✨ Agricultural Statistics
AVERAGE AREAS OF HOLDINGS.
TABLE SHOWING THE AVERAGE AREAS OF HOLDINGS IN EACH COUNTY IN THE DOMINION.
| County (including Interior Boroughs). | Number of Holdings. | Total Area occupied. | Average Area of Holdings. | County (including Interior Boroughs). | Number of Holdings. | Total Area occupied. | Average Area of Holdings. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAND DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND. | LAND DISTRICT OF NELSON. | ||||||
| Mangonui .. .. | 560 | 285,637 | 510·07 | Collingwood .. .. | 231 | 144,590 | 625·93 |
| Whangaroa .. .. | 201 | 71,548 | 355·96 | Takaka .. .. | 358 | 99,741 | 278·61 |
| Bay of Islands .. .. | 788 | 226,470 | 287·40 | Waimea .. .. | 1,879 | 607,150 | 323·12 |
| Hokianga .. .. | 640 | 249,116 | 389·24 | Buller.. .. | 607 | 116,521 | 191·96 |
| Whangarei .. .. | 1,499 | 414,611 | 276·59 | Murchison .. .. | 386 | 233,009 | 603·65 |
| Hobson .. .. | 595 | 304,451 | 511·68 | Inangahua .. .. | 242 | 61,682 | 254·88 |
| Otamatea .. .. | 669 | 235,867 | 352·57 | Totals .. .. | 3,703 | 1,262,693 | 340·99 |
| Rodney .. .. | 940 | 256,083 | 272·43 | LAND DISTRICT OF MARLBOROUGH. | |||
| Waitemata .. .. | 2,266 | 276,459 | 122·00 | Sounds .. .. | 257 | 212,188 | 825·63 |
| Eden .. .. | 1,177 | 16,468 | 13·99 | Marlborough .. .. | 1,109 | 928,058 | 836·84 |
| Great Barrier .. | 88 | 44,218 | 502·48 | Awatere .. .. | 247 | 1,001,750 | 4,055·67 |
| Manukau .. .. | 1,326 | 153,348 | 115·65 | Kaikoura .. .. | 365 | 413,387 | 1,132·57 |
| Franklin .. .. | 1,727 | 276,916 | 160·35 | Totals .. .. | 1,978 | 2,555,383 | 1,291·90 |
| Waikato .. .. | 1,128 | 278,965 | 247·31 | LAND DISTRICT OF WESTLAND. | |||
| Raglan .. .. | 866 | 430,630 | 497·26 | Grey .. .. | 508 | 410,284 | 807·65 |
| Waipa .. .. | 1,112 | 163,423 | 146·96 | Westland .. .. | 896 | 1,297,414 | 1,448·01 |
| Kawhia .. .. | 204 | 96,114 | 471·15 | Totals .. .. | 1,404 | 1,707,698 | 1,216·31 |
| Awakino .. .. | 154 | 162,199 | 1,053·24 | LAND DISTRICT OF CANTERBURY. | |||
| Waitomo .. .. | 1,037 | 504,163 | 486·17 | Cheviot .. .. | 215 | 186,481 | 867·35 |
| Coromandel .. .. | 521 | 212,729 | 408·31 | Amuri .. .. | 276 | 1,244,550 | 4,509·24 |
| Thames .. .. | 863 | 162,794 | 188·64 | Waipara .. .. | 364 | 531,930 | 1,461·35 |
| Ohinemuri .. .. | 787 | 138,360 | 175·81 | Ashley .. .. | 165 | 353,205 | 2,140·64 |
| Tauranga .. .. | 774 | 223,025 | 288·15 | Oxford .. .. | 320 | 162,996 | 509·36 |
| Piako .. .. | 878 | 212,425 | 241·94 | Kowai .. .. | 289 | 97,786 | 338·36 |
| Matamata .. .. | 674 | 374,302 | 555·34 | Rangiora .. .. | 486 | 56,532 | 116·32 |
| Rotorua .. .. | 349 | 178,220 | 510·66 | Eyre .. .. | 318 | 87,710 | 275·81 |
| Whakatane .. .. | 305 | 127,781 | 418·95 | Waimairi .. .. | 1,422 | 27,601 | 19·41 |
| Opotiki .. .. | 221 | 266,374 | 1,205·31 | Paparua .. .. | 757 | 70,757 | 93·47 |
| East Taupo .. .. | 125 | 324,315 | 2,594·52 | Malvern .. .. | 329 | 143,699 | 436·78 |
| West Taupo .. .. | 443 | 279,719 | 631·42 | Tawera .. .. | 89 | 376,938 | 4,235·26 |
| Totals .. .. | 22,917 | 6,946,731 | 303·13 | Heathcote .. .. | 449 | 11,243 | 25·04 |
| LAND DISTRICT OF HAWKE'S BAY. | Halswell .. .. | 261 | 24,328 | 93·21 | |||
| Waiapu .. .. | 360 | 490,147 | 1,361·52 | Selwyn .. .. | 196 | 445,967 | 2,275·34 |
| Waikohu .. .. | 374 | 513,949 | 1,374·20 | Springs .. .. | 321 | 47,903 | 149·23 |
| Cook .. .. | 1,156 | 632,926 | 547·51 | Ellesmere .. .. | 540 | 119,558 | 221·40 |
