New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 164

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✨ Agricultural Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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HORSES.

TABLE SHOWING FOR EACH LAND DISTRICT IN THE DOMINION (EXCLUSIVE OF INTERIOR BOROUGHS) THE NUMBER OF HORSES AS AT 31ST JANUARY, 1918, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO BREED, SEX, AND AGE.

Land District (excluding Interior Boroughs).	Stallions for Stud.	Geldings over Two Years Old.	Dry Mares over Two Years Old.	Mares with Foal at Foot or to foal this Season.	Fillies under Two Years Old.	Colts or Geldings under Two Years Old.	Other Horses, and Horses unspecified.	Total.
Thoroughbred.
Auckland ..	100	350	346	189	140	120	73	1,318
Hawke's Bay ..	69	268	273	200	107	79	20	1,016
Taranaki ..	23	116	113	42	36	31	..	361
Wellington ..	86	476	551	255	199	159	46	1,772
Nelson ..	8	23	22	2	3	2	..	60
Marlborough ..	3	31	32	5	4	2	..	77
Westland ..	9	16	16	4	1	..	..	46
Canterbury ..	55	260	312	106	69	65	19	886
Otago ..	40	130	114	100	54	32	15	485
Southland ..	14	102	116	25	24	21	4	306
Totals ..	407	1,772	1,895	928	637	511	177	6,327

| Draught. | | | | | | | | |
| Auckland .. | 279 | 14,052 | 11,673 | 1,547 | 1,462 | 1,243 | 156 | 30,412 |
| Hawke's Bay .. | 103 | 4,679 | 3,759 | 597 | 465 | 410 | 208 | 10,221 |
| Taranaki .. | 67 | 3,780 | 2,903 | 301 | 269 | 225 | 35 | 7,580 |
| Wellington .. | 128 | 6,130 | 5,531 | 810 | 643 | 514 | 105 | 13,861 |
| Nelson .. | 14 | 1,652 | 1,566 | 189 | 116 | 125 | 16 | 3,678 |
| Marlborough .. | 34 | 1,569 | 1,485 | 107 | 125 | 94 | 3 | 3,417 |
| Westland .. | 7 | 333 | 303 | 63 | 52 | 16 | 17 | 791 |
| Canterbury .. | 135 | 19,575 | 17,399 | 1,567 | 2,344 | 1,894 | 285 | 43,199 |
| Otago .. | 98 | 10,917 | 10,529 | 965 | 1,402 | 1,034 | 152 | 25,097 |
| Southland .. | 57 | 9,612 | 8,968 | 759 | 1,093 | 897 | 45 | 21,431 |
| Totals .. | 922 | 72,299 | 64,116 | 6,905 | 7,971 | 6,452 | 1,022 | 159,687 |

| Other Breeds (Harness and Saddle). | | | | | | | | |
| Auckland .. | 148 | 24,044 | 20,118 | 2,718 | 2,684 | 2,258 | 1,568 | 53,538 |
| Hawke's Bay .. | 58 | 10,696 | 9,319 | 1,556 | 1,438 | 1,210 | 1,180 | 25,457 |
| Taranaki .. | 13 | 6,658 | 7,193 | 576 | 688 | 543 | 203 | 15,874 |
| Wellington .. | 51 | 13,142 | 13,122 | 1,571 | 1,443 | 1,194 | 824 | 31,347 |
| Nelson .. | 12 | 1,852 | 1,836 | 122 | 226 | 135 | 79 | 4,262 |
| Marlborough .. | 11 | 1,565 | 1,649 | 140 | 161 | 131 | 33 | 3,690 |
| Westland .. | 8 | 809 | 733 | 107 | 84 | 77 | 50 | 1,868 |
| Canterbury .. | 63 | 9,260 | 8,733 | 748 | 813 | 694 | 1,029 | 21,340 |
| Otago .. | 24 | 5,421 | 5,082 | 386 | 632 | 466 | 696 | 12,707 |
| Southland .. | 20 | 3,260 | 3,359 | 357 | 532 | 375 | 235 | 8,138 |
| Totals .. | 408 | 76,707 | 71,144 | 8,281 | 8,701 | 7,083 | 5,897 | 178,221 |

| Ponies under Fourteen Hands. | | | | | | | | |
| Auckland .. | 31 | 1,773 | 1,801 | 181 | 191 | 184 | 261 | 4,422 |
| Hawke's Bay .. | 17 | 375 | 494 | 92 | 57 | 53 | 20 | 1,108 |
| Taranaki .. | 11 | 286 | 456 | 60 | 74 | 37 | 27 | 951 |
| Wellington .. | 19 | 491 | 488 | 68 | 35 | 47 | 76 | 1,224 |
| Nelson .. | 1 | 20 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 76 |
| Marlborough .. | 4 | 42 | 80 | 3 | 9 | 6 | .. | 144 |
| Westland .. | 1 | 27 | 25 | 2 | .. | 5 | 4 | 64 |
| Canterbury .. | 27 | 427 | 428 | 58 | 49 | 50 | 118 | 1,157 |
| Otago .. | 8 | 196 | 169 | 13 | 26 | 16 | 36 | 464 |
| Southland .. | 4 | 116 | 107 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 294 |
| Totals .. | 123 | 3,753 | 4,083 | 505 | 459 | 413 | 568 | 9,904 |

| Total (All Breeds). | | | | | | | | |
| Auckland .. | 558 | 40,219 | 33,938 | 4,635 | 4,477 | 3,805 | 2,058 | 89,690 |
| Hawke's Bay .. | 247 | 16,018 | 13,845 | 2,445 | 2,067 | 1,752 | 1,428 | 37,802 |
| Taranaki .. | 114 | 10,840 | 10,665 | 979 | 1,067 | 836 | 265 | 24,766 |
| Wellington .. | 284 | 20,239 | 19,692 | 2,704 | 2,320 | 1,914 | 1,051 | 48,204 |
| Nelson .. | 35 | 3,547 | 3,459 | 319 | 353 | 263 | 100 | 8,076 |
| Marlborough .. | 52 | 3,207 | 3,246 | 255 | 299 | 233 | 36 | 7,328 |
| Westland .. | 25 | 1,185 | 1,077 | 176 | 137 | 98 | 71 | 2,769 |
| Canterbury .. | 280 | 29,522 | 26,872 | 2,479 | 3,275 | 2,703 | 1,451 | 66,582 |
| Otago .. | 170 | 16,664 | 15,894 | 1,464 | 2,114 | 1,548 | 899 | 38,753 |
| Southland .. | 95 | 13,090 | 12,550 | 1,163 | 1,659 | 1,307 | 305 | 30,169 |
| Totals .. | 1,860 | 154,531 | 141,238 | 16,619 | 17,768 | 14,459 | 7,664 | 354,139 |
| Boroughs .. | 158 | 11,080 | 6,875 | 622 | 406 | 3,022 | 1,748 | 23,911 |
| Grand totals .. | 2,018 | 165,611 | 148,113 | 17,241 | 18,174 | 17,481 | 9,412 | 378,050 |