New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 39

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✨ Agricultural Statistics

COMMERCIAL ORCHARDS.

TABLE SHOWING FOR EACH LAND DISTRICT (INCLUDING ITS INTERIOR BOROUGHS) THE TOTAL AREA IN ORCHARD FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, AND PARTICULARS AS TO NUMBER OF TREES OF EACH VARIETY, QUANTITY OF FRUIT GATHERED, AND AVERAGE PRICE REALIZED PER BUSHEL, FOR SUCH AREA AS WAS COVERED BY RETURNS RECEIVED.

Land District (including Interior Boroughs).	Total Area.	Area in respect of which Returns were not furnished.	Area in respect of which Returns were furnished and Details of which appear in the Five Succeeding Columns.	Not Bearing.					Bearing.
				Number of Trees.					Total Area.	Area in respect of which Returns were not furnished.	Area in respect of which Returns were furnished and Details of which appear in Succeeding Columns.
				First Year from Planting.	Second Year from Planting.	Third Year from Planting.	Fourth Year from Planting.	Fifth Year from Planting.
Auckland .. .. ..	2,526½	310¾	2,215¾	87,332	54,716	45,539	28,872	26,436	4,821¼	457½	4,363¾
Hawke’s Bay .. ..	644½	59½	585	27,922	17,796	13,739	6,735	3,471	1,641	183¼	1,457¾
Taranaki .. ..	8	8	..	..	..	..	..	..	98¾	18½	80¼
Wellington .. ..	308¾	57½	251¼	3,331	1,502	9,849	1,632	561	913¼	233¾	679½
Nelson .. ..	4,012¾	1,238½	2,774¼	118,555	149,918	111,877	81,696	32,362	4,260¼	933½	3,326¾
Marlborough .. ..	591	55	536	15,728	25,488	6,909	9,171	2,792	188¾	19½	169¼
Westland .. ..	33¼	33¼	..	..	..	..	..	..	39½	24½	15
Canterbury .. ..	455¼	96½	358¾	6,414	8,316	5,897	7,650	2,245	1,185¾	227	958¾
Otago .. ..	2,396¾	384	2,012¾	65,387	79,988	58,330	35,873	13,263	2,052½	393	1,659½
Southland .. ..	17¾	16	1¾	..	..	..	..	194	49¼	45¼	4
Totals for Dominion ..	10,994½	2,259	8,735½	324,669	337,724	252,140	171,629	81,324	15,250¼	2,535¾	12,714½

Bearing—continued.

Land District (including Interior Boroughs).	Apples.			Pears.			Peaches.			Nectarines.			Apricots.
	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price realized per Bushel.	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price realized per Bushel.	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price realized per Bushel.	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price realized per Bushel.	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price realized per Bushel.
		Bushels.	s. d.		Bushels.	s. d.		Bushels.	s. d.		Bushels.	s. d.		Bushels.	s. d.
Auckland .. ..	103,627	92,116	5 0	22,746	25,082¾	4 8	62,854	23,304½	5 11	8,502	4,527½	6 3	5,022	1,776½	8 0
Hawke’s Bay ..	39,386	65,776	4 5	14,460	24,009	3 10	23,418	4,503½	4 9	1,766	1,968¾	5 6	1,881	2,129	8 11
Taranaki .. ..	580	885	5 7	78	56	6 6¼	65	16	7 3¾	20	3	10 0	..	..	..
Wellington ..	22,530	15,643½	5 8½	3,018	3,922	4 4¾	2,581	1,144	4 3	776	525	4 0¾	121	56	7 10¼
Nelson .. ..	185,038	120,718	4 3	12,817	20,930½	4 4	19,410	11,088½	5 2	3,670	2,904½	5 10	4,723	3,011½	6 5
Marlborough ..	6,430	4,169	4 8½	91	237	4 0¾	441	204	6 11¼	72	41	8 1¾	79	71	5 11¾
Westland .. ..	1,664	600	4 0	416	300	6 0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Canterbury ..	98,478	23,304	4 3¾	15,026	14,612	3 7½	793	736½	6 3¼	123	129	6 4	1,046	1,054	3 0
Otago .. ..	56,857	28,879	5 11½	5,204	3,860½	5 7¾	30,214	23,321½	5 10¾	2,340	1,824	7 2¼	31,862	25,057½	5 9¼
Southland .. ..	434	208	4 4½	9	3	6 0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals for Dominion ..	515,024	352,298½	4 8¾	73,865	93,012¾	4 1¼	139,776	64,318½	5 4¾	17,269	11,922¾	6 1¾	44,734	33,155½	5 10¼