Westland Provincial Gazette – 1873 – No. 9

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✨ Agricultural Statistics



ACCOUNT OF LAND IN CULTIVATION AND OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE THEREOF, IN NEW ZEALAND, FEBRUARY, 1873.

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

SUPERINTENDENT COLLECTOR’S RETURN—COUNTY OF WESTLAND.

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. Number of Holdings. Extent of Land broken up, but not under Crop. IN WHEAT. IN OATS. IN BARLEY. IN SOWN GRASSES. IN POTATOES. IN OTHER CROPS. 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. Estimated Gross Produce (Food or Hay Grain). Acres (Sown for Grain only). Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels). In Hay. | In permanent artificial Grass (including Land in May in previous column). | Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). | Acres. | Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). | Acres. | Wheat (bshls). | Oats (bshls). | Barley (bshls).
For Green Food or Hay. For Grain. Acres. | Estimated Gross Produce (in tons). | | | |
Hokitika ... 9½ 38½ ... ... 148½ ... ... ... 59½ 96 1047½ 151½ 1012 49½ 1897 ... ...
Grey Valley ... 51 24½ ... ... 14 12 215 ... 7½ 21½ 47½ 29½ 96½ 20½ 550 ... ...
Totara ... 63 12½ ... ... 97½ 1 24 ... 40½ 52½ 435 65½ 401 27¼ 626¼ ... ...
GENERAL TOTALS FOR COUNTY 208 70½ ... ... 260½ 13 239 ... 107½ 170 1956½ 246½ 1509½ 97 2573¼ ... ...

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

G. G. FITZGERALD, Superintendent Collector.

Printed by Joseph Phillp Klein, at the "West Coast Times" Office, authorised Printer for the time being of the "County of Westland Gazette."




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🌾 Account of Land in Cultivation and Agricultural Produce in New Zealand

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Agriculture, Land Cultivation, Crop Production, Westland County
  • G. G. Fitzgerald, Superintendent Collector