New Zealand Gazette – 1921 – No. 95

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✨ Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 95

HORSES.

TABLE SHOWING DETAILS OF HORSES IN THE DOMINION AS AT 31ST JANUARY, 1921.

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 .. ..	206	18,910	15,833	1,135	622	529	1,043	38,281
Auckland .. ..	225	23,344	20,776	1,780	1,649	1,365	705	49,844
Hawke’s Bay .. ..	187	16,005	14,221	1,739	1,331	1,183	1,063	35,729
Taranaki .. ..	66	10,541	10,509	454	371	272	239	22,452
Wellington .. ..	211	20,654	19,651	1,546	1,087	959	1,182	45,290
Nelson .. ..	46	3,651	3,717	211	159	136	153	8,073
Marlborough .. ..	41	3,272	3,189	279	247	249	26	7,303
Westland .. ..	30	1,157	1,138	90	73	42	102	2,632
Canterbury .. ..	257	29,138	27,280	2,259	1,871	1,653	1,393	63,851
Otago .. ..	141	16,182	15,711	1,321	1,056	883	1,094	36,388
Southland .. ..	63	12,617	12,429	822	732	528	225	27,416
Totals for Dominion..	1,473	155,471	144,457	11,636	9,198	7,799	7,225	337,259

CATTLE.

TABLE SHOWING DETAILS OF CATTLE IN THE DOMINION AS AT 31ST JANUARY, 1921.

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 .. ..	1,211	6,359	124,553	18,149	50,477	91,319	67,249
Auckland .. ..	1,508	10,139	212,700	25,326	65,754	128,426	106,939
Hawke’s Bay .. ..	5,240	2,209	44,576	9,904	146,448	85,748	94,079
Taranaki .. ..	639	7,708	159,621	12,881	24,900	84,650	43,149
Wellington .. ..	4,508	6,826	138,619	16,175	128,655	118,678	126,210
Nelson .. ..	154	1,212	19,846	3,488	5,966	12,761	7,882
Marlborough .. ..	171	781	11,777	1,621	6,548	8,975	6,619
Westland .. ..	199	504	8,907	2,600	7,392	8,501	8,021
Canterbury .. ..	367	3,543	69,794	9,733	18,881	44,527	29,824
Otago .. ..	338	2,518	43,831	7,479	13,708	29,105	19,872
Southland .. ..	439	2,775	55,996	7,090	20,908	31,781	23,021
Totals for Dominion ..	14,774	44,574	890,220	114,446	489,637	644,471	532,865

SUMMARY OF CATTLE FOR THE YEARS 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, AND 1921.

Year.	Bulls (of all Ages).	Cows and Heifers over Two Years Old, for Dairying.	Other Cattle.	Total Cattle.
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
1921 .. .. .. ..	59,348	1,004,666	2,075,209	3,139,223

PIGS AND GOATS.

TABLE SHOWING DETAILS OF PIGS AND GOATS IN THE DOMINION AS AT 31ST JANUARY, 1921.

Land District (including Interior Boroughs).	Pigs.	Goats.
Boars (of all Ages) for Stud.	Sows (of all Ages) used or intended for Breeding.	Other Pigs.
North Auckland .. .. ..	1,332	6,923
Auckland .. .. ..	2,101	11,686
Hawke’s Bay .. .. ..	595	3,202
Taranaki .. .. ..	1,364	6,896
Wellington .. .. ..	1,652	8,492
Nelson .. .. ..	340	1,663
Marlborough .. .. ..	217	1,103
Westland .. .. ..	111	504
Canterbury .. .. ..	1,035	6,539
Otago .. .. ..	402	2,102
Southland .. .. ..	226	1,119
Totals for Dominion ..	9,375	50,229

HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, AND PIGS.

SUMMARY AS ASCERTAINED AT EACH ENUMERATION SINCE (AND INCLUDING) 1917.

Year	Horses (not including Asses and Mules).	Cattle.	Sheep.	Pigs.
1917 .. .. .. ..	373,600	2,575,230	26,270,386	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	23,919,970	266,829
1921 .. .. .. ..	337,259	3,139,223	23,285,031	349,892