✨ Agricultural Statistics
RETURN OF CULTIVATIONS AND LIVE STOCK IN THE PROVINCE OF OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND—DECEMBER, 1854.
| Districts. | Number of Acres under different kinds of Crop, &c. | | | | | | | | | Amount of Stock. | | | | | | Nature and average quantity of Produce per acre. | | | | | | | | Nature of Produce, and Price sterling. | | | | | | | | Enumerators. |
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| | Wheat. | Oats. | Barley. | Potatoes. | Turnips. | Fallow. | Hay, Pasturage, &c. | Gardens. | Penced, but not cultivated. | Total number of acres in crop. | Number of acres of uncultivated Land. | Horses. | Horned Cattle. | Sheep. | Goats. | Wheat. | Oats. | Barley. | Potatoes. | Turnips. | Hay. | Wheat. | Oats. | Barley. | Potatoes. | Turnips. | Hay. | Pasture. | Wool. | Rye Grass. | Fruit Trees and Bushes. | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | bush | bush | bush | tons. | tons. | | per bush. s. d. | per bush. s. d. | per bush. s. d. | per ton. s. d. | per ton. s. d. | per acre. s. d. | per acre. £ | per bale. £ | per acre. £ | value £ | |
| South of Popotunoa—Popotunoa to Clutha River—Inch Clutha—and north bank of Clutha River | 54 | 51 | .. | 40 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 991 | 16564 | 49 | 1296 | 11300 | 17 | 36.8 | 69 | .. | 10½ | .. | .. | 9 4 | 5 0 | 5 0 | 8 | 40 0 | .. | .. | 13 | .. | .. | Mr. Samuel Shaw |
| Tokomairiro. | 108 | 24½ | .. | 19¼ | .. | 118½ | 32 | .. | 323½ | 2794 | 6524 | 25 | 690 | 9750 | .. | 30.4 | 34 | 40 | 8 | 10 | .. | 10 0 | 5 0 | 5 0 | 7 | 15 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Mr. John Cargill |
| Waihola | 22½ | 2 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 61 | .. | .. | 62½ | 11844 | 11 | 130 | 1868 | 45 | 30 | 30 | .. | 9¾ | .. | .. | 10 0 | 5 0 | 5 0 | 7 | 15 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Mr. John Cargill |
| Native Village, &c. | 18¾ | 1¾ | .. | 14¼ | .. | .. | 37 | .. | .. | 42¾ | 459½ | 31 | 379 | 650 | .. | 26.6 | 36¾ | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 12 0 | 5 6 | 8 0 | 8 0 | 15 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Mr. George Shand |
| West Taieri | 152½ | 47 | 1 | 18¼ | 8 | 42 | 50 | 21 | .. | 263¾ | 12791 | 29 | 749 | 9600 | 12 | 29.8 | 34½ | 50 | 6¼ | 13¼ | .. | 12 0 | 5 6 | 8 0 | 7 | 15 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Mr. George Shand |
| East Taieri | 121 | 62½ | 1 | 14 | 49 | 111½ | 78½ | 11 | .. | 256 | 11121 | 21 | 474 | 70 | .. | 40 | 37.3 | 25.4 | 6½ | 28 | .. | 12 0 | 5 6 | 8 0 | 7 | 15 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Mr. George Shand |
| Green Island, The Porbury, Caversham, &c. | 140¼ | 221½ | 3½ | 29 | 111½ | 49 | 119¼ | 4½ | .. | 544½ | .. | 38 | 530 | .. | .. | 38.4 | 38.6 | 29.3 | .. | .. | .. | 9 0 | 4 6 | 6 6 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Mr. David Howden |
| Anderson’s Bay and east side of Harbour.. | 88½ | 17¾ | 14¼ | 9¾ | 9¾ | 9¾ | 28 | 10 | .. | 243¾ | .. | 8 | 165 | 188 | .. | 31.8 | 27 | 48 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 130 | Mr. James E. Brown |
| Wakari | 33½ | 106¾ | 1 | 20½ | 34 | 54 | 36¼ | 4 | 22¾ | 258 | 320 | 17 | 401 | 1000 | 2 | 39 | 36.8 | 41.6 | 8 | 6¼ | .. | 12 0 | 5 0 | 5 0 | 7 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 9 | .. | Mr. R. Hood |
| North-east Valley. | 62 | 105¾ | 14 | 29¼ | 54 | .. | 14 | .. | 8 | 40 | 656 | 7 | 205 | .. | .. | 22 | 39 | 19 | 60 | 6¼ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | Mr. William Smith |
| Dunedin and Town Belt | 2½ | 2½ | ½ | 7¼ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 31 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Mr. John Shepherd |
| Port Chalmers, Portobello, Otago, Purakaunui, and Blueskin | 81½ | 25 | .. | 35½ | .. | .. | 34¼ | 4½ | .. | 158½ | .. | 25 | 347 | 1004 | 68 | 30¾ | 32½ | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 0 | 5 0 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Mr. William Mills |
| Waikouaiti. | 147¼ | 121 | .. | 17¼ | .. | .. | 320 | 6 | .. | 605¼ | 3584 | 98 | 589 | 5800 | 80 | 49 | 50 | .. | 6.2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Mr. Daniel M’Nicol |
| Goodwood, &c., to Waitangi River | 44 | 13¼ | .. | 10½ | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 74¾ | 2024 | 62 | 6511 | 17677 | 5 | 32.8 | 32 | .. | 7.9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Mr. Daniel M’Nicol |
| | 1077 | 728½ | 5½ | 276¼ | 37½ | 743 | 711¼ | 52 | 331¼ | 3168 | 15878¼ | 435 | 6511 | 58902 | 251 | 32. | 37.¼ | 7½ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Otago Provincial Gazette 1855, No 22
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🌾 Agricultural and Livestock Statistics for Otago, December 1854
🌾 Primary Industries & ResourcesAgriculture, Livestock, Crops, Statistics, Otago
10 names identified
- Samuel Shaw (Mr.), Enumerator for South of Popotunoa
- John Cargill (Mr.), Enumerator for Tokomairiro and Waihola
- George Shand (Mr.), Enumerator for Native Village, West Taieri, and East Taieri
- David Howden (Mr.), Enumerator for Green Island, The Porbury, Caversham, &c.
- James E. Brown (Mr.), Enumerator for Anderson’s Bay and east side of Harbour
- R. Hood (Mr.), Enumerator for Wakari
- William Smith (Mr.), Enumerator for North-east Valley
- John Shepherd (Mr.), Enumerator for Dunedin and Town Belt
- William Mills (Mr.), Enumerator for Port Chalmers, Portobello, Otago, Purakaunui, and Blueskin
- Daniel M’Nicol (Mr.), Enumerator for Waikouaiti and Goodwood, &c., to Waitangi River