New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 180

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✨ Agricultural Land Use Statistics

Dec. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4567

AREA IN OCCUPATION, 1916-17.

TABLE SHOWING FOR EACH COUNTY IN THE DOMINION THE AREA IN OCCUPATION (EXCLUSIVE OF HOLDINGS OF LESS THAN 1 ACRE IN EXTENT) FOR THE SEASON 1916-17.

County.	Total Area cultivated.	Phormium Tenax.	Tussock and other Native Grasses.	Fern, Scrub, and Second Growth.	Standing Virgin Bush.	Barren and Unproductive Land.	Total Area in Occupation.
	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.
Mangonui		64,619	330	48,232	113,111	32,820	26,525
Whangaroa		20,569	..	11,589	21,264	15,954	2,172
Bay of Islands		82,609	360	39,469	78,046	25,762	224
Hokianga		126,524	181	9,245	28,322	84,031	813
Whangarei		215,943	23	15,881	114,887	64,414	3,463
Hobson ..		149,804	119	16,316	92,862	12,972	32,378
Otamatea		140,053	60	10,377	55,528	24,499	5,350
Rodney		121,129	202	9,817	84,406	32,387	8,142
Waitemata		100,469	72	11,649	111,876	39,230	13,164
Eden ..		14,526	28	1,039	706	37	132
Great Barrier		9,031	..	12,774	10,562	11,512	339
Manukau		113,014	5	4,253	19,083	16,185	808
Franklin		175,375	2,003	17,845	56,722	17,693	7,278
Waikato		161,427	1,662	40,937	53,394	10,131	11,414
Raglan ..		271,175	1,900	17,610	68,092	67,615	4,238
Waipa ..		126,150	420	14,447	20,519	537	1,350
Kawhia		59,086	3	1,292	11,501	24,048	184
Awakino		91,511	27	266	7,764	62,297	334
Waitomo		266,996	1,096	24,491	90,254	120,604	722
Coromandel		53,066	30	7,233	84,051	56,324	12,025
Thames		50,276	15	14,672	24,492	72,196	1,143
Ohinemuri		66,976	1,004	15,164	32,954	17,731	4,531
Tauranga		95,006	1,017	1,753	93,142	30,882	1,225
Piako ..		154,816	695	6,756	44,445	4,188	1,525
Matamata		163,515	600	147,999	22,433	32,236	7,519
Rotorua		35,293	..	75,273	14,184	45,854	7,616
Whakatane		61,537	280	11,208	37,466	12,203	5,087
Opotiki		109,728	..	1,978	11,802	142,307	559
East Taupo		41,730	759	165,012	40,084	50,014	26,716
West Taupo		106,594	20	34,422	45,004	57,105	36,574
Totals ..		3,248,547	12,911	788,999	1,488,956	1,183,768	223,550

Land District of Hawke’s Bay.

| Waiapu | | 379,140 | .. | 20,799 | 12,985 | 68,279 | 8,944 | 490,147 |
| Waikohu | | 401,872 | .. | 7,299 | 15,369 | 88,839 | 570 | 513,949 |
| Cook .. | | 528,838 | .. | 52,602 | 27,605 | 21,211 | 2,670 | 632,926 |
| Wairoa .. | | 325,415 | 370 | 163,802 | 106,791 | 119,902 | 26,172 | 742,452 |
| Hawke’s Bay | | 414,907 | .. | 454,540 | 78,756 | 25,380 | 67,732 | 1,041,315 |
| Waipukurau | | 30,094 | .. | 29,706 | 3,020 | 129 | 40 | 62,989 |
| Waipawa | | 220,342 | 88 | 34,848 | 5,679 | 3,821 | 1,669 | 266,447 |
| Woodville | | 81,103 | .. | 344 | 447 | 1,551 | 15 | 83,460 |
| Dannevirke | | 223,394 | .. | 1,962 | 6,785 | 9,534 | 1,065 | 242,730 |
| Patangata | | 293,844 | 101 | 98,901 | 19,874 | 4,485 | 2,368 | 419,573 |
| Weber .. | | 64,004 | .. | 1,420 | 640 | 929 | 102 | 67,095 |
| Totals .. | | 2,962,943 | 559 | 866,223 | 277,951 | 344,060 | 111,347 | 4,563,083 |

Land District of Taranaki.

| Ohura .. | | 152,376 | .. | 1,634 | 16,666 | 85,605 | 518 | 256,799 |
| Clifton .. | | 128,843 | .. | 163 | 9,243 | 92,162 | 1,493 | 231,904 |
| Taranaki | | 164,873 | .. | 1,556 | 8,353 | 13,158 | 649 | 188,589 |
| Egmont.. | | 107,450 | 180 | 2,629 | 3,126 | 11,657 | 963 | 126,005 |
| Stratford | | 165,818 | .. | .. | 5,056 | 17,175 | 781 | 188,830 |
| Whangamomona | | 99,854 | .. | .. | 2,517 | 57,033 | 40 | 159,444 |
| Waimate West | | 43,800 | .. | .. | .. | 39 | 10 | 43,849 |
| Hawera | | 97,624 | .. | 15 | 382 | 8,258 | 92 | 106,371 |
| Eltham | | 101,060 | .. | 1 | 4,685 | 13,710 | 64 | 119,520 |
| Patea .. | | 212,705 | 2 | 5,689 | 6,638 | 48,003 | 7,049 | 280,086 |
| Totals .. | | 1,274,403 | 182 | 11,687 | 56,666 | 346,800 | 11,659 | 1,701,397 |

Land District of Wellington.

| Waitotara | | 151,797 | .. | 1,497 | 2,961 | 48,412 | 3,790 | 208,457 |
| Wanganui | | 278,077 | 10 | 6,268 | 6,382 | 28,662 | 2,150 | 321,549 |
| Waimarino | | 187,261 | 150 | 124,280 | 4,479 | 117,571 | 122 | 433,863 |
| Kaitieke | | 98,999 | .. | 385 | 5,417 | 56,379 | 7 | 161,187 |
| Rangitikei | | 474,779 | 208 | 122,585 | 7,923 | 21,161 | 17,180 | 643,836 |
| Kiwitea | | 181,966 | .. | 1,383 | 2,841 | 10,574 | 312 | 197,076 |
| Pohangina | | 101,646 | .. | 165 | 1,027 | 6,176 | 210 | 109,224 |
| Kairanga | | 92,165 | 4,539 | 627 | 565 | 4,383 | 562 | 102,841 |
| Orona .. | | 110,830 | .. | 277 | 214 | 1,026 | 499 | 112,846 |

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