New Zealand Gazette – 1921 – No. 68

Page 1953

✨ Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics



JULY 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1953

The Census and Statistics Act, 1910.—Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics.

Census and Statistics Office, Wellington, 13th July, 1921.

THE collection of agricultural and pastoral statistics for the season 1920–21 is now sufficiently advanced to enable preliminary figures to be given for the Dominion. Complete returns have so far been received for 112 counties out of the 129 which comprise the Dominion, and estimates have been made for the incomplete portions of the remaining seventeen counties. The greater part of Hawke’s Bay Land District is estimated from the experience of the season 1919–20. The tables appended hereto are, of course, liable to revision on the complete returns coming to hand.

MALCOLM FRASER, Government Statistician.

INTERIM RETURNS.

I.—TABLE showing APPROXIMATE AREAS and YIELDS of the PRINCIPAL CROPS in each Land District in the Dominion for the Season 1920–21.

Land District. Wheat. Oats.
For Threshing. For Chaff, Hay, or Ensilage. Not harvested (Fed off, &c.) For Threshing. For Chaff, Hay, or Ensilage. Not harvested (Fed off, &c.)
Area. Yield. Area. Yield. Area. Yield. Area. Yield.
Acres. Bushels. Acres. Tons. Acres. Acres. Bushels. Acres. Tons. Acres.
North Auckland 329 8,946 142 276 6 144 4,320 11,166 16,822 236
Auckland 288 8,333 78 133 65 196 3,750 19,080 29,150 945
Hawke’s Bay 568 20,418 352 562 35 561 17,147 19,504 33,444 608
Taranaki 277 7,240 26 56 3 510 20,841 10,505 22,879 355
Wellington 3,737 115,230 236 337 101 4,887 174,827 21,443 35,798 1,192
Nelson.. 929 21,843 73 81 36 708 16,894 10,607 12,159 197
Marlborough 1,538 39,595 129 274 33 1,578 52,539 18,724 39,078 117
Westland .. .. 9 5 2 .. .. 905 1,453 108
Canterbury 165,019 5,053,538 256 332 579 69,608 2,184,833 154,495 165,524 10,016
Otago .. 36,640 1,221,883 204 212 395 35,908 1,365,563 72,473 97,897 2,710
Southland 4,970 177,244 172 279 27 31,699 1,317,900 61,286 84,432 711
Totals, Dominion, 1920–21 (interim figures only) 214,295 6,674,270 1,677 2,547 1,282 145,799 5,158,614 400,188 538,636 17,195
Totals, Dominion, 1919–20 (final figures) 139,611 4,559,934 2,125 3,172 737 179,800 6,967,862 322,174 467,640 14,883
Land District. Barley. Maize.
For Threshing. For Chaff, Hay, or Ensilage. For Threshing. For Ensilage.
Area. Yield. Area. Yield. Area. Yield. Area. Yield.
Acres. Bushels. Acres. Tons. Acres. Bushels. Acres. Tons.
North Auckland .. 81 2,475 64 122 491 16,821 183
Auckland .. .. 258 7,041 75 192 7,097 249,428 321
Hawke’s Bay .. 2,148 101,075 171 226 2,957 171,859 59
Taranaki .. .. 375 14,514 85 159 1 40 48
Wellington .. .. 1,765 56,734 29 47 8 230 67
Nelson .. .. 1,286 37,806 .. .. .. .. 13
Marlborough .. 7,071 221,156 49 92 .. .. 10
Westland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Canterbury .. .. 15,452 507,016 54 54 8 40 3
Otago .. .. 10,553 322,481 143 258 15 820 ..
Southland .. .. 1,304 44,559 .. .. .. .. ..
Totals, Dominion, 1920–21 (interim figures only) 40,293 1,314,857 670 1,150 10,577 439,238 704 4,544
Totals, Dominion, 1919–20 (final figures) 22,907 815,807 711 1,182 9,064 405,775 589 2,909
Land District. Rye-grass (Seed). Cocksfoot (Seed). Potatoes. Turnips. Mangolds.
Area. Yield. Area. Yield. Area. Yield.
Acres. Lb. Acres. Lb. Acres. Tons. Acres. Acres.
North Auckland .. 178 41,100 78 17,847 1,709 7,485 12,299
Auckland .. .. 94 17,108 366 34,690 1,451 6,305 72,735
Hawke’s Bay .. 2,760 1,043,915 35 2,852 1,512 8,060 20,904
Taranaki .. .. 21 7,830 15 2,200 281 1,457 33,647
Wellington.. .. 2,928 1,000,503 79 12,562 2,052 11,751 39,852
Nelson .. .. 86 20,880 146 10,664 464 2,235 4,616
Marlborough .. 709 149,200 97 12,427 329 1,786 2,723
Westland .. .. 10 1,100 .. .. 56 282 2,340
Canterbury.. .. 25,999 6,687,709 16,498 2,597,849 10,832 68,436 123,875
Otago .. .. 6,776 1,990,531 121 19,370 2,502 13,524 104,260
Southland .. .. 15,263 8,582,755 164 27,290 1,271 8,345 122,974
Totals, Dominion, 1920–21 (interim figures only) 54,824 19,542,631 17,599 2,737,751 22,459 129,666 540,225 9,465
Totals, Dominion, 1919–20 (final figures) 39,580 13,053,445 16,789 2,201,729 24,933 144,705 542,310 9,546


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13 July 1921
Agriculture, Pastoral, Statistics, Crops, Yields, Land Districts
  • Malcolm Fraser, Government Statistician