New Zealand Gazette – 1911 – No. 96

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✨ Agricultural Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 96

SUMMARY OF GRASSES, FALLOW LAND, GARDENS, ORCHARDS, ETC., FOR 1910–11.

ACREAGE.

Provincial District.	Sown Grasses.	Native Grass and Unimproved Land.	Fallow Land.	Gardens.	Orchards and Vineyards.	Plantations.
Auckland .. .. ..	3,344,261	4,222,402	56,201	3,435	12,035	20,401
Taranaki .. .. ..	1,004,574	311,562	3,274	610	953	1,332
Hawke’s Bay .. ..	1,762,468	1,375,616	7,281	1,098	2,421	3,810
Wellington .. ..	3,057,644	1,249,948	7,183	2,745	3,646	5,463
Marlborough .. ..	522,153	1,864,018	3,189	272	592	1,927
Nelson .. .. ..	557,381	1,690,644	5,445	662	4,804	4,544
Westland .. .. ..	83,671	874,120	778	85	208	14
Canterbury .. ..	1,962,965	3,830,705	64,708	3,715	3,943	18,112
Otago—
Otago portion .. ..	1,045,762	6,569,364	40,220	1,685	3,081	6,851
Southland portion ..	873,862	1,983,857	21,694	852	960	1,326
Totals .. .. ..	14,214,741	23,972,236	209,973	15,159	32,733	63,780

TOTAL AREA IN CULTIVATION AND IN OCCUPATION IN EACH PROVINCIAL DISTRICT AS AT 1st JANUARY, 1911.

ACREAGE.

Provincial District.	Crops.	Fallow Land.	Sown Grasses.	Orchards, Vineyards, Gardens, and Plantations.	Area under Cultivation.	Native Grass, Tussock, and Unimproved Land.	Total Area in Occupation.
	Corn and Pulse.	Green.		Land Ploughed.	Land not Ploughed.
Auckland .. ..	52,811	57,502	56,201	802,262	2,541,999	35,871	3,546,646
Taranaki .. ..	11,984	23,982	3,274	211,189	793,385	2,895	1,046,709
Hawke’s Bay ..	22,819	35,573	7,281	356,925	1,405,543	7,329	1,835,470
Wellington ..	49,327	58,799	7,183	357,980	2,699,664	11,854	3,184,807
Marlborough ..	36,344	11,614	3,189	100,255	421,898	2,791	576,091
Nelson .. ..	32,071	18,475	5,445	139,318	418,063	10,100	623,472
Westland .. ..	668	1,524	778	9,903	73,768	307	86,948
Canterbury ..	474,503	228,936	64,708	1,455,519	507,446	25,770	2,756,882
Otago—
Otago portion ..	193,994	136,995	40,220	818,416	227,346	11,617	1,428,588
Southland portion	141,301	140,282	21,694	748,459	125,403	3,138	1,180,277
Totals .. ..	1,015,822	713,682	209,973	5,000,226	9,214,515	111,672	16,265,890

OCCUPATION OF LAND, 1911.

TENURE.

Provincial Districts.	Total of Holdings.	Freehold.	Leased from Individuals or Public Bodies.	Leased from Natives.	Held from Crown under different Tenures.
	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.
Auckland .. .. ..	7,769,048	4,382,289	610,095	787,515	1,989,149
Taranaki .. .. ..	1,358,271	618,246	257,973	117,565	364,487
Hawke’s Bay .. ..	3,211,086	1,757,830	278,959	654,021	520,276
Wellington .. ..	4,434,755	2,518,309	673,605	462,106	780,735
Marlborough .. ..	2,440,109	804,021	105,561	41,975	1,488,552
Nelson .. .. ..	2,314,116	1,002,256	139,476	21,490	1,150,894
Westland .. .. ..	961,068	76,966	34,237	6,963	842,902
Canterbury .. ..	6,587,587	2,581,682	926,471	19,322	3,060,112
Otago—
Otago portion .. ..	7,997,952	1,493,718	509,867	30,995	5,963,372
Southland portion ..	3,164,134	1,316,380	462,642	5,476	1,379,636
Totals .. .. ..	40,238,126	16,551,697	3,998,886	2,147,428	17,540,115

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