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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 44

Statistics Taken from a Paper Read by Sir Julius Vogel, at the Colonial Institution, 19Th March, 1878

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Statistics Taken from a Paper Read by Sir Julius Vogel, at the Colonial Institution, 19Th March, 1878.

I give you a statement prepared by Mr. Hayter, the Govern-ment Statist of the Colony of Victoria, of the average yield per acre of the principal crops during the six years ending 1876, in the Australasian Colonies, excepting Queensland, where com-plete returns are not made:—

Average Produce of Principal Crops in Australasian Colonies, 1872 to 1876.
Name of Colony. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. Mean
Wheat: Bushels per Acre.
Victoria 13·45 16·51 13·58 14·57 15·49 14·72
New South Wales 14·48 16·32 13·43 12·87 14·66 14·35
South Australia 5·73 11·50 7·87 11·75 11·95 9·76
Western Australia 6·02 13·44 12·00 11·00 10·62
Tasmania 13·39 18·62 16·17 18·51 16·38 16·61
New Zealand 22·52 24·19 25·61 28·15 31·54 26·40
Oats: Bushels per Acre.
Victoria 18·76 19·55 15·69 18·46 21·92 18·88
New South Wales 20·36 19·94 18·71 16·31 18·72 18·81
South Australia 10·85 16·39 10·61 14·61 16·69 13·83
Western Australia 13·24 19·22 16·00 15·00 15·87
Tasmania 20·03 25·85 20·98 26·82 25·40 23·82
New Zealand 26·78 27·00 29·81 35·22 39·34 31·63
Potatoes: Tons per Acre.
Victoria 3·22 3·45 2·86 3·53 3·37 3·29
New South Wales 3·03 2·98 2·98 2·83 2·98 2·96
South Australia 3·48 3·28 3·41 3·72 4·52 3·68
Western Australia 2·34 2·67 3·00 3·00 2·75
Tasmania 2·77 3·92 3·16 3·75 3·54 3·43
New Zealand 3·53 4·92 4·46 5·24 4·89 4·61
Hay: Tons per Acre.
Victoria 1·40 1·32 1·27 1·32 1·33 1·33
New South Wales 1·50 1·61 1·64 1·37 1·15 1·43
South Australia 1·00 1·21 1·02 1·26 1·21 1·14
Western Australia 1·51 2·00 1·50 1·00 1·50
Tasmania ·98 1·39 1·08 1·35 1·42 1·24
New Zealand 1·16 1·25 1·43 ·84 1·46 1·23
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A more complete Colonial return, but only for two years, I borrow from Mr. Giffen's valuable Report to the Board of Trade:—

YEARS COLONIES. (ended 31st March in some Colonies). WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. MAIZE. POTATOES Bushels. Bushels. Bushels. Bushels. Tons. New South Wales ...... { 1874-75 12·9 17·3 16·3 30·5 2·8 1875-76 14·7 20·5 18·7 29·0 2·0 Victoria ...................... { 1874-75 14·6 21·0 18·5 15·9 3·5 1875-76 15·5 22·2 21·9 15·8 3·4 South Australia ......... { 1874—75 11·7 15·2 14·7 — 3·7 1875-76 12·0 14·1 16·7 — 4·5 Western Australia ..... 1874-75 12·0 16·0 16·0 15·0 3·0 Tasmania ................... { 1874-75 18·5 24·5, 26·8 — 3·7 1876-76 16·4 27·8 25·4 — 3·5 New Zealand .............. { 1874-75 28·2 29·4 35·2 — 5·2 1875-76 31·5 35·9 38·0 — 4·9 Bushels. Natal ........................... { 1874 12·6 8·0 — 12·7 24·1 1875 10·8 13·2 — 12·1 64·4 Cape of Good Hope ... { 1865 6·9 8·9 —6·5 — 1875 8·9 15·4 — 8·5 41·2 Dominion of Canada: Ontario ................... 1871 10·4 98·1 Quebec ................... " 8·5 141·0 New Brunswick ... " 10·8 Not stated. Not stated. Not stated. 137·6 Nova Scotia ............ " 11·8 105·7

Statement of the Estimated Average. Yield per Statute Acre of the Principal Corn Crops, and of Potatoes, in Various British Colonies.

