The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 84

Extracts from New Zealand Statistics

Extracts from New Zealand Statistics.

Population.—Census, 1886.

Census of New Zealand, March 28th, 1886, population 578,283

Being an increase of 88,132 since the census of April 1st, 1881, on total Population of Colony.

Otago and Southland 149,154
An increase of 14,983
Dunedin and suburbs 45,518

Being a decrease of 1,026 of population for the same period.

The Maori Population is 41,432, in addition to the above, a decrease of 2,665 for the same period.

The Occupations of the People are in process of tabulation.

Customs Revenue Returns for the year ended 31st March, 1886, for all Ports of Entry.

Total value of Imports into New Zealand......... £ 7,49,921Total value of Exports ... ............ 6,819,939Total amount of Duty ... ............ 1,428,809 Cost of Collection £2 10s. 10s. per cent. Of which was collected at—Dunedin......... £356,801Invercargill and Bluff ... 44,325Oamaru ... .........12,461 413,587 Being a decrease on the previous year of £31,593 Value of Imports per head of European population ... ... £12 16 11 " Exports.," "... ... 11 15 10

Principal Items of Export.

Agricultural Products—£s.d.£ s. d.Butter ... ... ...... 102,38700Cheese ...... ...... 35,74200Flour ...... ...... 41,37900Barley ...... ...... 33,69300Oats ...... ...... 260,39500Wheat ...... ...... 181,76600Oatmeal ...... ...... 16,90900Grass Seed ...... ...... 32,51600Hides ...... ...... 39,29000Flax ...... ...... 16,31600Potatoes ...... ...... 38,62500Sheepskins ...... ...... 35,55500 Wool ... ... ... ... Frozen Meat ... ... ... ... Preserved Meat ... ... ... ... Tallow ... ... ... ... Kauri Gum ... ... ... ... Leather ... ... ... ... Rabbitskins (9,869,065) ... ... ... ... Timber ... ... ... ... Gold ... ... ... ... Other Colonial and British and Foreign Produce ... Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... 1,002,937 ... 3,205,275 ... 373,857 ...81,401 ... 176,962 ... 299,762 ... 47,054 ... 108,640 ... 157,367 ... 819,056 ... 228,028 ... 141,9630 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Total New Zealand Produce... ...£6,642,30200

Return of Shipping at the Port of Dunedin for the year ending 31st July, 1886.

TONS.Tons.Foreign ... ...90 Vessels= 118,479 In, and 43 Vessels= 82,555 OutIntercolonial ...124.,= 103,383" 92 "= 82,318.,Coastwise ...647.,= 191,883., 721.,= 260,606.,Totals, 1886 ...861= 413,745856= 425,479" 1885 ..871= 390,667847= 379,766

Registered Tonnage of Colonial Owned Vessels, Port of Otago.

Steamers. Sailing Vessels.
No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage.
1st July, 1884 46 16,499 60 7,371
1st July, 1885 46 17,964 60 9,524
1st July, 1886 47 19,107 54 9,044

Return showing the number of Foreign and Intercolonial Vessels Entered and Cleared at New Zealand Ports during the year ending 31st March, 1885.

Inwards 786 Vessels = 519,700 Tons.
Outwards 780 Vessels = 513,000 Tons.

Return of Gold Exported from 1st April, 1857, to 31st December, 1885.

Total Quantity for New Zealand 10,849,261 ozs.
Of the value of £42,566,135
Exported from Otago 4,467,227 ozs.
Of the value of £17,621,610

Exported for the year ending 31st December, 1885, 237,37 ozs., of the value of £948,615, of which Otago exported £71,359 ozs., of the value 286,517.

Number of miners employed, 11,178.

Crown Lands.

Total Area Sold or otherwise disposed of from the foundation of the Colony 18,264,285 acres
Total Cash received £12,718,169
Open for Selection 12,192,755 acres
Total Area for future disposal 19,803,413 acres

Land held Under Pastoral Lease.

Area, approximately 11,099,714 acres
Annual Rent Paid £166,218

Average per acre ranging from ¼d. in Auckland to 4.36d. in Canterbury, Otago 4.3d.

Twenty-four small grazing runs in Otago, comprising 55,739 acres, let at an average of 8½d. per acre.

Acreage of Land alienated from the Crown from the Foundation of the Colony to December 31st 1885.
Area of Districts 66,710,320 acres
Land Sold or otherwise disposed of 18, 305,594 acres

Amount Remaining Secured by Mortgage under Land Transfer Act.

For the Year ending 31st March, 1886 £27,735,376
For the Year ending 31st March, 1885 26,089,774
Increase £1,645,596

Freehold Estate.

30,684 persons and 80 companies own 18,511,350 acres Freehold Land outside Boroughs and Townships, of the value of £53,350,812.

Of these, two companies own areas over 150,000 acres, two over 100,000, one over 75,000, and three over 50,000. The total number of Freeholders in the Colony is 73,000, of whom 30,764 own 5 acres and upwards of country land.

Agricultural Statistics.

