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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 60

Agricultural And Pastoral Statistics, 1885

Agricultural And Pastoral Statistics, 1885.

Bush. lb. 1884—Number of acres ... 377,706 yield 9,827,136 Average per acre ... 26 0 1885—Number of acres... 270,043 yield 6,866,777 Average per acre ... 25 25 Decrease in acres ... 107,663 2,960,359—Decrease in bushels for 1885

TableShowing the Gross Return for the Colony of Wheat, Oats and Barley.

Wheat.

1884—Number of acres ... 262,954 yield 9,231,339 Average per acre ... 35 0 1885—Number of acres... 354,794 yield 12,360,449 Average per acre ... 34 33 Increase in acres ... 89,840 129,110—Increase in bushels for 1885.

Oats.

1884—Number of acres ... 32,907 yield 964,456 Average per acre ... 29 15 1885—Number of acres ... 39,703 yield 1,205,906 Average per acre ... 30 18 Increase in acres ... 6,796 241,450—Increase in bushels for 1885. 1884—Total number of Bushels grown of Wheat, Oats and Barley ... 20,022,931 1885—Total number of Bushels grown of Wheat, Oats and Barley... 20,433,132 Increase for 1885 ... ... ... 410,201

Barley.

1884—Number of acres ... ... ... 21,102 yield 113,198 tons. 1885—Number of acres ... ... 21,348 yield 123,504 tons. Increase for 1885 246 acres 10,306 tons.

Potatoes.

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Bushels. Bush. lb. Canterbury 182,560 acres; yield 4,459,677; average per acre 24 25 Otago 64,071 acres; yield 1,879,308 average per acre 29 19 Wellington 9,612 acres; yield 184,687 average per acre19 12 Auckiand 6,264 acres; yield 157,745 average per acre 25 10 Taranaki 1,735 acres; yield 43,967 average per acre 25 20 Hawkes Bay 1,021 acres; yield 26,210 average per acre 25 40 Marlborough 2,441 acres; yield 61,747 average per acre 25 17 Nelson 2,339 acres; yield 53,436 average per acre 22 50 Westland acres; yield average per acre Totals 270,043 6,866,777

TableShowing the number of acres under Wheat, Oats, Barley and Potatoes in 1885, and yield per acre in bushels for the several Provincial Districts.

Wheat.

Bushels. Bush. lb. Canterbury 129,133 acres; yield 4,157,766; average per acre 32 7 Otago 196,120 acres; yield 7,369,263 average per acre 37 28 Wellington 12,609 acres; yield 306,887 average per acre 24 13 Auckland 5,271 acres; yield 159,092 average per acre 30 7 Taranaki 2,570 acres; yield 106,950 average per acre 42 0 Hawkes Bay 3,446 acres; yield 82,585 average per acre 23 38 Marlborough 2,620 acres; yield 108,930 average per acre 41 23 Nelson 3,025 acres; yield 68,976 average per acre 22 32 Westland acres; yield average per acre Totals 354,794 12,360,449

Oats.

Bushels. Bush lb. Canterbury 19,450 acres; yield 557,443; average per acre 28 33 Otago 10,315 acres; yield 331,018 average per acre 32 32 Marlborough 4,193 acres; yield 141,655 average per acre 33 39 Nelson 3,607 acres; yield 105,955 average per acre 29 18 Wellington 847 acres; yield 20,050 average per acre 23 33 Auckland 473 acres; yield 15,198 average per acre 32 32 Hawkes Bay 683 acres; yield 30,199 average per acre 44 10 Taranaki 135 acres; yield 4,388 average per acre 32 25 Westland acres; yield average per acre Totals 39,703 1,205,906

Barley.

Cocksfoot. Ryegrass, Total bushels. Canterbury 228,730 202,199 430,929 Otago 9,320 153,499 162,819 Taranaki 22.352 5,475 27,827 Auckland 10,473 49,433 59,906 Wellington 9,499 11,008 20,507 Hawkes Bay 5,165 49,206 54,371 Marlborough 1,951 5,366 7,317 Nelson 363 713 1,076 Westland 3 30 33 Total Bushels 764,785

Grass Seeds.

