New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 39

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✨ Agricultural Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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CATTLE.

TABLE SHOWING DETAILS OF CATTLE IN THE DOMINION AS AT 31ST JANUARY, 1916.

Land District (including Interior Boroughs).	Bulls of all Ages.		Cows and Heifers over Two Years old for Dairying.	Other Cows and Heifers over Two Years old.	Heifers under Two Years old.	Steers over Two Years old.	Steers under Two Years old.	Total Cattle.
	For Dairy Purposes.	For Beef Purposes.
Auckland .. .. ..	11,325	3,820	238,156	99,085	161,209	127,026	134,241	774,862
Hawke’s Bay .. .. ..	1,655	4,430	42,690	105,945	59,218	59,621	46,971	320,530
Taranaki .. .. ..	6,746	1,378	153,476	35,153	75,662	23,759	33,422	329,596
Wellington .. .. ..	6,035	3,811	134,826	98,308	89,491	85,011	59,503	476,985
Nelson .. .. ..	935	193	17,648	5,357	10,913	6,127	8,073	49,246
Marlborough .. .. ..	615	81	9,919	3,960	6,573	3,842	4,657	29,647
Westland .. .. ..	368	204	8,466	7,210	6,969	7,114	6,095	36,426
Canterbury .. .. ..	2,920	681	58,339	16,153	33,576	17,498	20,733	149,900
Otago .. .. ..	2,280	704	45,864	14,174	26,788	15,204	17,986	123,000
Southland .. .. ..	1,953	724	40,939	16,817	28,336	15,113	23,417	127,299
Totals for Dominion .. ..	34,832	16,026	750,323	402,162	498,735	360,315	355,098	2,417,491

SUMMARY OF CATTLE FOR THE YEARS 1906, 1907, 1908, 1911, AND 1916.

Year.	Bulls (of all Ages).	Cows and Heifers over Two Years old for Dairying.	Other Cattle.	Total Cattle.
1906 .. .. ..	31,405	604,137	1,216,208	1,851,750
1907 .. .. ..	30,165	600,363	1,185,771	1,816,299
1908 .. .. ..	30,170	591,617	1,151,539	1,773,326
1911 .. .. ..	40,870	633,733	1,345,568	2,020,171
1916 .. .. ..	50,858	750,323	1,616,310	2,417,491

PIGS AND GOATS.

TABLE SHOWING DETAILS OF PIGS AND GOATS IN THE DOMINION AS AT 31ST JANUARY, 1916.

Land District (including Interior Boroughs).	Pigs.			Goats.
	Boars of all Ages for Stud.	Sows of all Ages used or intended for Breeding.	Other Pigs.	Angora.	Other.
Auckland .. .. .. ..	2,492	12,555	70,723	2,305	3,223
Hawke’s Bay .. .. .. ..	369	2,005	13,109	739	998
Taranaki .. .. .. ..	1,404	6,947	46,684	725	2,741
Wellington .. .. .. ..	1,317	7,167	43,269	1,031	758
Nelson .. .. .. ..	250	1,306	7,510	670	1,151
Marlborough .. .. .. ..	163	1,072	7,529	988	1,671
Westland .. .. .. ..	93	407	2,510	17	165
Canterbury .. .. .. ..	796	4,602	37,566	189	160
Otago .. .. .. ..	340	1,640	13,844	25	14
Southland .. .. .. ..	210	900	8,722	3	28
Totals for Dominion .. ..	7,434	38,601	251,466	6,692	10,909

HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, AND PIGS.

SUMMARY AS ASCERTAINED AT EACH ENUMERATION SINCE 1906.

Year.	Horses (not including Asses and Mules).	Cattle.	Sheep.	Pigs.
1906 .. .. ..	342,608	1,851,750	20,108,471	242,273
1907 .. .. ..	352,832	1,816,299	20,983,772	241,128
1908 .. .. ..	363,259	1,773,326	22,449,053	245,092
1909 .. .. ..	*	*	23,480,707	*
1910 .. .. ..	*	*	24,269,620	*
1911 .. .. ..	404,284	2,020,171	23,996,126	348,754
1916 .. .. ..	371,331	2,417,491	24,788,150	297,501

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