Otago Provincial Gazette – 1858 – No. 71

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



RETURN OF CULTIVATIONS, LIVE STOCK, AND FARM IMPLEMENTS, &c., IN THE PROVINCE OF OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND, 31st DECEMBER, 1857.

Districts. Wheat. Oats. Barley. Potatoes. Turnips. Artificial Grass. Any other Crop. Garden. Number of Acres owned. Number of Acres in Crop. Number of Acres in Fallow. Number of Acres Fenced. Horses. Mules. Asses. Cattle. Sheep. Goats. Swine. Estimated Quantity of Wool. Estimated Average per Acre of Farm Implements. Enumerators.
Male. Female Male. Female Wheat. Oats. Barley Potatoes Turnips Ploughs. Carts and Drays. Threshing Machines.
Dunedin 2½ 3½ 3 5¼ 6¼ 11¼ 25¼ 1750¼ 47 4 103½ 28 17 3 45 94 1 37 48 8 5 9 80 75 1 9 Mr. Geo. Matthews.
Port Chalmers 4½ 2½ 443¼ 6¼ 2 9¼ 1 14 23 15 2 Mr. David Hood.
Eastern District 203½ 412½ 11¼ 54¼ 34¼ *599 3 19 7427¼ 1487¼ 114¼ 2381¼ 35 69 593 954 410 24 123 35 32 29 7 53 33 12 Ditto.
Ditto, Maori Possessions 25 14 16 35 55 30 18 1 Ditto.
Western District 94¼ 285 4 62¼ 6¼ 444¼ 30 24½ 5693 926 18 2169 22 34 1 548 707 2368 6 142 35 31 31 5 107 48 11 Mr. John Reid.
Central District 688¼ 495 33 69½ 45 386¼ 2 17½ 12937 1744¼ 497 3553¼ 68 83 1087 1548 13353 159 35 42 43 8
Ditto, Maori Possessions 10 5 15¼ 9355 1109¼ 406¼ 3131 43 94 1133 1556 26148 60 113 50 36 33 6 9 59 29 9 Mr. John L. Gillies.
Tokomairiro 327¼ 373¼ 12¼ 62¼ 9 313 16¼ 6023 258½ 29¼ 982¼ 66 122 939 1623 22228 110 34 38 39 9 15 33 19 Mr. Andw. Mercer.
Clutha 104¼ 69¼ 7 39¼ 2¼ 42¼ 16¼ 75 3 3 4 8
Ditto, Maori Possessions 4¼ 1¼ 55 105 786 1472 22330 67 242 39 35 35 9 15 15 Mr. J. G. Hughes.
Murihiku 42¼ 94 2 47 4 3 4232¼ 128¼ 12 198¼ 9 11 12 10 59
Ditto, Maori Possessions 5 7 12 12 12
Northern District 269¼ 96 12¼ 51¼ 840¼ 11¼ 5413 691¼ 338¼ 2025¼ 149 261 1 1211 1523 74913 18 427 47 42 50 8 23 28 3 Mr. John Reid.
Ditto, Maori Possessions 94 4 43 60 26 68 17 13 50
1872½ 1753¼ 83¼ 464¼ 193¼ 2646¼ 32¼ 131¼ 53371¼ 6425¼ 1410 14628¼ 521 898 4 2 6444 9605 161681 227 1505 264,942 lbs. Wool were exported this year, the estimated value of which was £716,361. 35¼ 36¼ 39 7½ 11 321 199 36

The estimated yearly average Wholesale Prices given in Dunedin were:—For Wheat, 8s. per bushel; Oats, 5s. per bushel; Barley, 9s. per bushel; Rye Grass Seed, 8s. per bushel; Potatoes, 80s. per ton; Turnips, 75s. per ton.



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🌾 Return of Cultivations, Live Stock, and Farm Implements in the Province of Otago, 31st December, 1857 (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Agriculture, Statistics, Cultivation, Livestock, Otago
6 names identified
  • Geo. Matthews (Mr), Enumerator for Dunedin
  • David Hood (Mr), Enumerator for Port Chalmers
  • John Reid (Mr), Enumerator for Western District and Northern District
  • John L. Gillies (Mr), Enumerator for Central District
  • Andw. Mercer (Mr), Enumerator for Tokomairiro
  • J. G. Hughes (Mr), Enumerator for Clutha