New Zealand Gazette – 1920 – No. 101

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✨ Agricultural Statistics

COMMERCIAL ORCHARDS, 1919–20—continued.

TABLE SHOWING FOR EACH AND 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—continued.

(Exclusive of Boroughs.)

Land District.	\	Oranges.	\	Lemons.	\	Quinces.	\	Walnuts.
\	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price per Bushel.	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price per Bushel.	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.
North Auckland	. .	. .	. .	1,723	2,426	10 3	5,910	3,527
Auckland	. .	. .	. .	. .	54	55	9 5	1,258
Hawke’s Bay	. .	. .	. .	. .	67	49	11 10	319
Taranaki	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .
Wellington	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	5
Nelson	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	3	4
Marlborough	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .
Westland	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .
Canterbury	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .
Otago	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .
Southland	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .
Totals for Dominion	. .	. .	. .	1,852	2,534	10 3	8,032	4,884

TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL ORCHARDS IN EACH LAND DISTRICT IN THE DOMINION, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO SIZE.

(Exclusive of Boroughs.)

| Land District. | \ | Under 5 Acres. | 5 Acres and under 10 Acres. | 10 Acres and under 20 Acres. | 20 Acres and under 30 Acres. | 30 Acres and under 40 Acres. | 40 Acres and under 50 Acres. | 50 Acres and under 75 Acres. | 75 Acres and under 100 Acres. | 100 Acres and over. | Totals. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| \ | No. | Total Area. | No. | Total Area. | No. | Total Area. | No. | Total Area. | No. | Total Area. | No. | Total Area. | No. | Total Area. | No. | Total Area. | No. | Total Area. |
| North Auckland | . . | 340 | 904 | 256 | 1,670 | 128 | 1,538 | 29 | 632 | 4 | 122 | 2 | 82 | 2 | 100 | . . | 1 | 188 | 762 | 5,236 |
| Auckland | . . | 56 | 134 | 41 | 266 | 26 | 360 | 3 | 68 | 2 | 67 | . . | . . | 1 | 62 | . . | . . | 129 | 957 |
| Hawke’s Bay | . . | 134 | 383 | 132 | 896 | 48 | 627 | 9 | 206 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | 106 | . . | . . |
| Taranaki | . . | 15 | 38 | 2 | 14 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 17 | 52 |
| Wellington | . . | 55 | 142 | 26 | 163 | 8 | 96 | 1 | 20 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 116 |
| Nelson | . . | 248 | 679 | 245 | 1,665 | 257 | 3,268 | 87 | 2,016 | 19 | 625 | 10 | 444 | 9 | 555 | 5 | 423 | 886 | 10,527 |
| Marlborough | . . | 26 | 66 | 23 | 161 | 21 | 268 | 5 | 113 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 60 | . . | . . | 78 | 740 |
| Westland | . . | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 10 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 5 | 23 |
| Canterbury | . . | 200 | 443 | 76 | 487 | 33 | 396 | 6 | 154 | . . | . . | 1 | 45 | 3 | 195 | . . | 1 | 178 | 320 |
| Otago | . . | 77 | 193 | 92 | 640 | 89 | 1,135 | 38 | 840 | 14 | 467 | 5 | 214 | 4 | 221 | 1 | 90 | 323 | 4,300 |
| Southland | . . | 5 | 11 | 1 | 5 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 6 | 16 |
| Totals for Dominion | . . | 1,159 | 2,999 | 895 | 5,974 | 611 | 7,698 | 178 | 4,049 | 40 | 1,311 | 19 | 827 | 22 | 1,299 | 6 | 513 | 12 | 1,834 | 2,942 | 26,504 |