| Wairoa .. .. | 406 | 742,452 | 1,828·70 | Mount Herbert .. | 81 | 32,704 | 403·75 |
| Hawke's Bay .. .. | 1,634 | 1,041,315 | 637·28 | Wairewa .. .. | 201 | 84,307 | 419·44 |
| Waipukurau .. .. | 130 | 62,989 | 484·53 | Akaroa .. .. | 395 | 99,002 | 250·64 |
| Waipawa .. .. | 519 | 266,447 | 513·39 | Ashburton .. .. | 1,901 | 1,145,083 | 602·36 |
| Woodville .. .. | 351 | 83,460 | 237·78 | Geraldine .. .. | 974 | 408,263 | 419·16 |
| Dannevirke .. .. | 759 | 242,730 | 319·80 | Levels .. .. | 831 | 156,844 | 188·74 |
| Patangata .. .. | 323 | 419,573 | 1,298·99 | Mackenzie .. .. | 420 | 1,337,544 | 3,184·63 |
| Weber .. .. | 72 | 67,095 | 931·88 | Waimate .. .. | 1,332 | 877,746 | 658·97 |
| Totals .. .. | 6,084 | 4,563,083 | 750·01 | Totals .. .. | 12,932 | 8,130,677 | 628·73 |
| LAND DISTRICT OF TARANAKI. | LAND DISTRICT OF OTAGO. | ||||||
| Ohura .. .. | 496 | 256,799 | 517·74 | Waitaki .. .. | 1,635 | 1,337,819 | 818·24 |
| Clifton .. .. | 412 | 231,904 | 562·87 | Maniototo .. .. | 525 | 818,433 | 1,558·92 |
| Taranaki .. .. | 1,399 | 188,589 | 134·80 | Waihemo .. .. | 304 | 231,556 | 761·70 |
| Egmont .. .. | 685 | 126,005 | 183·95 | Waikouaiti .. .. | 479 | 169,009 | 352·84 |
| Stratford .. .. | 853 | 188,830 | 221·37 | Peninsula .. .. | 249 | 20,425 | 82·03 |
| Whangamomona .. | 238 | 159,444 | 669·93 | Taieri .. .. | 846 | 574,860 | 679·50 |
| Waimate West .. | 373 | 43,849 | 117·56 | Tuapeka .. .. | 864 | 777,105 | 899·43 |
| Hawera .. .. | 680 | 106,371 | 156·43 | Bruce .. .. | 850 | 317,156 | 373·12 |
| Eltham .. .. | 500 | 119,520 | 239·04 | Clutha .. .. | 1,159 | 486,494 | 419·75 |
| Patea .. .. | 591 | 280,086 | 473·92 | Vincent .. .. | 599 | 1,624,068 | 2,711·30 |
| Totals .. .. | 6,227 | 1,701,397 | 273·23 | Lake .. .. | 449 | 1,550,747 | 3,453·78 |
| LAND DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON. | Totals .. .. | 7,959 | 7,907,672 | 993·43 | |||
| Waitotara .. .. | 526 | 208,457 | 396·31 | LAND DISTRICT OF SOUTHLAND. | |||
| Wanganui .. .. | 635 | 321,549 | 506·38 | Fiord .. .. | 2 | 18,027 | 9,013·50 |
| Waimarino .. .. | 384 | 433,863 | 1,129·85 | Wallace .. .. | 1,543 | 1,143,594 | 741·15 |
| Kaitieke .. .. | 390 | 161,187 | 413·30 | Southland .. .. | 3,823 | 1,959,393 | 512·53 |
| Rangitikei .. .. | 1,362 | 643,836 | 472·71 | Stewart Island .. | 138 | 40,163 | 291·04 |
| Kiwitea .. .. | 418 | 197,076 | 471·47 | Totals .. .. | 5,506 | 3,161,177 | 574·13 |
| Pohangina .. .. | 249 | 109,224 | 438·65 | Totals, Dominion .. | 79,536 | 42,744,719 | 537·43 |
| Kairanga .. .. | 767 | 102,841 | 134·08 | ||||
| Oroua .. .. | 575 | 112,846 | 196·25 | ||||
| Manawatu .. .. | 516 | 123,311 | 238·97 | ||||
| Horowhenua .. .. | 1,026 | 228,185 | 222·40 | ||||
| Pahiatua .. .. | 648 | 166,464 | 256·89 | ||||
| Akitio .. .. | 213 | 202,919 | 952·67 | ||||
| Castlepoint .. .. | 78 | 156,125 | 200·16 | ||||
| Eketahuna .. .. | 424 | 190,495 | 449·28 | ||||
| Mauriceville .. .. | 64 | 20,515 | 320·55 | ||||
| Masterton .. .. | 559 | 308,468 | 551·82 | ||||
| Wairarapa South .. | 480 | 221,555 | 461·57 | ||||
| Featherston .. .. | 429 | 465,248 | 1,084·49 | ||||
| Hutt .. .. | 771 | 195,249 | 253·24 | ||||
| Makara .. .. | 243 | 56,836 | 233·89 | ||||
| Chatham Islands .. | 79 | 181,959 | 2,303·28 | ||||
| Totals .. .. | 10,836 | 4,808,208 | 443·73 |
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VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 1917, No 180
NZLII —
NZ Gazette 1917, No 180
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