Otago Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 601

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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 ADDITIONAL RETURN.—PROVINCE OF OTAGO.

Electoral Districts.	Sub-Divisions.	No. of Holdings of One Acre and 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.	In OTHER CROPS.
			Acres.	Acres.	Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels).	Acres.	Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels).	Acres.	Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels).	Acres.
Roslyn	N. E. Valley and Upper N. Harbor	78	21	3	70	179	4490	5	220	100
Do	Wakari and Kaikorai	80	68	15	525	78	2645	—	—	740
Caversham	Otago Peninsula	199	457	81	3068	228	9620	43	2775	234
Do	Caversham and Green Island	61	160	19	452	316	11,872	—	—	391
Port Chalmers	Lower North Harbor	96	19	4	145	41	1225	1	20	56
Do	Blueskin	74	107	62	1700	411	11,684	—	—	48
Taieri	East and North Taieri	186	738	1434	52,237	3624	131,165	218	6560	649
Do	West Taieri, Maungatua, and Lower Waipori	99	344	1706	60,466	3268	134,315	476	1,3215	189
Do	Saddle Hill, Otokia, Kuri Bush, &c.	105	555	391	10,461	1662	63,945	46	1090	367
Bruce	Waihola	50	346	168	4507	924	29,996	9	270	76
Do	Tokomairiro Hundreds	173	1989	1282	38,185	6237	221,387	285	9213	621
Do	Tuapeka, Waitahuna, Waipori, &c.	149	401	142	3725	1726	61,670	71	2296	114
Clutha	North Molyneux and Inch Clutha (Matau)	235	586	636	19,622	1536	60,158	104	3800	173
Do	East and West Clutha, Waiwera, Popotunoe, &c.	158	5116	900	21,221	5191	170,019	167	4887	604
Oamaru	Oamaru, Papakaio, &c.	86	4945	7790	278,641	4166	159,478	714	26,133	554
Do	Otepopo	79	1846	1962	69,247	2015	87,174	144	4655	62
Do	Moeraki	49	526	384	10,660	1827	48,220	68	1745	65
Waikouaiti	Hawksbury and Waikouaiti	127	766	676	20,478	1794	62,067	23	640	191
Do	Goodwood, Shag Valley, Waihemo, &c.	93	2066	1046	35,851	2986	115,451	131	6285	326
Manuherikia	Mount Ida, Upper Taieri, &c.	40	41	—	—	140	3756	4	104	123
Do	Blackstone, Valley of the Manuherikia, Cromwell, Clyde, &c	95	58	40	1291	1209	35,242	16	526	184
Do	Mount Benger, including Teviot, &c.	43	12	24	740	465	16,663	46	1775	57
Hampden	Upper Waitaki, Waneka, and Cardrona	12	88	70	2800	58	2260	1	50	157
Do	Wakatip, Arrow, and Shotover	75	753	1287	41,505	822	32,030	80	950	96
Wallace	Mataura, &c.	72	215	30	761	498	13,570	1	20	154
General Totals for Province ...		2464	21,645	20,142	678,358	40,821	1,486,051	2904	92,269	6061

This column includes a large quantity of Oats cut for Hay principally in the Dunedin Suburban Districts.

I certify that the above is a correct compilation from the original Returns.

JOHN HAYLOP, 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.