New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 180

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✨ Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics

The Census and Statistics Act, 1910.—Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics.

Census and Statistics Office, Wellington, 19th December, 1917.

CONTINUING the system which was inaugurated last year, agricultural and pastoral statistics have again been collected by police officers acting as Sub-Enumerators throughout the Dominion, and the following tables give particulars as to area under crop and other cultivation and in occupation, and also live-stock in the Dominion for the season 1916-17.

MALCOLM FRASER, Government Statistician.

GRAIN AND PULSE CROPS, 1916-17.

TABLE SHOWING FOR EACH COUNTY IN THE DOMINION THE AREA UNDER GRAIN AND PULSE CROPS FOR THE SEASON 1916-17.

County.	Wheat.			Oats.			Barley.		Maize.		Peas and Beans for Threshing.	Other Crops for Threshing.	Hops.	Total Area in Grain and Pulse Crops.
	For Threshing.	For Chaff, Hay, or Ensilage.	Not harvested (fed off, &c.).	For Threshing.	For Chaff, Hay, or Ensilage.	Not harvested (fed off, &c.).	For Threshing.	For Chaff, Hay, or Ensilage.	For Threshing.	For Ensilage.
	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.
LAND DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.
Mangonui				78			2	26	3					109
Whangaroa				7				14						21
Bay of Islands	11	21	10	21	527	59	21	134	39	1				834
Hokianga			5	8	182	1		45	1	1				248
Whangarei	8			5	766	84		16	27	5				916
Hobson				50	256	2		12	2					322
Otamatea	1				400	3		18	11	1				434
Rodney	26	12		13	922	2	2	5	28	7	8	4		1,010
Waitemata	4	18			1,111	13		19	15					1,199
Eden	4				33			1	12					50
Great Barrier					3									3
Manukau	76	24	13	43	1,034	104	106	2	2	21	33			1,458
Franklin	136	1	1	34	2,517	121	64	10	1	41	76	7		3,002
Waikato	117	7		9	1,952	75	60	8	1	14	15			2,265
Raglan	14			7	1,159	51	43	7	5	28	1			1,315
Waipa	100			16	2,191	82	50	19	3	5	2			2,468
Kawhia					154				1	3				157
Awakino	1				71				1					73
Waitomo				30	1,312	96		2	16	56	5			1,517
Coromandel					93				9	4				106
Thames				2	233	29			2	99				365
Ohinemuri	1				340	12	6		8		2			369
Tauranga	21	5		10	1,700	50	143	13	1,919	18				3,879
Piako		22		22	1,904	44	35	9	1	1	1			2,039
Matamata	9			25	1,870	1	1	22	4	25	1			1,958
Rotorua				1	161		1							163
Whakatane	2		7		227	10	6		626	39	2			912
Opotiki	10			4	94	16	14		382	15				542
East Taupo		4		25	249				15	31	1			293
West Taupo	36			12	840		20		8					948
Totals	577	114	36	337	22,386	855	545	126	3,316	517	155	11		28,975
LAND DISTRICT OF HAWKE'S BAY.
Waiapu					761	40		23	1,021	12				1,857
Waikohu				58	840	20	63	45	427					1,453
Cook	19	5	23	21	880	59	608		1,060	24	46	7		2,745
Wairoa	36			4	1,386	33	79		400	9				1,954
Hawke's Bay	32			197	3,583	119	1,608	111	79	14	19		2	5,764
Waipukurau	1		22		418	7	7							455
Waipawa	123	67		767	2,348	310	204		3	6				3,828
Woodville	48	23	22	7	590	90		17		5	16	4		813
Dannevirke	50	25	5	32	1,355	106	7			2	17			1,606
Patangata	12	53		18	645	32		124			1			887
Weber					24	5								29
Totals	321	173	72	1,104	12,830	821	2,576	320	2,990	72	99	11	2	21,391