From the same source I give you the average returns from foreign countries. Mr. Giffen does not state the average for the United Kingdom:—
Statement of the Estimated Average Yield per Statute Acre of the Principal Corn Crops, and of Potatoes, in Imperial Bushels, in various Foreign Countries.
Countries. Date of Returns. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Rye. Beans and Peas. Maize. Potatoes.
Bushels Bushels Bushels Bushels Bushels Bushels Bushels.
Russia 1872 5·5 8·0 16·6 8·2 117·0
Sweden 1874 123·7
Norway 1870 22·1 30·3 35·7 25·9 20·5*
Bavaria 1863 16·3 20·1 22·5 16·3 15·3 24·9 103·4
Wurtemberg 1875 18·1 21·2 29·3 18·7 15·0 26·0 74·1
Holland 1874 28·4 41·9 44·4 20·9 21·8 172·8
Belgium 1866 20·3 34·9 41·2 24·6 23·2
France 1873 13·4 18·7 23·8 12·1 15·3 16·4 113·9
Portugal 1865 8·9 11·1 18·6 6·7 20·0
Austria (Proper) 1875 12·5 13·5 16·2 13·2 21·6 109·4
Hungary 1872 8·6 13·6 16·5 8·3 8·4 13·5 38·1
Greece 1867 13·2 18·8 19·0 17·4
Egypt 1871 15·4 20·2 14·2 18·3
United States 1874 12·3 20·6 22·0 13·4 20·7 80·9
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Average Yield per Acre of Yield of COUNTRIES. Year. Acres under crops and grass. Potatoes Eye. Beans and Peas. Buckwheat. Cotton. Sugar. Vineyards Bare fallow. Permanent artificial Grass. Grass for Hay. Tobacco. Wheat, Barley and Bere. Oats. Maize. Bushels Bushels Bushels Bushels Tons. Bushels. Bushels. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Grass Acres. Great Britain ............. 1875-6 31,544,081 27·5 — — — — — — — — — — 651,212 18,056,217 — Ireland ....................... " 15,724,954 — — — — — — — — — — — 11,652 12,368,713 — New South Wales ..... " 4151,138 14·7 20·5 18·7 29·0 3·0 — — — — 6,454 4,159 — 77,125 — —Victoria ........................ " 1,126,831 15·5 22·2 21·9 15·8 3·4 19,356 450,918 — — — 5,081 97,133 155,274 293,178 782 South Australia ........... " 1,411,586 12·0 14·1 16·7 — 4·5 — — — — _ 4,972 — 161,429 — — Western Australia.. " 17,571 12·0 16·80 16·0 15·0 3·0 — — — — — 675 — 17,319 — — Tasmania ..................... " 332,824 16·4 27·8 25·4 — 3·5 881 136,169 — — — — 20,517 34,758 102,023 4 Queensland ............... " 77,347 — — — — — — — — 1,674 13,459 376 — 8,531 — —— New Zealand .............. " 2,377,402 31·5 35·9 38·0 — 4·9 — — — — — — 146,414 89,420 1,770,264 — Bushels Natal ............................ 1875 191,807 10·8 13·2 — 12·1 61·4 — 3,176 11 1 8,367 — — — — 197 Capo ............................ " 580,804 8·9 15·4 — 8·5 41·2 211,260 60,636 — — — 18,177 — — 2,631 Canada: Ontario ......................... 1871 10·4 — — — 98·1 Quebec ................... " 17,335,818 8·5 — — — 141·0 1,064,358 10,126,364 — — — — — — — New Brunswick " 10·8 — — — 137·6 Nova Scotia ........... " 11·8 — — — 105·7 In 1871 Russia .......................... 1872 — 5·5 8·0 16·6 — 117·0 avg.p.acr. 8·2 avg. p. acr. — 11,307,660 _ — — — 143,511,940 98,800 Sweden ........................ 1871 11,548,498 — — — — 123·7 — — — — — — 1,006,804 6,703,253 — Greece .................. 1867 1,338,656 13·2 18·8 19·0 17·4 — — — 22,953 — — 193,135 — 4,535,525 6,402 Denmark ............... 1871 6,880,654 — _ — — — — — 45,160 — — — 538,351 2,740,816 — Norway ........................ 1870 2,840,500 22·1 30·3 35·7 — — 25·9 20·5 — — — — — — — Bavaria ........................ 1863 11,367,310 16·3 20·1 22·5 24·9 103·1 16·3 15·3 4,456 — — 54,653 1,165,080 4,346,353 13,433 Wurtemburg ................ 1875 3,099,368 18·1 21·2 29·3 26·0 74·1 18·7 15·6 59 — — 58,579 207,989 912,379 706 Holland ........................ 1874 4,992,648 28·4 41·9 44·4 — 172·8 20·9 21·8 162,778 — — — 50,487 2,954,404 4,342 Belgium ....................... 1866 4,867,700 20·3 34·9 41·2 — — 24·6 23·2 52,944 — — 716 133,111 1,231,465 4,182 France .......................... 1873 — 13·4 18·7 23·8 16·4 113·9 12·1 15·3 1,673,736 — — 6,379,309 — 7,632,211 36,699 Portugal ....................... 1865 — 8·9 11·1 18·6 20·4 — 6·7 — — — — 467,840 741,300 — — Austria (Proper) ......... 1875 — 12·5 13·5 16·2 21·6 109·4 13·2 — 311,949 — — 391,935 — 20,198,086 8,181 Hungary ...................... 1872 26,024,425 8·6 13·6 16·5 13·5 38·1 8·3 8·4 57,084 — — 998,558 — 10,218,479 113,157 Egypt ........................... 1871 4,795,317 15·4 20·2 — 18·3 — — 14·2 — 700,788 36,923 — — — 8,339 United States .............. 1874 — 12·3 20·6 22·0 20·7 80·9 13·4 — 452,590 — — — — 21,769,772 281,662

