Otago Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 638

Page 224

✨ Agricultural Statistics



No. 2.—ACCOUNT OF LAND IN CULTIVATION, AND OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE THEREOF, FEBRUARY, 1869; (TOGETHER WITH POPULATION, AS PER CENSUS OF DECEMBER, 1867).

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. Population as per Census of Dec. 1867. Extent of Land broken up, but not under Crop. Acres. IN WHEAT. IN OATS. IN BARLEY. IN HAY.* In permanent Artificial Grass (including Land in Hay in previous column) Acres. IN POTATOES. IN OTHER CROPS. Acres. Total No. of Acres under Crop. No. of Holdings of one acre and upwards
Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushls.) Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushls.) Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushls.) Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in tons).
Dunedin City ... 12,693 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Roslyn 3,004 89 18 595 257 7,135 5 220 840 1,081 3,403 62 267 33 3,778 158
Caversham (+) 2,341 617 100 3,520 542 21,492 43 2,775 625 1,347 5,459 91 605 66 6,301 260
Port Chalmers 2,082 126 56 1,845 452 12,859 2 60 104 205 1,904 51 299 51 2,516 170
Harbor 481 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Taieri (+) 3,207 1,637 3,531 123,164 8,494 324,425 740 5,865 1,045 1,357 15,023 636 3,537 365 28,789 340
Bruce (+) 5,828 2,730 1,592 46,417 8,887 312,950 365 11,779 811 1,002 21,895 535 2,950 488 33,762 372
Clutha (+) 2,802 5,702 1,536 40,842 6,728 266,377 868 29,033 922 1,619 29,487 350 1,974 776 25,397 393
Oamaru 3,692 6,716 10,136 358,545 7,495 294,872 922 32,533 671 1,554 7,438 429 2,571 210 26,637 214
Waikouaiti 2,805 2,861 1,722 56,329 4,780 177,515 154 6,925 517 632 11,612 240 1,394 89 18,597 220
Manuherikia 4,053 111 64 2,031 1,804 55,660 66 2,405 364 465 280 408 1,685 45 2,667 178
Hampden 1,925 841 1,357 44,305 880 34,390 31 1,000 253 384 518 165 1,035 53 3,004 87
Wallace (in Otago) 1,554 215 30 761 498 13,570 1 20 154 295 515 66 368 10 1,120 72
Gold Fields Towns 2,110 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Totals for the Province 48,577 21,645 20,142 678,358 40,821 1,485,051 2,604 92,269 6,061 9,102 83,782 3,033 16,705 2,186 152,568 2,464
Totals for the Colony, including Otago. 218,484 96,420 64,517 1,619,161 85,056 2,655,294 15,427 377,834 26,696 36,435 501,580 11,557 56,538 8,878 687,015 11,932
  • This column includes a large quantity of Oats cut for Hay, principally in the Dunedin Suburban Districts.

† NOTE:—The proposed Southern Trunk Railway traverses the Districts marked thus (+), and also part of Roslyn.



Next Page →



Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa — PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1869, No 638




✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🌾 Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Agriculture, Land Use, Crops, Population, Statistics, Otago, New Zealand