Otago Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 719

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



INTERIM ACCOUNT OF LAND IN CULTIVATION, AND OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE THEREOF, IN NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY, 1871.

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

SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTOR’S RETURN.—PROVINCE OF OTAGO.

No. ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. Number of Holdings. In Wheat. In Oats. In Barley. In Hay. In Potatoes. Quantity of last year’s Crop remaining on hand when form is filled up.
Acres (sown for grass only.) Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres (sown for Grain only). Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres (sown for Grain only). Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels).
1 Waitaki ... 281 10,417½ 270,250½ 12,207 475,120 1,328½ 34,474
2 Dunstan ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
3 Mount Ida 91 ½ 30 879½ 24,256 9½ 265
4 Waikouaiti 295 1,820½ 54,421 6,425 218,951 273 8,371
5 Port Chalmers 98 17 520 341 8,162 2½ 77
6 Roslyn ... 37 1½ 21 136 3,695 1 30
7 Caversham 190 38½ 1,246 1,556½ 39,515 31½ 1,156
8 Taieri ... 321 2,374½ 86,064 8,002½ 289,003 685½ 23,157
9 Bruce ... 301 2,421½ 62,780 10,705½ 312,606 717 20,605
10 Tuapeka ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
11 Clutha ... 269 1,040½ 28,986 6,533½ 206,531 300½ 9,649
12 Wakatip ... 114 2,011½ 63,530 2,338 80,420 84 3,100
13 Wakaia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
14 Part of Mataura 45 95½ 3,070 502½ 19,357 9 320
General Totals for Province 2042 20,238½ 570,913½ 49,627 1,677,616 3,442½ 101,204

I certify that the above is a correct compilation from the original Returns. John Hislop, Superintendent Collector.

NOTE.—The Returns for Dunstan, Tuapeka, and Wakaia Districts have not yet been received. A few Schedules from other Districts have yet to come in.—J. H.




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🎓 Interim Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce in New Zealand, February 1871

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Agriculture, Land Cultivation, Produce, Statistics, Otago, Wheat, Oats, Barley, Hay, Potatoes
  • John Hislop, Superintendent Collector