Statistics of Agriculture.

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Year. Population (exclusive of Maoris.) Able to Bead and "Write.* Births. Deaths. Immigration (excess over Emigration.) Inhabited Houses.* Crown Lands. Land (including sown Grasses) under Cultivation. Year. Males. Females. Totals. Marriages Waste Lands sold in each Year. Cash Realised. Free Grants.† Acres. £ Acres. Acres. 1868 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,091 ... ... ... 1853 1854 17,914 14,640 32,554 ... ... ... 2,057 ... ... ... 1854 1855 20,781 16,411 37,192 ... 1 460 470 406 3,937 ... ... ... ... ... 1855 1856 25,356 20,184 45,640 ... 1,722 406 404 2,525 ... 51,972 33,156 14 ... 1856 1857 27,606 22,196 49,802 ... 1,966 434 478 3,042 ... 141,159 79,060 6,169 121,648 1857 1858 33,679 25,734 59,413 37,681 2,272 582 534 6,130 12,812 239,128 150,839 6,277 141,007 1858 1859 41,107 30,486 71,698 ... 2,647 704 603 8,637 ... 477,021 222,885 45,730 156,940 1859 1860 45,394 34,317 79,711 ... 3,146 1,092 690 6,064 ... 424,254 204,113 47,016 ... 1860 1861 61,062 37,959 99,021 65,753 3,441 1,109 878 16,222 22,398 449,358 285,365 18,834 226,621 1861 1862 79,680 46·132 125,812 ... 4,064 1,231 1,091 20,991 ... 658,337 506,657 40,335 ... 1862 1863 105,978 58·070 164,048 ... 5,115 1,983 1,485 35,120 ... 529,437 380,998 66,853 ... 1803 1864 106,580 65,578 172,168 123,088 6,601 2·921 1,878 8,527 37,996 691,174 595,858 47,198 382,655 1804 1865 117,376 73,231 190,607 ... 7,490 2·757 1,908 12,309 ... 503,112 341,094 62,681 ... 1865 1866 125,080 79,034 204,114 ... 8,466 2,540 2,038 7,599 ... 603,406 528,028 55,975 ... 1866 1867 131,929 86,739 218,668 151,431 8,918 2,702 2,050 4,859 54,015 288,917 287,416 76,743 676·909 1867 1868 134,621 91,997 226,618 ... 9,891 2,662 2,085 860 ... 199,309 182,065 42,205 ... 1868 1869 140,112 97,137 237,249 ... 9,718 2,721 1,931 3,641 ... 112,211 115,941 145,419 783,435 1869 1870 145,732 102,668 248,400 ... 10,277 2,703 1,851 3,577 ... 76,766 88,419 37,250 997,477 1870 1871 156,431 110,555 266,986 173,459 10·592 2,642 1,864 4,786 57,182 92,642 110,973 123,796 1,140,279 1871 1872 162,404 117,156 279,560 ... 10,795 3,194 1,873 4,978 ... 338,576 389,107 183,673 1,226,222 1872 1873 170·406 125,540 295,946 ... 11,222 3,645 2,276 8,811 ... 786,250 980,758 484,541 1,416,933 1873 1874‡ 194,349 147,511 341,860 199,294 12,844 4,161 2,828 38,106 61,356 648,800 860,471 238,581 1,651,712 1874 1875 213,294 162,562 375,856 ... 14,438 5,712 3,209 25,270 .... 318,682 448,697 486,335 1,943,653 1875 1876 225,580 173,495 399,075 ... 16,168 4,904 3,196 11,955 ... 497,416 846,831 31,145 2,377,402 1876 * This information has been correctly ascertained only for the years in which a census of the Colony was taken. † Including free grants to immigrants, to naval and military settlers, reserves for public purposes, Native reserves, and old land claims; but the larger portion of these grants since the year 1865 have been to Natives, under the provisions of "The Native Lands Act, 1805." ‡ In 1874 the Maori population was estimated at 45,470, mating the total copulation in 1874, 387,330.