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Tons. Tonscwt. Canterbury 5,893 acres; yield 37,717; average per acre 6 0 Otago 6,428 acres; yield 36,086 average per acre 5 9 Auckland 4,649 acres; yield 24,739 average per acre 5 0 Wellington 1,168 acres; yield 9,980 average per acre 8 0 Nelson 877 acres; yield 3,691 average per acre 4 0 Hawkes Bay 936 acres; yield 6,121 average per acre 6 0 Taranaki 695 acres; yield 3,553 average per acre 5 0 Marlborough 446 acres; yield 3,857 average per acre 8 0 Westland 256 acres; yield 760 average per acre 3 0 Totals 21,348 126,504

Potatoes.

TableShowing total number of acres under Turnips, Rape and other crops, such as Mangolds, Carrots, &c.,* for 1885, as comparod with 1884—
1884. 1885.
Acres. Acres.
Canterbury 157,795 137,452
Otago 172,379 185,517
Auckland 13,563 16,598
Nelson 5,860 7,195
Wellington 13,413 13,962
Taranaki 3,699 5,086
Marlborough 5,184 4,796
Westland 184 101
Hawkes Bay 4,336 4,412
Totals 376,413 375,119

Decrease for 1885, 1,294; this falling off has been in other crops, not in Turnips.

TableShowing the number of acres of Grass, after having been broken up, including such as in Hay—
1884. 1885.
Acres. Acres.
Canterbury 846,753 1,012,964
Otago 726,570 830,804
Auckland 307,803 318,792
Wellington 136,965 147,741
Hawkes Bay 124,929 133,593
Nelson 53,372 57,083
Taranaki 43,011 52,227
Marlborough 31,940 35,175
Westland 3,148 4,113
Totals 2,274,491 2,592,492

Increase over 1884, 318,001 acres.

TableShowing the total number of acres in Hay, including Green Oats cut for fodder and Hay, as compared with 1884.
1884. 1885.
Acres. Acres.
Canterbury 36,796 33,233
Otago 57,108 40,539
Auckland 28,939 24,266
Hawkes Bay 10,063 6,888
Wellington 8,727 7,774
Nelson 9,116 8,683
Marlborough 3,096 3,399
Taranaki 2,485 2,290
Westland 686 832
Totals 157,017 127,904

Decrease in acres for 1886, 29,113.

TableShowing the number of acres of Grass-sown lands (surface sown), not previously ploughed, including such at in Hay—
1884. 1885.
Acres. Acres.
Canterbury 264,405 202,271
Wellington 778,033 905,274
Hawkes Bay 639,455 710,096
Auckland 323,933 358,677
Otago 140,708 157,767
Taranaki 116,226 128,857
Nelson 116,674 117,359
Marlborough 72,361 82,195
Westland 8,360 3,846
Totals 2,460,155 2,666,342

Increase for 1885, 206,187 acres.

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TableShowing the total number of Acres under Crop, exclusive of Lands under Grasses—
1884. 1885.
Acres. Acres.
Canterbury 544,455 489,254
Otago including Southland) 465,335 496,023
Auckland 41,977 44,430
Wellington 41,554 40,207
Nelson 20,336 22,577
Marlborough 17,241 16,715
Hawkes Bay 10,963 11,521
Taranaki 11,308 10,596
Westland 936 918
Totals 1,154,105 1,132,241

Decrease for 1885, 21,864 acres.

TableShowing the total area of Land under all hinds of Crops, including Sown Grasses, and of land broken up, but not under crop—
In 1884 6,072,940 acres
In 1885 6,738,300 acres

Increase for 1885, 665,360 acres.

* Other crops include 22,163 acres cropped as follows:—3,393 acres in maize and sorghum, 819 in rye and beet, 10,056 in peas and beans, 4,870 in mangold, beet, carrots, 1,282 in hops, 79 in tobacco, and 1,718 in other crops,