New Zealand Gazette – 1923 – No. 54

Page 1789

✨ Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics

JUNE 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1789

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

Census and Statistics Office, Wellington, 21st June, 1923.

THE collection of agricultural and pastoral statistics for the season 1922–23 is now sufficiently advanced to enable preliminary figures to be given for the Dominion. Complete returns have so far been received from 113 counties out of the 129 which comprise the Dominion, and estimates have been made for the incomplete portions of the remaining sixteen counties. 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 1922–23

Land District.	Wheat.	Oats.	Barley.
	For Threshing.	For Chaff, Hay, or Ensilage.	Not harvested (Fed off, &c.).
	Area.	Yield.	Area.
	Acres.	Bushels.	Acres.
North Auckland	187	5,095	33
Auckland	171	4,544	71
Gisborne	121	5,393	..
Hawke’s Bay	1,166	32,706	202
Taranaki	60	1,610	3
Wellington	6,734	229,563	183
Nelson	1,096	24,962	11
Marlborough	3,681	117,650	30
Westland	..	..	..
Canterbury	203,732	6,414,604	303
Otago	50,554	1,284,877	307
Southland	8,538	295,374	36
Totals, Dominion, 1922–23 (interim figures only)	276,040	8,416,378	1,179
Totals, Dominion, 1921–22 (final figures)	352,918	10,565,275	1,252

Land District.	Maize.	Linseed.	Rye-grass.	Cocksfoot.	Potatoes.	Turnips.	Mangolds.
	For Threshing.	For Ensilage.	For Threshing.
	Area.	Yield.	Area.	Yield.	Area.	Yield.	Area.
	Acres.	Bushels.	Acres.	Tons.	Acres.	Tons.	Acres.
North Auckland	480	16,949	173	776	4	2	65
Auckland	3,962	158,369	373	2,313	..	..	73
Gisborne	4,667	271,158	35	480	..	..	483
Hawke’s Bay	305	15,771	28	202	1	3	1,589
Taranaki	4	139	16	25	..	..	..
Wellington	10	310	68	273	75	42	1,571
Nelson	1	20	22	108	1	1	22
Marlborough	..	..	4	16	4	6	187
Westland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Canterbury	34	890	6	41	10,159	4,796	11,327
Otago	4	40	..	..	..	..	4,442
Southland	..	..	5	10	69	38	15,496
Totals, Dominion, 1922–23 (interim figures only)	9,467	463,646	730	4,244	10,313	4,888	35,255
Totals, Dominion, 1921–22 (final figures)	10,522	488,452	1,039	6,470	5,880	2,830	51,356

II.—TABLE showing the APPROXIMATE NUMBERS of the Principal Varieties of LIVE-STOCK in each Land District in the Dominion (inclusive of its Interior Boroughs).

Land District.	Horses, as at 31st Jan., 1923.	Dairy Cows, as at 31st Jan., 1923 (in Milk and Dry).	Total Cattle, as at 31st Jan., 1923 (including Figures in previous Column).	Number of Sheep shorn, Season 1922–23.	Number of Lambs tailed, Season 1922–23.	Sheep (including Lambs), as at 30th April, 1923.	Pigs, as at 31st Jan., 1923
North Auckland	38,117	183,999	480,773	620,999	267,150	619,029	56,261
Auckland	47,412	291,344	661,918	707,583	344,865	687,040	87,354
Gisborne	19,952	26,468	296,471	2,640,849	1,346,188	2,941,126	14,900
Hawke’s Bay	17,243	49,080	260,334	2,473,830	1,298,974	2,742,255	13,701
Taranaki	21,797	201,346	388,842	679,838	306,745	703,773	48,048
Wellington	43,838	191,151	679,598	4,567,649	2,397,781	5,124,820	58,580
Nelson	7,851	27,868	64,933	384,678	145,786	408,105	12,015
Marlborough	7,338	17,768	48,010	938,111	366,627	973,278	8,209
Westland	2,647	13,273	45,369	52,131	30,854	54,512	4,062
Canterbury	63,486	96,068	215,261	3,707,759	2,350,871	4,341,058	56,620
Otago	35,433	61,689	149,955	2,461,904	1,244,730	2,914,942	20,661
Southland	26,808	78,837	183,985	1,244,003	792,900	1,418,926	16,237
Totals, Dominion, 1923 (interim figures only)	331,922	1,238,891	3,475,449	20,479,334	10,893,471	22,928,864	396,648
Totals, Dominion, 1922 (final figures)	332,105	1,137,055	3,323,223	21,100,550	10,267,901	22,222,259	384,333