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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 71

Average Yield of Oats — (Per Acre) of the Various Districts

page 31

Average Yield of Oats

(Per Acre) of the Various Districts.

The diagram illustrates the extraordinary return of oats per acre, 346,224 acres producing nearly 10 million bushels during 1891.

Bushels per acre Taranaki . .—41 40 39 Otago . . . 36 37 Marlborough .—36 35 Wellington .—34 S3 32 31 Westand . .—30 Auckland . .— Canterbury .—29 Hawkes Bay .—28 27 26 Nelson . . .—25 24 23 22 21 20

During 1891 4,052,414 bushe is of oats were exported, valued at £331,544.

England imports about £5,500,000 worth of oats per annum, which provides an ample margin for the increase of the New Zealand shipments.