The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 62

[introduction]

Colony. In Wheat. In Oats. In Barley. Land. Produce. Average yield per Acre. Land. Produce. Average yield per Acre. Land. Produce. A versa yield per Acre. acres bushels bushels acres bushels bushels acres bushels bushes New Zealand 301,460 5,723,610 25.09 346,224 9,947,036 31.36 32,740 758,833 27.996 N. S. Wales 333,233 3,649,216 13.68 14,103 250,059 22.05 4,937 81,383 19.77 Victoria 1,145,163 12,751,295 10.01 221,048 4,919,325 22.28 87,751 1,571,599 18.37 Queensland.. 10,390 207,990 10.38 411 8,967 14.90 584 12,673 12.19 S. Australia 1,673,573 9,399,389 6.59 12,475 110,229 12.50 14,472 175,583 12.81 W. Australia 33,820 465,025 11.94 1,933 37,713 17.35 5,322 87,813 15.04 Tasmania .. 39,452 642,980 17.79 20,740 519,395 20.61 4,376 99,842 23.53 Colony. In Maize. In Hay. In Potatoes. Land. Produce. Average yield per Acre. Land. Produce. Average yield per Acre. Land. Produce. Average yield per Acts, acres bushels bushels acres tons tons acres tons tons New Zealand 5,759 238,864 41.83* 44,045 62,901 1.35 32,691 178,121 5.15 N. S. Wales 191,152 5,713,205 31.73 175,242 213,034 1.36 19,406 52,791 2.70 Victoria 10,357 574,083 45.10 413,043 507,746 1.17 53,818 204,155 3.05 Queensland.. 99,400 2,873,803 23.92 31,106 50,116 1.64 8,994 28,810 †2.11 S. Australia .. .. .. 345,150 310,125 .08 6,626 23,963 3.30 W. Australia 81 2,146 15.51* 23,183 26,495 .99 510 1,657 2.95 Tasmania .. .. .. .. 45,381 52,021 1.23 20,133 73,158 3.98 * Last three years. † For six years.

(2.) Yields of Principal Crops.

This table shows the great superiority of New Zealand from an agricultural point of view. The yield per acre, given in the table, is the average yield for a period of ten years.

It will be observed that the oat crop in New Zealand comprised nearly 63 per cent., and the area under oat crop 56 per cent., of that for the whole of Australasia.