Statistical Summary of the Colons of New Zealand from 1853 to 1876 Inclusive.

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Live Stock.*Postal.Shipping. Year.Inwards. ! Outwards.Year. Sheep.rigs.Letters (Received and Despatched).Newspapers (Received and Despatched).Postal Revenue.Number of Money Orders Issued.Amount of Money Orders Issued. Horses.Horned Cattle.N umbei of VesselsTonnage.Number of VesselsTonnage. Number.Number.££ 1853............119,039177,583.........23865,50422962,8911853 1854............138,482201,381.........29374,83129376,7181854 1855............171,407238,522.........37888,61434179,8251855 1856............196,760271.254.........32686,74832382,9911856 1857............337.721498,168.........28978,30928376,5241857 185814,912137,2041,523,32440,734482.856684,3486,024......33990,11832282,2931858 1859............707,870839,3857,812......438136,580398120,3921859 1860............890,3691,029,35610,068......398140,276398140,2931860 186128,275193,2852,761,58343,2701,236.7681.428,35114,108......596197,986546205,3501861 1862............2.122,2322,064,12322,7101,4106,590813301,365783288,6471862 1863............3,403,2483,397,66932,32911.58655,7031,154419,9351,094394,6651863 186149,409249,7604,937,27361.2764.151,1424,306,01739,30216,59178,5561,117426,0041,089433,2531864 1865............4,443,4734,206,99246,47517,23678.576862295,625783283,0201865 18 66............4,758,6444,373,03949,59822,710108,7791,019330,303986306,9791866 186765,715312,8358,418,579115,1044,811,2403,060,88855,33124,473115,610944309,568950308,1691867 1868............4,977,1993.283,61557,10726,854118,211851277,105873287,7101868 1869............5,016,5953,563,14758,00728,427127,218764250.731771247,7641869 1870............6,645,8793,889,66255.78031,864140,454756273,151766265,4071870 187181,028436,5929,700,629151,4606,081,6974.179,78470,24936,291157,397729274,643709265,6181871 1872............6,958,5434,411,09194,73344,660191,009775300,302743285,3661872 1873............7,915,9855,269,19594,70652,351219,258739289,297704281,8471873 187499,261494,11311,674,863...9,058,4566,306,692104,37162,712263,164856399,296822385,5331874 1875............10,427,8516,811,277122,49673,027293,481926416,727940417,8201875 1876.........374,12111,770,7377,962,748129,26380,255310,268878393,180866393,3341876 * This information has been correctly ascertained for the years in which a census of the Colony was taken.

