Land Use Statistics




No. VII.

TABLE showing the Quantity of Land (in Acres), in the possession of Europeans, in the several Electoral Districts in New Zealand, Fenced, and the Quantity under Crop, as ascertained by a Census taken in December, 1864. [For Table, see General Government Gazette.]


No. VIII.

COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the Quantity of Land (in Acres) in the possession of Europeans, under Crop, and the Quantity Fenced, in the several Provinces of New Zealand in the Years 1858, 1861, and 1864, respectively.

Province Wheat Barley and Oats Potatoes Sown Grasses Other Crops Total under Crop Total Fenced
1858 1861 1864 1858 1861 1864 1858
------------------------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------
Auckland ... ... 2,322¾ 856 2,851½ 2,554 3,504
Taranaki ... ... 764¼ 58 61½ 163 215
Wellington ... ... 1,127¾ 764 1,573½ 1,604 1,836
Hawke’s Bay ... ... 336¼ 228 129½ 391 725
Nelson, includ. Marlborough in 1858 3,084½ 4,395 3,221 4,105 2,986 3,832 637
Marlborough ... ... 498 ... 466 1,480 ...
Canterbury ... ... 4,235¾ 12,785 13,325 3,253½ 6,925
Otago, including Southland in 1858 1,835½ 4,928 5,734 2,885 4,688 21,655 480½
Southland, including Stewart’s Island ... 138 352 ... 465 5,695 ...

| Totals | ... | ... | 13,709¾| 29,331| 26,513 | 15,413½| 19,329 | 25,609 | 6,574½ | 7,265 | 11,099 | 98,061½| 157,994| 271,610| 8,148½ | 12,380 | 17,094 | 141,007½| 226,500| 381,526 | 235,561¼| 409,473 | 1,070,203 |

Note: Fractions having been omitted in the columns of this Table relating to 1861 and 1864, the totals for the Colony for those years given above are not the exact addition of the figures in the columns, but the actual results as shown in the detailed Tables No. VI. and No. VII.



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🗺️ Land Possession and Usage by Europeans in Electoral Districts, 1864

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land, Fenced Land, Crops, Wheat, Oats, Barley, Maize, Potatoes, Garden, Orchard, Sown Grasses

🗺️ Comparative Land Use Statistics by Province, 1858-1864

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land, Fenced Land, Crops, Wheat, Barley, Oats, Potatoes, Sown Grasses, Other Crops, Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Hawke’s Bay, Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago, Southland