New Zealand Gazette – 1919 – No. 127

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✨ Land Use Statistics

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UNIMPROVED OCCUPIED LAND, 1918-19.

TABLE SHOWING FOR EACH LAND DISTRICT IN THE DOMINION DETAILS OF UNIMPROVED OCCUPIED LAND FOR THE SEASON 1918-19.

Land District.	Phormium Tenax.	Tussock and other Native Grasses.	Fern, Scrub, and Second Growth.	Standing Virgin Bush.	Barren and Unproductive Land.	Total Unimproved Occupied Land.
	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.
North Auckland	5,201	210,721	810,029	407,360	121,830	1,555,141
Auckland..	11,194	435,049	1,001,829	731,545	63,197	2,242,814
Hawke’s Bay	243	860,917	346,766	334,414	104,536	1,646,876
Taranaki ..	50	10,653	65,698	325,900	5,484	407,785
Wellington	19,249	502,302	282,345	448,560	91,660	1,344,116
Nelson	3,401	303,910	151,552	480,436	49,872	989,171
Marlborough	1,265	1,242,318	209,599	200,816	401,025	2,055,023
Westland	6,669	226,661	65,995	995,846	299,688	1,594,859
Canterbury	1,947	4,445,331	104,105	239,000	682,128	5,472,511
Otago	1,734	6,003,478	207,522	123,709	207,379	6,543,822
Southland	4,668	1,384,128	148,495	211,631	128,329	1,877,251
Totals	55,621	15,625,468	3,393,935	4,499,217	2,155,128	25,729,369

AREA IN OCCUPATION.

TABLE SHOWING THE AREA IN OCCUPATION IN 1918-19, AS COMPARED WITH 1917-18.

---	1917-18.	1918-19.	Increase.	Decrease.
	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.	Acres.
Grain and pulse crops	819,169	750,964	..	68,205
Grasses and clovers (cut for seed or hay), green and root crops	884,146	820,035	..	64,111
Sown grasses not cut for seed or hay	15,448,134	15,831,604	383,470	..
Fallow lands	77,791	68,619	..	9,172
Gardens, orchards, plantations, &c..	156,920	142,115	..	14,805
Unimproved land..	25,825,919	25,729,369	..	96,550
Totals	43,212,079	43,342,706	130,627	..

OCCUPATION OF LAND, 1918-19.—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.	Acres.	Acres.
					Held under other Tenures.
North Auckland	2,235,413	153,085	34,961	82,904	102,998	359,048	2,968,409
Auckland ..	2,386,869	166,140	60,007	458,739	307,880	900,273	4,279,962
Hawke’s Bay	2,658,014	258,485	155,642	729,884	273,757	595,619	4,671,401
Taranaki ..	855,461	168,530	52,536	129,866	105,082	392,388	1,703,863
Wellington	3,081,777	451,049	92,210	406,770	217,124	561,433	4,810,421
Nelson	616,327	65,022	10,442	14,404	159,926	449,439	1,315,645
Marlborough	799,902	49,195	4,186	31,235	1,246,916	338,255	2,469,689
Westland ..	152,197	21,998	12,360	4,927	1,090,968	454,091	1,736,541
Canterbury	3,138,638	418,540	306,943	10,414	3,887,398	521,045	8,290,898
Otago	1,586,368	208,923	94,907	7,142	4,440,860	1,571,899	7,910,099
Southland..	1,452,140	116,917	156,588	4,509	1,095,451	360,173	3,185,778
Totals	18,963,106	2,077,884	980,782	1,880,794	12,928,360	6,503,663	43,342,706