New Zealand Gazette – 1920 – No. 101

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✨ Agricultural Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 101

HORSES.

TABLE SHOWING DETAILS OF HORSES IN THE DOMINION AS AT 31ST JANUARY, 1920.

Land District (including 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 Horses.
North Auckland ..	183	19,294	16,055	939	847	1,096	1,042	39,456
Auckland ..	278	22,787	19,865	1,821	1,695	1,835	1,421	49,702
Hawke’s Bay ..	303	16,186	13,940	1,685	1,459	1,489	1,472	36,534
Taranaki ..	99	11,124	10,469	486	513	534	273	23,498
Wellington ..	248	21,179	19,543	1,696	1,529	1,760	1,732	47,687
Nelson ..	27	3,713	3,773	268	207	254	106	8,348
Marlborough ..	37	3,118	3,097	248	273	260	78	7,111
Westland ..	15	1,263	1,169	84	86	101	59	2,777
Canterbury ..	244	28,827	26,035	2,130	1,846	1,858	2,746	63,686
Otago ..	150	16,738	15,695	1,202	1,148	1,355	2,212	38,500
Southland ..	90	12,968	12,780	921	904	898	547	29,108
Totals for Dominion..	1,674	157,197	142,421	11,480	10,507	11,440	11,688	346,407

CATTLE.

TABLE SHOWING DETAILS OF CATTLE IN THE DOMINION AS AT 31ST JANUARY, 1920.

Land District (including Interior Boroughs).	Bulls (of all Ages).	Cows and Heifers over Two Years Old, for Dairying.	Other Cows and Heifers over Two Years Old.	Heifers under Two Years Old.	Steers over Two Years Old.	Steers under Two Years Old.	Total Cattle.
	For Beef Purposes.	For Dairy Purposes.	In Milk.	Dry.
North Auckland ..	1,557	6,105	109,165	17,559	55,306	90,414	63,438
Auckland ..	1,766	8,839	178,661	27,989	68,961	129,369	102,554
Hawke’s Bay ..	5,690	1,728	40,307	7,014	150,382	94,056	87,593
Taranaki ..	1,096	7,044	148,186	9,190	30,868	80,065	40,001
Wellington ..	5,032	6,063	124,230	17,530	127,512	117,394	126,674
Nelson ..	205	971	17,381	3,583	7,462	12,458	8,652
Marlborough ..	218	626	10,113	1,543	5,733	8,812	5,907
Westland ..	203	426	8,132	1,940	7,350	8,065	7,518
Canterbury ..	492	3,305	60,009	8,976	19,854	40,389	27,920
Otago ..	551	2,356	40,007	7,182	15,539	28,969	17,499
Southland ..	1,044	2,682	46,566	8,191	22,535	34,708	22,176
Totals for Dominion..	17,854	40,145	782,757	110,697	511,502	644,699	509,932

SUMMARY OF CATTLE FOR THE YEARS 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, AND 1920.

Year.	Bulls (of all Ages).	Cows and Heifers over Two Years Old, for Dairying.	Other Cattle.	Total Cattle.
1916 ..	50,858	750,323	1,616,310	2,417,491
1917 ..	49,930	777,439	1,747,861	2,575,230
1918 ..	51,935	793,215	2,024,315	2,869,465
1919 ..	56,706	826,135	2,152,637	3,035,478
1920 ..	57,999	893,454	2,150,492	3,101,945

PIGS AND GOATS.

TABLE SHOWING DETAILS OF PIGS AND GOATS IN THE DOMINION AS AT 31ST JANUARY, 1920.

Land District (including Interior Boroughs).	Pigs.	Goats.
	Boars (of all Ages) for Stud.	Sows (of all Ages) used or intended for Breeding.
North Auckland ..	1,094	5,242
Auckland ..	1,538	8,206
Hawke’s Bay ..	423	2,386
Taranaki ..	1,337	6,180
Wellington ..	1,184	6,929
Nelson ..	252	1,238
Marlborough ..	146	770
Westland ..	97	487
Canterbury ..	814	4,992
Otago ..	335	1,670
Southland ..	160	864
Totals for Dominion ..	7,380	38,964

HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, AND PIGS.

SUMMARY AS ASCERTAINED AT EACH ENUMERATION SINCE (AND INCLUDING) 1916.

Year.	Horses (not including Asses and Mules).	Cattle.	Sheep.	Pigs.
1916 ..	371,331	2,417,491	24,788,150	297,501
1917 ..	373,600	2,575,230	25,270,386	283,770
1918 ..	378,050	2,869,465	26,538,302	250,694
1919 ..	363,188	3,035,478	25,828,554	235,347
1920 ..	346,407	3,101,945	23,914,506	266,829