Otago Provincial Gazette – 1862 – No. 172

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CENSUS OF THE PROVINCE OF OTAGO, DECEMBER, 1861.

PROVINCIAL ELECTORAL DISTRICTS.

Provincial Electoral Districts Horses Mules and Asses Horned Cattle Sheep Goats Pigs Poultry
1. Dunedin City 556 3 342 389 73 124 3,669
Shipping in Dunedin Harbors ... ... 1 39 1 18 39
2. Port Chalmers Town 17 ... 80 21 2 16 229
3. Oamaru 65 1 190 160 ... 44 418
4. Eastern District 303 1 2,419 1,957 43 218 3,947
5. Western do. 322 5 1,255 1,022 14 719 2,930
6. Central do. 816 ... 6,643 42,068 5 835 5,043
7. Tokomairiro do. 847 2 7,915 85,081 ... 441 3,791
8. Clutha do. 541 ... 5,385 82,922 2 639 2,785
9. Maniototo do. 240 1 4,806 101,941 2 8 420
10. Northern do. 853 1 5,259 212,890 13 205 3,171
11. Tuapeka do. 160 ... 252 1,512 ... 59 97
Totals 4,790 15 34,545 619,862 157 2,236 26,451

Note.—The figures under each separate district do not indicate precisely the amount of Stock actually within that particular district, as in some instances the owners of Stock returned the same in the District in which they happened to return their own names, while the Stock, or a portion thereof might be in a different District. The same explanation is applicable to the return of Crops, or a portion thereof.

CENSUS OF THE PROVINCE OF OTAGO, December, 1861.

NUMBER OF ACRES.

Provincial Electoral Districts Total No. of Acres Fenced In Wheat In Barley In Oats In Maize In Potatoes In Sown Grass In Garden or Orchard In other Crops Total under crop
1. Dunedin City 629 ... ... 43 ... 12 146 127 1 329
2. Port Chalmers Town 69 ... ... 2 ... ... 120½ 5 ... 128½
3. Oamaru Town 131 ... 2¼ ... ... 2 ... 6 ½ 11
4. Eastern District 5,851 246¼ 12¼ 570½ ... 703 1,915 55½ 37½ 2,915
5. Western District 2,670 55¼ 6¼ 213 ... 56 1,364½ 66¼ 13 1,575
6. Central do. 18,708 2,870 92¼ 1,626½ ... 174½ 2,088½ 62½ 107 7,020½
7. Tokomairiro do. 9,940 921¼ 19¼ 1,328½ ... 103 1,156 55½ 52½ 3,696½
8. Clutha do. 5,060 456¼ 64 305 ... 82¼ 280 54¼ 28½ 1,218½
9. Maniototo do. 69 ... 1 1½ ... 14½ 7 8 ... 46½
10. Northern do. 4,687 378¼ 22 412 ... 92½ 1,343½ 68 71 2,319¼
11. Tuapeka do. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Totals 42,254 4,928½ 166 4,518½ 2¼ 667¼ 8,220½ 504½ 245½ 19,255


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