New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 14

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✨ Agricultural Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14

TOTALS FOR DOMINION.

TOTAL AREA IN DOMINION 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.
1895-96	1,355,600	58,039	4,254,983	5,030,247	18,239,209*	80,357	29,018,435*
1896-97	1,451,059	57,158	4,308,720	5,733,138	21,516,744	86,845	33,153,664
1897-98	1,517,222	60,792	4,123,304	5,743,245	22,452,083	91,110	33,987,756
1898-99	1,688,703	51,164	4,065,860	6,178,879	22,314,553	87,129	34,386,288
1899-00	1,542,458	78,751	4,337,594	6,515,708	21,857,909	90,233	34,422,653
1900-01	1,486,376	67,747	4,425,738	6,656,174	22,182,956	92,582	34,911,573
1901-02	1,407,846	55,947	4,695,200	6,924,978	22,330,627	93,291	35,507,889
1902-03	1,504,991	64,494	4,558,346	7,249,869	22,431,136	98,611	35,887,447
1903-04	1,493,764	61,069	4,607,165	7,342,006	22,877,322	95,155	36,476,481
1904-05	1,494,722	53,313	4,741,702	7,568,337	22,545,576	97,504	36,511,154
1905-06	1,535,384	54,080	4,779,734	7,745,727	22,944,831	107,704	37,167,460
1906-07	1,612,137	52,119	4,815,157	7,903,374	22,922,047	103,639	37,408,473
1907-08	1,709,592	49,272	4,958,233	8,498,391	22,234,029	114,701	37,564,218

*The figures for 1895-96 do not include “unimproved land.”

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, 1907-08.

—	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	26,715
1898-99	..	2,264	119,959	91,050	17,835	27,541
1899-00	..	2,245	122,845	92,110	18,778	26,412
1900-01	..	2,465	120,932	93,487	22,017	27,824
1901-02	..	2,596	124,869	93,188	27,249	32,176
1902-03	..	2,784	124,514	93,405	29,781	36,935
1903-04	..	2,818	128,076	95,240	31,643	41,405
1904-05	..	2,966	134,787	98,188	33,915	44,914
1905-06	..	3,180	137,111	102,733	36,289	47,653
1906-07	..	3,378	145,246	107,730	36,453	50,252
1907-08	..	3,611	149,762	111,582	36,906	51,396

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, 1907-08.

—	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	440,838
1898-99	..	18,678	214,822	333,536	95,237	37,649	32,071	61,035	409,996
1899-00	..	19,754	222,559	355,256	99,595	39,887	34,252	53,041	397,795
1900-01	..	20,196	198,884	372,416	117,717	34,190	32,913	52,403	427,961
1901-02	..	21,228	202,810	381,492	132,439	39,001	33,687	50,267	500,860
1902-03	..	24,049	210,659	428,773	134,973	43,390	35,668	47,161	535,990
1903-04	..	26,629	245,049	468,125	140,367	47,054	36,228	49,949	580,146
1904-05	..	27,992	262,592	498,241	170,037	51,875	48,211	63,496	614,406
1905-06	..	29,068	287,607	517,720	185,654	57,074	56,515	64,864	612,434
1906-07	..	31,405	315,558	543,927	179,267	60,210	60,018	84,145	577,220
1907-08	..	30,165	320,587	541,363	179,961	59,000	61,860	100,933	522,430

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, 1907-08.

—	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	129,996
1898-99	..	4,476	25,759	26,203	137,074
1899-00	..	6,141	28,293	36,791	178,526
1900-01	..	5,608	27,423	34,876	183,068
1901-02	..	4,983	21,955	30,150	166,936
1902-03	..	4,716	18,950	27,210	142,864
1903-04	..	5,414	20,935	32,796	167,446

—	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	201,868
1905-06	..	5,885	34,037	8,373	201,432
1906-07	..	5,914	33,111	6,366	196,882
1907-08	..	6,173	33,513	6,118	195,324