New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 39

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✨ Agricultural Statistics

Mar. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 815

AREA IN OCCUPATION, 1915-16.

TABLE SHOWING FOR EACH COUNTY IN THE DOMINION (WITH ITS INTERIOR BOROUGHS) THE AREA IN OCCUPATION (EXCLUSIVE OF HOLDINGS OF LESS THAN 1 ACRE IN EXTENT) FOR THE SEASON 1915-16.

County (including Interior Boroughs).	Total Area cultivated.	Phormium Tenax.	Tussock and other Native Grasses.	Standing Virgin Bush.	Barren and Unproductive Land.	Total Area in Occupation.
	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.
Mangonui ..	67,462	907	73,314	33,094½	83,338¼	258,115¾
Whangaroa ..	15,572	1	29,067½	14,143	6,497½	65,281
Bay of Islands	82,578¼	425	81,742½	36,186¾	13,835¾	214,768¼
Hokianga ..	114,841½	25	13,076½	82,682¼	5,534¼	216,159½
Whangarei ..	220,044½	189	30,436¾	82,535½	68,949¾	402,155½
Hobson ..	140,006	289	31,467¼	34,420½	78,886¾	285,069½
Otamatea ..	139,952½	188	22,463½	34,953¾	25,005¼	222,563
Rodney ..	126,294¾	82½	45,943	39,643¼	38,631¼	250,594¾
Waitemata ..	98,242¾	39	48,376¼	30,466½	65,203¾	242,328¼
Eden ..	17,365½	..	1,027¼	407	1,742¼	20,542¼
Great Barrier Island..	8,440	..	6,793	21,493	6,453½	43,179½
Manukau ..	99,860½	..	9,980¾	12,606½	6,439	128,886¾
Franklin ..	173,750¼	2,798	47,441¾	18,926¼	25,600¾	268,157
Waikato ..	160,071½	2,216¼	43,268¾	13,169	42,938	261,663½
Raglan ..	257,244½	371	20,307½	70,283¼	52,293¾	400,446
Waipa ..	126,615	369	25,716¾	2,609¼	6,843¼	162,153¼
Kawhia ..	53,106¼	..	7,729¾	32,449¼	1,109	94,394¼
Awakino ..	91,953¾	26½	1,178	61,402	385	154,945¼
Waitomo ..	244,098¼	10	57,323¼	99,240¼	43,289½	443,961¼
Coromandel..	64,062	70	64,245	49,804½	7,988	186,169½
Thames ..	49,063	69¼	31,325¾	75,557	3,409¼	159,424¼
Ohinemuri ..	66,503¼	680½	28,848½	19,255	13,589½	128,876¾
Tauranga ..	117,366	2,569½	37,777	30,987¾	20,992¾	209,693
Piako ..	149,537½	850	50,294½	6,084¼	3,090½	209,856¾
Matamata ..	166,786¾	23	141,546	21,042½	9,756	339,154¼
Rotorua ..	37,252¾	231½	72,026	47,042¾	10,972¼	167,525¾
Whakatane ..	53,050¼	184	28,013¼	15,226	16,350¼	112,823¾
Opotiki ..	101,208½	..	7,179½	108,294¼	8,560½	225,242¾
East Taupo..	24,964½	1,595	187,177½	47,923	101,867¾	363,527¾
West Taupo	90,576	3,270¼	46,825¾	54,430¾	50,031½	245,134¼
Totals ..	3,157,870¼	17,479¼	1,291,913¼	1,196,359½	819,531	6,483,153¼

Land District of Hawke's Bay.


Waiapu ..	375,909½	..	13,102¾	64,442¾	19,782½	473,237½
Waikohu ..	390,174¾	..	10,508	80,120	655	481,457¾
Cook ..	535,702	65	40,536	29,656¼	5,201	611,160¼
Wairoa ..	308,871¼	150	175,708¾	106,880¾	38,091½	629,702¼
Hawke's Bay ..	439,396	2	533,752½	23,521	49,341¾	1,046,013¼
Waipukurau ..	34,517½	..	27,671½	99½	58	62,346½
Waipawa ..	191,716	12	64,927½	8,656	500½	265,812
Woodville ..	84,455	5	286	1,431¼	219	86,396¼
Dannevirke ..	219,025½	60	1,564¼	6,162½	962¼	227,774¼
Patangata ..	276,489	26	148,955½	3,355½	2,434	431,260
Weber ..	65,306¾	..	500	1,465	662	67,933¾
Totals ..	2,921,563¼	320	1,017,512¾	325,790½	117,907½	4,383,094

Land District of Taranaki.


Ohura ..	159,577	..	7,331	69,661	919	237,488
Clifton ..	129,692¾	..	160	96,795¼	2,459½	229,107½
Taranaki ..	170,715½	28½	4,163¾	15,653¾	1,153	191,714½
Egmont ..	107,327¼	201½	5,221¾	9,866	1,306	123,922½
Stratford ..	169,664½	4	374½	14,988	325½	185,356½
Whangamomona ..	98,299¼	..	..	57,699	120	156,118¼
Waimate West ..	43,360¼	..	..	30	87	43,477¼
Hawera ..	96,668¼	..	..	10,140	1,045½	107,853¾
Eltham ..	104,846¾	..	160	13,673	1,130	119,809¾
Patea ..	207,514	12	4,942¾	53,004¼	8,025	273,498
Totals ..	1,287,665½	246	22,353¾	341,510¼	16,570½	1,668,346