Otago Provincial Gazette – 1856 – No. 41

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✨ Agricultural and Livestock Statistics

RETURN OF CULTIVATIONS AND LIVE STOCK IN THE PROVINCE OF OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND, 31ST DECEMBER, 1855.

Belonging to the Aboriginal Inhabitants. The Native Cultivations at the Taieri and mouth of the Clutha River have not been given by theEnumerators, by the amount is small
The estimated yearly average wholesale prices given in Dunedin were — For Wheat, 12s. per bushel; Oats, 5s. per bushel; Barley, 6s. per bushel; Potatoes, 20 lbs. per ton; Turnips, 4s per ton.

District	Number of Acres under different kinds of Crop, &c.
	Wheat.
Clutha (including portion of the Counties of Bruce)	203
Tokomairiro District (including Waihola)	472
Taieri District, East Taieri District	575
Green Island and Kaikorai	167
Anderson’s Bay District	19
Dunedin Borough	4
North-East Valley District	218
North Dunedin and Roslyn Borough	11
Caversham	...

	Amount of Stock.
	Horses.
Clutha (including portion of the Counties of Bruce)	218
Tokomairiro District (including Waihola)	376
Taieri District, East Taieri District	430
Green Island and Kaikorai	146
Anderson’s Bay District	15
Dunedin Borough	64
North-East Valley District	234
North Dunedin and Roslyn Borough	35
Caversham	12

*The Wool Return not completed.

Estimated quantity of Wool.

Clutha (including portion of the Counties of Bruce)
Tokomairiro District (including Waihola)
Taieri District, East Taieri District
Green Island and Kaikorai
Anderson’s Bay District
Dunedin Borough
North-East Valley District
North Dunedin and Roslyn Borough
Caversham

Estimated average per acre of

Bushels
Tons

Fruit Trees and Dishes

Mr. James B. Clack and Mr. T. Grills
John L. Gillies
David Dorward
A. Burns
J. Hughes
Revd. Thomas Burns
Dr. Manning, E. Brown
Mr. James Little

Enumerators.

Clutha District
Tokomairiro District
Taieri District
East Taieri District
Green Island District
Kaikorai District
Anderson’s Bay District
Dunedin Borough
North-East Valley District
North Dunedin and Roslyn Borough
Caversham District

VUW Te Waharoa — Otago Provincial Gazette 1856, No 41

The Otago Provincial Council sat in a number of buildings, including the Dunedin Stock Exchange (depicted) in Princes St

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Return of Cultivations and Live Stock in the Province of Otago

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
KeywordsAgriculture, Cultivation, Live Stock, Statistics, Otago
👱🏽 Names

21 names identified

James B. Clack (Mr.), Fruit Trees and Dishes
T. Grills (Mr.), Fruit Trees and Dishes
John L. Gillies, Fruit Trees and Dishes
David Dorward, Fruit Trees and Dishes
A. Burns, Fruit Trees and Dishes
J. Hughes, Fruit Trees and Dishes
Thomas Burns (Revd.), Fruit Trees and Dishes
Manning (Dr.), Fruit Trees and Dishes
E. Brown, Fruit Trees and Dishes
James Little (Mr.), Fruit Trees and Dishes
George Matthewson (Mr.), Enumerator for Clutha District
James Smith (Mr.), Enumerator for Tokomairiro District
Donald McNicol (Mr.), Enumerator for Taieri District
John Gillies (Mr.), Enumerator for East Taieri District
James Little (Mr.), Enumerator for Green Island District
James Allan (Mr.), Enumerator for Kaikorai District
Alexander Allen (Mr.), Enumerator for Anderson’s Bay District
W. H. Cutten (Mr.), Enumerator for Dunedin Borough
John Anderson (Mr.), Enumerator for North-East Valley District
William Smith (Mr.), Enumerator for North Dunedin and Roslyn Borough
Thomas Ferens (Mr.), Enumerator for Caversham District

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