New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 39

Page 817

✨ Agricultural Statistics



Mar. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 817

AREA IN OCCUPATION, 1915-16—continued.

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 1915-1916—continued.

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.
Waitaki .. .. .. 279,089¼ 18 1,016,411½ 12,630 13,945¾ 1,322,094¼
Maniototo .. .. .. 105,939½ .. 673,882½ .. 15,756 795,578
Waihemo .. .. .. 53,658¾ 4 171,918¼ 263 569½ 226,413¼
Waikouaiti .. .. .. 40,675½ ¼ 119,783½ 8,210¼ 6,302¼ 174,971¾
Peninsula .. .. .. 16,969¼ .. 1,035 938¾ 1,225½ 20,168½
Taieri .. .. .. 123,081¾ .. 457,375¾ 4,705¾ 7,235 592,398¼
Tuapeka .. .. .. 184,946¼ 18 547,893¾ 24,618 6,207¾ 763,683¾
Bruce .. .. .. 152,983¾ 7 143,348¾ 5,650 7,693 309,682½
Clutha .. .. .. 286,365½ 1,276 134,223½ 46,432¼ 12,725 481,022¼
Vincent .. .. .. 70,494¼ 55 1,364,064¾ 34,720 92,261¼ 1,561,595¼
Lake .. .. .. 69,552½ .. 1,261,181½ 13,048 67,969 1,411,751
Totals .. .. .. 1,383,756¼ 1,378¼ 5,891,118¾ 151,216 231,890 7,659,359¼

Land District of Southland.

Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres.
Fiord .. .. .. 7 .. 4,000 10,930½ 4,000
Wallace .. .. .. 282,119½ 2,004½ 657,542¾ 97,128½ 119,323
Southland .. .. .. 891,520 2,074 898,782½ 76,137½ 56,933¾
Stewart Island .. .. .. 1,287 20 24,223¼ 12,364 2,785¾
Totals .. .. .. 1,174,933½ 4,098½ 1,584,548½ 196,560½ 183,042½

SUMMARY OF LAND DISTRICTS.

Land District (including Interior Boroughs). Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres.
Auckland .. .. .. 3,157,870¼ 17,479¼ 1,291,913¼ 1,196,359½ 819,531 6,483,153¼
Hawke’s Bay .. .. .. 2,921,563¼ 320 1,017,512¾ 325,790½ 117,907½ 4,383,094
Taranaki .. .. .. 1,287,665½ 246 22,353¾ 341,510¼ 16,570½ 1,668,346
Wellington .. .. .. 3,412,870¼ 23,187¾ 597,568½ 502,910¼ 219,572 4,756,109¼
Nelson .. .. .. 362,413½ 2,800¾ 308,481¾ 476,252½ 51,591 1,201,539½
Marlborough .. .. .. 458,363¾ 880 1,490,224¾ 201,416 528,778 2,679,662½
Westland .. .. .. 132,115¾ 3,640¾ 188,599¾ 1,041,005¼ 327,814¾ 1,693,176¼
Canterbury .. .. .. 2,692,622 1,374¼ 4,311,746 172,923 539,751¾ 7,718,417
Otago .. .. .. 1,383,756¼ 1,378¼ 5,891,118¾ 151,216 231,890 7,659,359¼
Southland .. .. .. 1,174,933½ 4,098½ 1,584,548½ 196,560½ 183,042½ 3,143,183½
Totals for Dominion .. 16,984,174½ 55,405½ 16,704,067¾ 4,605,943¾ 3,037,449 41,386,040½

TABLE SHOWING THE AREA IN OCCUPATION FOR 1915-16 AS COMPARED WITH 1910-11.

1910-11. 1915-16. Increase. Decrease.
Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres.
Grain and pulse crops .. .. .. 1,015,822 1,034,375½ 18,553½ ..
Root and green crops .. .. .. 713,682 1,030,406¼ 316,724¼ ..
Sown grasses .. .. .. 14,214,741 14,623,657¾ 408,916¾ ..
Fallow lands .. .. .. 209,973 84,665½ .. 125,307½
Gardens, orchards, plantations, &c. .. .. .. 111,672 211,069½ 99,397½ ..
Unimproved land .. .. .. 23,972,236 24,401,866 429,630 ..
Totals .. .. .. 40,238,126 41,386,040½ 1,273,222 125,307½

Total land in occupation, 1915-16 .. .. .. .. 41,386,040½
Total land in occupation, 1910-11 .. .. .. .. 40,238,126

Net increase .. .. .. .. 1,147,914½



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