Otago Provincial Gazette – 1873 – No. 840

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

OF OTAGO,

Account of Land in Cultivation, and of the Agricultural Produce thereof, in the Province of Otago,

for the Year ending February, 1878.—

The following is the Superintendent-Collectors' Account of the Agricultural Produce threshed in the Province of Otago,
for the year 1878:

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. NUMBERS OF HOLDINGS. EXTENT AND CHARACTER OF LAND UNDER CROP. QUANTITY OF GRAIN, POTATOES, &c., PRODUCED.
Total Acres. In Wheat.
Acres.
Bruce 337 29,604 6,711
Clutha 346 24,431 4,833
Taieri 169 23,314 3,668
Waihola 128 11,216 1,936
Waikouaiti 66 2,296 245
Mataura 362 25,479 4,820
Invercargill 196 21,846 3,794
Wallace 303 21,893 4,158
Totals 3,705 305,244 51,694

Notes:

  1. Correctly that the above is a correct compilation from the original Returns.

JOHN SOMERVILLE, Superintendent-Collector.

Printed under the Authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by Mills, Dick and Co., of Stafford Street, Printers to the Provincial Government for the time being.




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🌾 Agricultural Statistics of Otago for the Year Ending February 1878

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Agriculture, Cultivation, Crops, Otago, Statistics
  • John Somerville, Superintendent-Collector