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Shipping. Exports (the Produce of New Zealand). Wheat, Pro-visions,Tallow. Timber, &c. Year. Registered Vessels beonging to the Colony. Gold. Wool. Flax (Phormium). Gum (Kauri) Year. Number of Vessels. Tonnage. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Value. oz. £ Lbs. £ Tons. £ Tons. £ £ 1853 ... ... 1,071,340 66,507 46 1.046 829 15,971 219,758 1853 1864 ... ... ... 1,254,416 70,103 48 1,663 1,160 28,864 220,360 1854 1866 ... ... ... ... 1,772,344 93,104 150 4,674 355 4,514 263,575 1855 1856 ... ... ... ... 2,559,618 146,070 22 552 1,440 18,591 153,220 1856 1857 186 6,662 10,436 40,442 2,648,716 176,579 38 710 2,521 35,250 116,413 1857 1858 189 6,862 13,533 52,443 3,810,372 254,022 64 1,516 1,810 20,036 105,932 1858 1859 213 7,883 7,336 28,427 5,096,751 889,779 77 1,598 2,010 20,776 130,733 1859 1860 238 8,527 4,538 17,585 6,665,880 444,392 61 1,240 1,046 9,851 76,065 1860 1861 252 9,144 194,234 752,657 7,855,920 523,728 2 43 856 9,888 52,925 1861 1862 287 10,825 410,862 1,591,389 9,839,265 674,226 13 261 1,103 11,107 81,037 1862 1863 343 15,189 628,450 2,431,723 12,585,980 830,495 13 251 1,400 27,027 53,395 1863 1864 423 22,573 480.171 1,857,847 16,691,666 1,070,997 7 170 2,228 60,590 61,030 1864 1866 466 24,484 574,574 2,226,474 19,180,500 1,141,761 3 75 1,867 46,060 89,051 1865 1866 493 26,787 735,376 2,844,517 22,810,776 1,354,152 ... 996 2,535 70,572 125,863 1866 1867 366 23,240 686,753 2,700,275 27,152,966 1,580,608 126 4,256 2,685 77,491 116,834 1867 1868 372 24,539 637,474 2,504,326 28,875,163 1,516,548 684 8,137 2,690 72,493 167,258 1868 1869 381 26,990 614.281 2,862,995 27,766,686 1,371,230 2,028 45,245 2,850 111,307 199,357 1869 1870 384 26,743 544,880 2,157,585 37,039,763 1,703,944 5,471 132,578 4,391 175,074 375,501 1870 1871 371 27,107 730,029 2,787,520 37,793,734 1,606,111 4,248 90,611 5,054 167,958 518,871 1871 1872 364 23,963 445,370 1,730,992 41,886,997 2,537,919 3,985 99.405 4,811 154,167 584,703 1872 1873 411 30,035 505,337 1,987,425 41,535,185 2,702,471 6,454 148,799 2,833 85,816 558,459 1873 1874 471 38,935 376,388 1,505,331 46,848,735 2,834,695 2,088 37,690 2,568 79,986 694,441 1874 1875 502 42,025 355,322 1,407,770 54,401,540 3,398,156 639 11,742 3,230 138,523 519,654 1875 1876 538 44,401 318,367 1,268,559 59,853,454 3,395,816 897 18,285 2,888 109.234 697,007 1876

Statistical Summary of the Colony of New Zealand from 1853 to 1870 Inclusive.

