New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 14

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✨ Agricultural Statistics

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SUMMARY OF CORN AND PULSE CROPS FOR 1907-8.

ACREAGE.

District.	Wheat.	Oats.	Barley.	Rye.	Maize.	Peas.	Beans.	Vetches.	Linseed.	Hops.	Other Similar Crops.	Total.
Auckland* ..	1,473	37,015	882	183	8,438	196	20	25	..	..	55	48,287
Hawke's Bay	493	24,202	2,568	1,258	2,004	56	47	..	18	11	8	30,665
Taranaki ..	394	9,331	1,062	87	288	22	31	3	1	..	7	11,226
Wellington ..	4,064	39,513	903	131	143	368	283	59	1	..	3	45,468
Marlborough	1,332	16,635	12,213	87	10	1,037	20	27	..	11	342	31,704
Nelson† ..	900	16,489	3,883	35	14	480	6	17	..	843	22	22,689
Westland ..	..	670	..	6	..	3	1	..	..	..	..	680
Canterbury..	139,944	267,325	14,076	761	10	6,409	763	63	247	..	43	429,641
Otago ..	45,299	270,348	5,648	1,791	60	437	1	40	241	..	25	323,890
Totals ..	193,889	681,528	41,235	4,339	10,967	9,008	1,172	234	508	865	505	944,250

SUMMARY OF GREEN CROPS FOR 1907-8.

ACREAGE.

District.	Potatoes.	Turnips.	Mangolds.	Rape.	Beet.	Carrots.	Other Green Crops.	Total.
Auckland* ..	4,751	46,308	846	7,274	70	418	4,794	64,461
Hawke's Bay	1,724	19,484	967	17,546	198	125	1,753	41,797
Taranaki ..	672	15,161	1,202	3,282	10	672	323	21,322
Wellington ..	2,216	27,466	865	25,648	20	158	509	56,882
Marlborough	589	5,185	121	6,047	12	31	211	12,196
Nelson† ..	833	4,091	167	806	1	55	84	6,037
Westland ..	119	517	7	.	15	..	46	704
Canterbury..	8,735	192,195	3,634	81,685	129	407	5,713	292,498
Otago ..	7,515	238,802	1,433	21,401	41	62	191	269,445
Totals ..	27,154	549,209	9,242	163,704	481	1,974	13,578	765,342

SUMMARY OF GRASSES FOR 1907-8.

ACREAGE.

District.	For Feeding Down.	Land ploughed.	Land not ploughed.	Hay.	Ensilage.	For Seed.	Rye-grass.	Cocks-foot.	White Clover.	Red Clover.	Other Kinds.	Total.
Grasses.	Clovers.	Surface-sown Grasses.	Tussock, Native Grass, and Unimproved Land.
Auckland* ..	659,850	11,529	1,133,797	3,056,334	14,288	246	834	1,211	28	66	3,041	4,881,224
Hawke's Bay	396,747	909	2,301,498	1,693,210	14,484	39	6,460	1,934	7,510	78	126	4,422,995
Taranaki ..	172,393	388	735,051	264,936	10,109	916	44	121	..	..	..	1,183,958
Wellington ..	309,414	18,313	2,396,024	1,272,351	18,231	109	1,271	864	361	85	423	4,017,446
Marlborough	90,249	600	618,319	1,656,700	1,813	7	317	261	17	227	83	2,368,593
Nelson† ..	45,400	584	245,669	480,246	4,692	136	18	36	19	69	76	776,945
Westland ..	9,545	202	60,838	572,322	709	6	10	..	..	..	1	643,633
Canterbury..	1,601,033	6,590	646,572	4,946,755	9,231	152	10,431	24,073	228,885	900	73	7,474,695
Otago ..	1,513,624	1,698	307,791	8,291,175	6,878	51	21,060	231	70	154	1,130	10,143,862
Totals ..	4,798,255	40,813	8,445,559	22,234,029	80,435	1,662	40,445	28,731	236,890	1,579	4,953	35,913,351

SUMMARY OF FALLOW LAND, PLANTATIONS, ORCHARDS, ETC., FOR 1907-8.

ACREAGE.

District.	Fallow Land.	Plantations.	Private Gardens.	Market Gardens.	Orchards.	Vineyards.	Total (not including Fallow Land).
Auckland* ..	13,307	18,819	2,966	1,123	11,188	479	34,575
Hawke's Bay	1,860	5,035	1,038	464	2,320	107	8,964
Taranaki ..	656	1,038	672	92	716	..	2,518
Wellington ..	2,319	5,598	1,483	898	3,377	18	11,374
Marlborough	204	2,113	212	18	415	..	2,758
Nelson† ..	671	380	278	132	3,614	13	4,417
Westland ..	242	14	32	37	154	..	237
Canterbury..	8,757	28,240	4,432	824	3,348	1	36,845
Otago ..	21,256	6,706	3,309	574	2,491	3	13,083
Totals ..	49,272	67,943	14,422	4,162	27,623	621	114,771

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

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