New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 164

Page 3990

✨ Agricultural Statistics

COMMERCIAL ORCHARDS, 1917–18.

TABLE SHOWING FOR EACH LAND DISTRICT 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.

Not Bearing.

Land District.	Total Area.	Number of Trees.					Bearing.
	Acres.	First Year from Planting.	Second Year from Planting.	Third Year from Planting.	Fourth Year from Planting.	Fifth Year from Planting.	Total Area.	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price realized per Bushel.	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price realized per Bushel.
Auckland .. ..	3,040	51,904	76,776	112,746	47,766	46,562	3,303	165,607	118,271	s. d. 4 2	34,968	29,307	s. d. 5 6
Hawke’s Bay.. ..	948	10,803	23,417	43,244	21,909	11,299	1,315	82,049	130,989	5 1	22,827	47,054	4 7
Taranaki .. ..	9	506	430	448	179	18	45	2,251	1,717	4 6	441	460	6 8
Wellington .. ..	187	2,574	3,341	6,252	1,883	8,710	304	37,929	33,989	5 3	6,275	7,591	6 3
Nelson .. ..	5,356	32,102	211,704	230,765	235,886	86,748	4,252	459,850	348,988	3 11	21,907	24,024	3 7
Marlborough .. ..	544	5,274	5,299	18,607	40,595	4,207	208	21,136	10,407	3 10	556	543	4 6
Westland .. ..	8	3	100	437	..	280	33	2,777	1,635	5 3	17	20	8 0
Canterbury .. ..	809	38,020	23,365	26,493	29,153	9,468	937	109,565	79,507	4 10	13,918	17,071	5 6
Otago .. ..	2,325	28,184	54,493	76,879	61,065	37,974	2,053	108,275	44,207	7 0	10,096	8,463	5 8
Southland .. ..	6	275	183	75	170	..	21	1,638	1,126	6 3	327	215	4 9
Totals .. ..	13,232	169,645	399,108	515,946	438,606	205,266	12,471	991,077	770,836	4 7	111,332	134,748	5 2

Bearing—continued.

Land District.	Peaches.			Nectarines.			Apricots.			Plums.
	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.
Auckland .. ..	75,948	32,837	s. d. 5 10	12,549	4,369	5 8	6,719	2,815	5 6	29,062	16,980	4 6
Hawke’s Bay .. ..	25,839	30,168	7 7	2,033	1,854	5 4	2,118	631	9 6	7,487	10,741	5 8
Taranaki .. ..	255	128	8 3	42	15	4 10	10	6	9 0	1,307	1,176	5 0
Wellington .. ..	4,498	1,379	7 6	836	135	11 10	149	74	10 8	3,096	2,341	4 10
Nelson .. ..	24,917	15,767	5 8	5,118	2,780	6 8	9,533	4,070	7 2	8,828	11,623	4 10
Marlborough .. ..	829	502	5 10	203	174	7 0	221	113	6 0	360	233	4 4
Westland .. ..	8	4	3 6	..	..	..	..	..	..	67	24	6 0
Canterbury .. ..	3,879	3,151	7 2	1,077	509	6 8	1,932	1,541	6 4	7,386	11,132	4 0
Otago .. ..	48,981	29,984	7 3	4,838	2,844	5 8	50,273	37,759	7 9	16,794	10,787	5 4
Southland .. ..	152	84	5 7	..	..	..	..	..	..	448	243	6 3
Totals .. ..	185,306	114,004	6 8	26,696	12,680	5 11	70,955	47,009	7 7	74,835	65,280	5 0

Bearing—continued.

Land District.	Cherries.			Oranges.			Lemons.			Quinces.
	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.
Auckland .. ..	323	10	s. d. 32 0	1,609	3,248	s. d. 7 5	4,366	4,399	s. d. 8 3	865	493	s. d. 4 5
Hawke’s Bay .. ..	951	446	34 4	133	93	9 0	442	997	9 0	216	302	2 11
Taranaki .. ..	4	1	20 0	6	4	11 0	16	27	12 0	1	2	6 0
Wellington .. ..	323	28	40 0	..	..	..	19	17	12 0	243	297	4 2
Nelson .. ..	1,412	672	25 0	..	..	..	213	279	12 0	115	357	4 9
Marlborough .. ..	49	11	29 7	..	..	..	30	8	8 6	7	12	1 6
Westland .. ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	4 0
Canterbury .. ..	4,167	1,566	29 4	..	..	..	..	..	..	287	185	4 9
Otago .. ..	7,416	1,728	29 6	..	..	..	..	..	..	536	479	5 10
Southland .. ..	6	5	31 3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals .. ..	14,651	4,467	30 1	1,748	3,345	7 5	5,086	5,727	8 7	2,272	2,129	3 4