Otago Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 725

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✨ Agricultural Statistics

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 COLLECTORS’ RETURNS.—PROVINCE OF OTAGO.

No.	ELECTORAL DISTRICTS.	No. of Holdings of 1 acre or upwards in extent.	In Wheat.	In Oats.	In Barley.	In Grass Hay.	In Potatoes.	Quantity of last year’s crop remaining on hand when form is filled up.
			Acres sown for 1871.	Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels).	Acres sown for 1871.	Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels).	Acres sown for 1871.	Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels).
-----	-------------------------------	-----------------------------------------------	------------------------	-----------------------------------	------------------------	-----------------------------------	------------------------	-----------------------------------
1	Otago, as before union with Southland:
1	City of Dunedin	...	307	10,904	282,650	12,709	492,570	1,352
2	Waitaki	...	52	1,382	29,354	2,009	60,670	1,002
3	Dunstan	...	120	5,714	186,777	418	13,427	1,406
4	Mount Ida	...	91	2,265	87,044	30	879	140
5	Waikouaiti	...	295	1,820	54,421	8,425	218,951	831
6	Port Chalmers	...	108	17	520	343	8,242	17
7	Roslyn	...	37	74	2,170	133	3,695	30
8	Caversham	...	192	384	12,146	1,539	39,605	271½
9	Taieri	...	321	2,374½	86,064	8,002	289,003	1,083½
10	Bruce	...	302	2,421½	62,780	10,713½	312,806	717
11	Tuapeka	...	164	505½	18,343	2,561	88,789	146
12	Clutha	...	269	1,014	28,986	6,533½	206,531	300½
13	Wakatipu	...	114	2,032½	63,570	2,374	80,495	87
14	Wakaia	...	81	117	3,737	831	26,711	665
15	Part of Mataura	...	45	95½	3,070	502½	19,357	9

| | Total for Otago as before union | 2,446 | 21,401½ | 606,820 | 55,580¼ | 1,871,681 | 3,676 | 109,028 | 5,596½ | 10,031 | 2,628½ | 13,616½ | 39,581 | 29,302 | 46,333 |

| 16 | SOUTHLAND DISTRICT: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Town of Invercargill | 221 | 162½ | 4,243 | 4,248 | 109,734 | 143 | 366 | 648 | 72½ | 236 | 1,384½ | 301 | 526 | 2,085 |
| 17 | Part of Mataura | ... | 221 | 1,686 | 43,002 | 6,188½ | 224,348 | 1,031 | 35,103 | 495½ | 700½ | 240 | 2,376 | 1,438½ | 2,376 | 3,995 |
| 18 | Riverton | 264 | 1,184 | 36,440 | 2,571 | 98,670 | 14 | 395 | 677 | ... | 1,144 | 440 | 20 | 110 | ... | 200 |
| 19 | Wallace | 85 | 61 | 1,980 | 260 | 7,375 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 94 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... |

| | Total for Southland District | 570 | 1,410 | 49,225 | 10,636½ | 431,457 | 1,060 | 35,864 | 1,820½ | 2,570½ | 571 | 2,992½ | 2,074½ | 2,697 | 6,279 |

| | General totals for united Province | 3,016 | 22,811½ | 656,045 | 66,217 | 2,303,138 | 4,736 | 144,892 | 7,417¼ | 12,601½ | 3,200 | 16,609½ | 42,278 | 31,376½ | 52,618 |

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

John Hislop, Superintendent Collector for Otago as before the Union.
D. Macnoir, Superintendent Collector for Southland District.

NOTE.—Those holdings only which were under grain crops (wheat, oats, and barley), grass hay, and potatoes, are included in the above account. The number of holdings is, therefore, much less than in the account for 1870, which included lands under pasture, and all other crops. No fair comparison can, therefore, be instituted between the number of holdings returned for 1871 and those returned for 1870.

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