1886.
Total number of holdings 31,763
Extent of land broken up—in acres 219,270
Extent of land sown in wheat—in acres 173,891
Estimated gross produce of wheat—bushels 4,242,285
Extent of land sown in oats—in acres 329,488
Estimated gross produce of oats—bushels 8,603,702
Estimated gross produce for green food or hay—acres 83,521
Extent of land in barley—acres 34,603
Estimated gross produce of barley—bushels 896,816
Extent of land in potatoes—acres 24,823
Estimated gross produce of potatoes—tons 113,753
Extent of land in turnips or rape—acres 316,171
Extent of land in other crops—acres 21,996
Total number of acres under crop, exclusive of grasses 984,493
Extent of hay—acres 40,304
Estimated produce—tons 45,818
In grasses after having been broken up—acres 2,793,272
Grass sown lands, not previously ploughed—acres 2,671,885
Peas and beans—acres 10,580
Mangold, beet, and carrots—acres 3,437
Hop—acres 714
Garden or orchard 21,908
Plantations, orest trees 24,352
Average yield per acre in New Zealand, 1886 Wheat 24.24 bushels
Average yield per acre in New Zealand, 1886 Oats 26.05 bushels
Average yield per acre in New Zealand, 1886 Barley 25.45 bushels
Average yield per acre in New Zealand, 1886 Potatoes 4½ tons
Average yield per acre in Otago, 1886 Wheat 25.53 bushes
Average yield per acre in Otago, 1886 Oats 25.28 bushels
Average yield per acre in Otago, 1886 Barley 32.04 bushels
Average yield per acre in Otago, 1886 Potatoes 4.11-20 tons

The Official Statistics for Victoria give the total yield of wheat in that colony for the year 1885 at 10,433,146 bushels, being an average yield of 9.52 bushels per acre; Oats, 23.40; Barley, 17.38.

Classified Average of Occupied Holdings.

SIZES OF HOLDINGS.NUMBER OF HOLDINGS.Over 1 acreto 10 acres inclusive...9,172" 10" 50.,...7,507" 50" 100 "...5,014" 100" 200 "...5,926" 200" 320 "...3,161" 320" 640 "...2,804" 640" 1,000 "...977., 1,000" 5,000.,...1,396., 5,000" 10,000 "...222., 10,000" 20,000 "...170., 20,000" 50,900 "...106., 50,000" 100,000 "...26Upwards of 100,000 acres...4Totals...36.485Of which 11,728,236 acres were Freehold, and 5,348, 838 acres Leasehold.

Sheep Returns.

Total number of Sheep in New Zealand, 1884 13,978,520
Total number of Sheep in New Zealand, 1885 14,545,801
Total number of Sheep in New Zealand, * 1886 16,564,595
Sheep in Otago *1886 4,446,855

An increase of 3,579,510 since 1881.

Number of Owners, 500 sheep and upwards 8,631

Wool Shipments.

Total Quantity of Wool exported from New Zealand for the Season of 1886 90,760,253 lbs.
Of the value of £3,002,731
Of which there was exported from Otago and Southland 75,807 bales
And of the value of £795,973 Being an increase of 2,632 baleson the year.

During the past year 4,130 bales of Wool, of the value of £43,365, were consumed by the Mosgiel, Kaikorai, Roslyn, and Oamaru Woollen Mills. These, added to the quantity exported, raised the production of Otago for 1886 to 79,937 bales, and the value to £839,338. An increase of 2,262 bales.

In addition to the above, the Kaiapoi Mills, Canterbury, worked up 2,250 bales.

Banking Returns for the Quarter ending June 30th, 1885.

Notes in Circulation £984,463
Deposits.
On Government Account 691,853
Bearing Interest 6,686,180
Not Bearing Interest 3,450,7711
£10,828,804

Being an Increase of Deposits of £944,023 on the Year.

Advances, £15,864,823, being an increase on the Year of £557,836.

Savings Banks—Government and Private.

Total Amount of Deposits in the Colony at the end of Year 1885, £1,638,036; Interest thereon, £62,228, and an increase of £138,924 on the year.

Depositors, 69,557, being an increase of 3,840, averaging £23 8s. 4d. each Depositor.

In addition to the above, there were in Private saving Banks Deposits amounting to £504,691, with 15,812 Deposits, averaging £31 18s. 4d. each Depositor.

The total Deposits at the end of the year amounted to £2,142,729, an increase of £216,119.

Annual Interest and Sinking Fund, £1,667,873.

Receipts and Expenditure for the financial year ended 31st March, 1886.

Revenue, including Balance brought forward £3,966,837
From Loan, &c. 2,075,886
Expenditure £3,980,979
Public Works 1,027,479

Railways.

Total Mileage open for Traffic, March 31st, 1886 1,613 miles
Total amount expended for their construction £13,726,166
Equal to a cost for Construction, Rolling Stock, &c. £8,575 per mile
Total number of Passengers carried 3,362,266
Total amount of Tonnage carried 1,823,767 tons
Total number of Live Stock carried 868,180
Total receipts for year £1,047,418

Railway Revenue over Expenditure is approximately estimated up to 31st March last at £357,078. The amount realised on the estimated cost of the Railways is £2 18s. 6d. per cent, per annum, and the proportion of expense to revenue, 65.91.

Post Office for the Year 1885.

Letters posted and delivered 35,829,855
Post Cards 1,319,933
Books and Parcels 3,233,960
Newspapers 14,235,878
Expenditure £171,281
Revenue £267,671

Telegraphs.

Miles open. March 31st, 1886 4,463
Cost of Construction £571,893
Cost of Maintenance £42,872
Receipts, exclusive of Government Telegrams £88,013
Number of Messages 1,774,273

Telephone Exchange.

Cost of Construction £37,319
Annual cost of Maintenance £8,985
Annual Revenue, exclusive of Government connections £14,404
Number of Subscribers 1,765
Cost of each connection £20 8s. 6d.

Australian Statistics.—Total Cultivation.

Victoria in cultivation 2,323,493 Acres.
New South Wales in cultivation 552,027 Acres.
Queensland in cultivation 199,580 Acres.
South Australia in cultivation 2,785,490 Acres.
Western Australia in cultivation 79,669 Acres.
Tasmania in cultivation 425,845 Acres.
6,666,104 Acres.
New Zealand 1,132,441
Grass Land broken up 2,793,272
Grass Land not previously ploughed 2,671,885
6,597,598 Acres.