000, at 6 bushels per head per annum, for eight months (1st March to 31st October, 1906) .. .. 3,720,000
Wheat and flour exported, 1st March to 31st October, 1906 .. .. 169,271
4,303,451

Leaving on hand, 31st October, 1906 .. .. .. .. 3,553,973

Amount actually returned, 31st October, 1906, as per returns .. .. 3,125,300

Taking the figures 3,125,300 bushels as the correct quantity on hand at 31st October, 1906, and deducting therefrom 1,900,000 bushels, the estimated quantity required for consumption, on a population basis of 950,000, from 1st November, 1906, to 28th February, 1907, the time when the new crop will be available, it will be seen that the wheat on hand in excess of requirements on 1st March, 1907 (not including this season’s crop), will be, approximately, 1,225,300 bushels.

The exports and imports for the four months are not taken into account.

The total areas of wheat and oats for threshing returned at 31st October last were 211,185 and 372,929 acres respectively, but owing to the prevalence of drought in Canterbury and Otago a considerable area has either been fed off or is not worth cutting. It is estimated that in Canterbury 2,000 acres of wheat and 6,000 acres of oats, and in Otago 3,000 acres of wheat and 15,000 acres of oats, were so dealt with. The above yields are estimated on the reduced figures.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Secretary for Agriculture.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1907.

THE accompanying tables, showing the results of the Census taken in April last as regards the conjugal condition of the people, are published for general information.

E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

MARRIED AND SINGLE AT SUCCESSIVE CENSUSES.—PROPORTIONS PER CENT.

TABLE I.—Showing (exclusive of Maoris and Chinese) the Proportions of the Unmarried, Married, and Widowed in every 100 Persons, Males and Females, of all Ages, living in New Zealand at the last Eight Censuses.

Census Periods. Persons. Males. Females.
Unmarried. Married. Widowed. Unmarried. Married. Widowed. Unmarried. Married. Widowed.
March, 1874 .. Per Cent. 66·95 Per Cent. 30·58 Per Cent. 2·47 Per Cent. 70·66 Per Cent. 27·37 Per Cent. 1·97 Per Cent. 62·17 Per Cent. 34·73 Per Cent. 3·10
March, 1878 .. 66·72 30·87 2·41 70·09 28·06 1·85 62·59 34·32 3·09
April, 1881 .. 67·32 30·15 2·53 70·39 27·73 1·88 63·64 33·05 3·31
March, 1886 .. 67·67 29·53 2·80 70·35 27·61 2·04 64·59 31·74 3·67
April, 1891 .. 67·62 29·18 3·20 70·02 27·61 2·37 64·95 30·94 4·11
April, 1896 .. 67·05 29·46 3·49 69·48 27·97 2·55 64·37 31·10 4·53
March, 1901 .. 65·53 30·75 3·72 67·90 29·45 2·65 62·94 32·17 4·89
April, 1906 .. 63·72 32·41 3·87 66·52 30·78 2·70 60·57 34·24 5·19

NOTE.—For purposes of comparison divorced persons have been included among the unmarried. The number returned as “Divorced” in 1906 was 607 persons (351 males, 256 females). In 1901 the number was 404 persons (255 males, 149 females).



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🌾 Estimated Yields of Wheat, Oats, and Barley for 1906-7

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
4 March 1907
Agriculture, Statistics, Wheat, Oats, Barley, Yields
  • John D. Ritchie, Secretary for Agriculture

🏛️ Census Results on Conjugal Condition of the People

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5 March 1907
Census, Conjugal Condition, Married, Single, Widowed
  • E. J. Von Dädelszen, Registrar-General