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Imports. Revenue. Electric Telegraph. Miles of Railway. Savings Banks. Total for Year. Con-structed. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 1853 303,282 597,827 80,104 66,751 146,855 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13 1853 1854 320,890 891,201 110,590 180,826 291,416 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 21 1854 1855 365.867 813,460 111,234 62,300 173,534 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 31 1855 1856 318,433 710,868 107,801 76,177 183,978 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 28 1856 1857 369,394 992,994 154,383 91,193 245,576 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 27 1857 1858 433,949 1,141,273 179,326 161,799 341,125 ... ... ... ... ... 715 7,862 62 1858 1869 521,308 1,551,030 208,446 241,882 450,328 ... ... ... ... ... 802 7,996 70 1859 1860 549,133 1,548,333 233,108 215,760 448,868 ... ... ... ... ... 1,104 12,450 91 1860 1861 1,339,241 2,493,811 324,146 347,354 671.500 ... ... ... ... ... 1,144 22,921 100 1861 1862 2,358,020 4,626,082 508,332 606,830 1.115,162 ... ... ... ... ... 1,496 29,768 145 1862 1863 3,342,891 7,024,674 742,504 524.404 1,266,908 ... ... ... ... ... 2,371 44,117 234 1863 1864 3,050,634 7,000,655 815,676 714,770 1,530,446 ... ... ... ... ... 4,669 94,248 262 1864 1865 3,503,421 5,594,977 936,945 500,045 1,436,990 ... ... ... ... ... 4,304 87,400 332 1865 1866 4,396,100 5,894,863 1,086,293 776,429 1,862,722 699 48,231 9,114 ... ... 4,513 91,863 277 1866 1867 4,479,464 5,344,607 1,225,584 561,730 1,787,314 714 87,436 14,295 ... ... 6,579 156,855 240 1867 1868 4,268,762 4,985,748 1,195,512 425,323 1,620,835 1,471 134,647 20,224 ... ... 8,121 243,615 248 1868 1869 4,090,134 4,976,126 1,025,516 382,070 1,407,586 1,611 173,746 32,649 ... ... 10,103 320,383 277 1869 1870 4,544,682 4,639,015 960,368 327,589 1,287,957 1,887 238,195 27,422 ... ... 12,137 388,804 231 1870 1871 5,171,104 4,078,193 921,672 377,699 1,299,371 2,015 369,085 37,203 ... ... 14,275 454,966 180 1871 1872 5,107,186 5,142,951 1,005,942 618,772 1,024,714 2,312 491,205 44,609 ... ... 17,289 597,002 190 1872 1873 5,477,970 6,464,687 1,487,393 1,265.788 2,753,181 2,389 637,941 55,195 145 434 21,807 812,114 189 1873 1874 5,152,143 8,121,812 1,873,148 1,150,900 3,024,348 2,632 844,301 62,322 209 621 27,215 943,753 194 1874 1875 5,475,844 8,029,172 2,047,234 688,722 2,735,956 3,156 993,322 74,420 542 464 30,310 897,326 257 1875 1876 5,488,901 6,905,171 2,391,344 1,149,622 3,540,966 3,170 1,100,599 80,841 718 427 32,577 905,146 249 1876 * The convictions to 1870 are only those in the Supreme Court. From 1871 to 1876 inclusive, the convictions in the District Courts are included.

* Peas only.

Wheat and Spelt.