New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 164

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✨ Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics

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UNIMPROVED LAND, 1917-18.

TABLE SHOWING FOR EACH LAND DISTRICT IN THE DOMINION DETAILS OF UNIMPROVED LAND FOR THE SEASON 1917-18.

Land District.	Phormium Tenax.	Tussock and other Native Grasses.	Fern, Scrub, and Second Growth.	Standing Virgin Bush.	Barren and Unproductive Land.	Total Unimproved Land.
	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.
Auckland..	15,112	742,896	1,651,568	1,206,434	184,518	3,800,528
Hawke's Bay	149	854,492	331,773	334,988	100,334	1,621,736
Taranaki ..	188	13,327	64,347	333,808	9,579	421,249
Wellington	23,108	515,044	261,296	459,997	95,290	1,354,735
Nelson ..	3,489	253,450	144,486	491,702	53,786	946,913
Marlborough	1,399	1,336,628	194,858	204,262	391,375	2,128,522
Westland..	5,193	230,199	73,982	1,051,382	284,997	1,645,753
Canterbury	560	4,619,345	70,011	238,084	541,101	5,469,101
Otago ..	1,311	5,927,430	216,946	116,683	197,333	6,459,703
Southland	4,193	1,536,343	122,178	203,961	111,004	1,977,679
Totals ..	54,702	16,029,154	3,131,445	4,641,301	1,969,317	25,825,919

AREA IN OCCUPATION.

TABLE SHOWING THE AREA IN OCCUPATION IN 1917-18, AS COMPARED WITH 1916-17.

	1916-17.	1917-18.	Increase.	Decrease.
	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.
Grain and pulse crops .. ..	844,642	819,169	..	25,473
Grasses and clovers (cut for seed or hay), green and root crops	1,000,263	884,146	..	116,117
Sown grasses not cut for seed or hay	14,971,725	15,448,134	476,409	..
Fallow lands .. ..	90,042	77,791	..	12,251
Gardens, orchards, plantations, &c. ..	158,125	156,920	..	1,205
Unimproved land .. ..	25,679,922	25,825,919	145,997	..
Totals .. ..	42,744,719	43,212,079	467,360	..

OCCUPATION OF LAND, 1917-18.—TENURE.

Land District.	Freehold occupied by Owner.	Leased from Private Individuals.	Leased from Public Bodies.	Leased from Maoris.	Crown Lands.	Tenure not specified.	Total Area occupied.
	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Held under Pastoral Lease or License.	Held under other Tenures.	Acres.
Auckland	4,382,527	350,866	95,327	608,137	389,812	1,320,878	24
Hawke's Bay	2,543,847	260,867	160,994	701,884	258,766	643,865	..
Taranaki ..	743,739	250,303	65,974	138,225	80,326	417,218	10,015
Wellington	2,985,795	453,227	111,271	422,676	229,980	587,015	121
Nelson ..	598,540	69,254	9,554	13,230	148,731	461,728	..
Marlborough	804,250	53,312	7,144	35,224	1,197,588	451,938	..
Westland ..	147,487	18,909	18,348	5,569	1,129,168	462,580	336
Canterbury	3,061,027	469,416	333,797	12,945	3,985,331	438,026	55
Otago ..	1,604,817	238,552	98,643	6,727	4,299,931	1,609,304	..
Southland..	1,387,955	129,040	135,935	4,865	1,128,339	420,805	..
Totals ..	18,259,984	2,293,746	1,036,987	1,949,482	12,847,972	6,813,357	10,551