Otago Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 599

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



ACCOUNT OF LAND IN CULTIVATION, AND OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE THEREOF, IN NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY, 1869.

(Taken under the authority of "The Census Acts Amendment Act 1867.")

SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTOR’S INTERIM RETURN.—PROVINCE OF OTAGO.

Sub-Divisions No. of Holdings of One Acre upwards Extent of Land broken up, but not under Crop. In Wheat In Oats In Barley In Hay In permanent artificial Grass (including Land in Hay in previous column). In Potatoes. IV. Other Crops.
Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels) Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels) Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels) Acres. * Estimated Gross Produce (in tons) | Acres. | Estimated Gross Produce (in tons) | Acres. | Estimated Gross Produce (in tons)
N. E. Valley and Upper N. Harbor 78 ... 21 3 70 179 5 220 100 | 157 | 25 | 188 | 12
Wakari and Kaikorai 80 68 15 525 78 2645 ... ... 924 | 2224 | 37 | 129 | 31
Otago Peninsula 199 457 81 3068 226 9620 43 2775 752 | 3644 | 66 | 501 | 48
Caversham and Green Island 61 160 19 452 316 11872 ... ... 585 | 1815 | 85 | 104 | 18
Port Chalmrs and Portobello 96 19 ... 145 4162 1 20 56 3041 | 9 | 77 | ...
Lower North Harbor 74 ... ... ... ... 40 48 683 492 | 7 | 51 | ...
Blueskin 136 107 52 1700 411 11,634 ... ... ... | 222 | 51 | 355 | ...
East and North Taieri ... 738 1484 52,237 3624 181,165 218 6560 6776 | 17,663 | 337 | 1596 | ...
West Taieri, Maungatua, and Lower Waipori 99 844 1706 60,466 3208 184,315 476 18,215 6390 | 1322 | 1199 | 162 | 67
Saddle Hill, Otokia, Kuri Bush, &c. 106 555 891 10,461 1662 58,845 46 1090 3857 | 447 | 137 | 162 | 59
Bruce 49 346 168 4507 924 29,896 ... 270 76 | 1504 | 60 | 317 | 20
Waihola 178 ... ... 2885 84,290 ... ... ... 621 | 801 | 218 | 171 | 301
Tokomairiro Hundreds 1983 ... ... 219,137 84,290 ... 9213 ... 6170 | 218 | 390 | ...
Tuapeka, Waitahuna, Waipori, &c. 401 142 3725 1726 71 2296 114 2810 124 | 1442 | 257 | 167
North Molyneux and Inch Clutha (Matau) 86 636 693 19,622 104 3800 2906 173 267 | 2706 | 125 | 837 | 104
East and West Clutha, Waiwera, Popotunoa, &c. 233 4330 850 20,471 4782 135,849 147 6647 495 | 10,709 | 220 | 1003 | 412
Oamaru, Papakaio, &c. 158 4345 7790 278,641 4156 169,677 26,133 48,183 554 | 5918 | 255 | 1486 | 137
Otepopo 79 1846 1962 69,247 2015 87,174 144 4655 52 | 384 | 109 | 731 | 39
Moeraki 49 525 384 10,660 68 1745 85 169 526 | 65 | 65 | 354 | ...
Hawksbury and Waikouaiti 127 765 676 20,478 1794 62,067 23 191 211 | 4196 | 94 | 736 | 39
Goodwood, Shag Valley, Waihemo, &c. 93 2096 1046 35,851 2421 115,451 131 6385 421 | 7416 | 125 | 238 | 50
Mount Ida, Upper Taieri, &c. 40 41 20 3400 140 3755 16 104 165 | 19 | 19 | 49 | ...
Blackstone, Valley of the Manuherikia, Cromwell, Clyde, &c 95 58 1269 1209 35 720 ... 528 216 | 143 | 277 | 1074 | 31
Upper Waitaki, Wanaka, and Cardrona 12 88 ... 3400 43 1760 ... ... 24 | 202 | 53 | 158 | 2
Wakatipu, Arrow, and Shotover 86 753 320 41,505 822 32,030 30 696 180 | 1362 | 89 | 875 | 59
Mataura, &c. 41 196 761 12,245 418 12,245 1 20 27 | 73 | 132 | 228 | 10
General Totals for Province 2379 20,828 20,083 677,466 39,812 1,454,763 2538 90,254 5868 | 8781 | 80,895 | 2918 | 1918
  • The column includes a large quantity of Oats cut up for Hay in the Dunedin Suburban Districts.

I certify that the above is a correct compilation from the original Returns as received up to the present time.

John Hislop, Superintendent Collector.

Note.—The above Return is not required by the Act of 1867, but it has been thought advisable to furnish information respecting the smaller divisions of the Province as well as of the General Assembly Electoral Districts.




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  • John Hislop, Certified the compilation

  • John Hislop, Superintendent Collector