Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1872 – No. 6

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



Account of Land in Cultivation, and of the Agricultural Produce thereof, in New Zealand, February, 1872.

(Taken under the authority of "The Census Acts Amendment Act, 1867.")

SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTOR’S RETURN.—PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. NUMBERS OF HOLDERS. Extent of Land broken up, but not under crop. IN WHEAT. IN OATS. IN BARLEY. IN SOWN GRASSES. IN POTATOES. IN OTHER CROPS. TOTAL NUMBER OF ACRES FILLED UP. QUANTITY OF LAST YEAR’S CROP REMAINING ON HAND WHEN FORM WAS FILLED UP.
Acres. Acres Sown for Grain only. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres For Green Food or Hay. Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres. Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). Acres.
City of Wellington 55 19¼ ... ... 4 1½ 50 2 40 34½
Hutt ... 231 189 83½ 2,616 29½ 200½ 6,528½ 4 180
Wairarapa 424 484½ 788½ 11,885½ 46½ 812½ 15,430 7½ 79 973
Wellington Country District 348 31 13 271 27½ 37 672 8¼ 79 933½
Manawatu 69 62 20¼ 432 80½ 38 1,172 2 35 40½
Rangitikei 157 1,401 759 12,620 119 1,300 25,094 247½ 4,571 1,176
Wanganui 203 882½ 288 6,331 78½ 465 9,273 67 1,535 373½

General Totals for Province |

| | 1,485 | 8,080¼ | 1,952 | 34,155½ | 385½ | 2,854½ | 58,219½ | 333 | 6,469 | 4,039 | 4,155 | 198,498½ | 798½ | 4,422½ | 880¼ | 200,102½ | 2,529½ | 4,238 | 8,213 |

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

J. WOODWARD,
Superintendent Collector.



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  • J. Woodward, Superintendent Collector