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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 62

[introduction]

The extent of land in cultivation (including sown grass land and land broken up but not in crops) amounted in March 1892 to 8,893,225 acres. There has been a large area of Crown land taken up for settlement during the year ending March 1892, as many as 3,797 persons taking up 1,728,983 acres, being an average of 458 acres for each person, aod at no time in the history of the colony has so much land been brought into cultivation by small settlers as during the last year. The following tables show (1) the acreage of land under cultivation, and (2) the different yields of crops in New Zealand and Australia for the year 1891-92:— page 30
(1.) Acreage of Land in Cultivation.
Acreage of Land in Crop. Acreage of Land broken up but not under crop. Acreage of Land in Sown Grasses. Total Acreage of Land in Cultivation.
New Zealand 13,48,890 1,40,454 74,03,881 8,893,225
New South Wales 8,40,383 * 3,33,238 1,179,621
Victoria 26,87,575 3,95,939 1,74,982 3,258,496
Queensland 2,42,629 15,375 20,921 278,925
South Australia 19,27,689 5,88,083 17,519 2,533,291
Western Australia 64,209 67,691 23,344 131,900
Tasmania 1,68,121 1,40,213 2,08,596 516,930
In Maize. In Hay. In Potatoes. Land. Produce. Yield per Acre. Land. Produce. Yield per Acre. Land. Produce. Yield per Acre. Acres. Bushels. Bshls. Acres. Tons. Tons, Acres. Tons. Tons New Zealand 5,447 238,746 43.83 46,652 67,361 1.44 27,266 162,040 5 N. S. Wales 174,577 5,721,706 32.77 163,738 209,322 1.28-22,560 61,320 2 Victoria 8,230 401.957 56.13 369,498 514,406 1.39 57,334 200,523 3 Queensland... 101,598 3,077,915 30.30 30,665 58,842 1.92 9,173 25,018 2 S. Australia ... ... ... 304,171 193,317 0.63 6,892 27,821 4 W. Australia 23 483 21.00 28,534 28,534 1.00 531 1,593 3 Tasmania ... ... ... 45,445 67,164 1.47 16,393 63,100 3 J... In Wheat. In Oats. In Barley. Land. Produce. Yield per Acre. Land. Produce. Yield per Acre. Land. Produce. Acres. Bushels. Bshls. Acres. Bushels. Bshl. Acres. Bshls. Bshl New Zealand 402,278 10,257,738 25.50 323,508 11,009,020 34.03 24,268 688,683 28 N. S. Wales 356,666 3,963,668 11.11 12,958 276,259 21.32 4,459 93,446 20 Victoria ... 1,332,683 13,679,268 10.26 190,157 4,455,451 23.43 45,021 844,178 18 Queensland... 19,306 392.309 20.33 715 16,669 23.31 739 21,302 28 S. Australia 1,552,423 6,436,488 4.90 12,637 80,876 6.16 11,461 107,183 9 W. Australia 26,866 295,526 11.00 1,301 18,214 14.00 3,738 48,594 13 Tasmania ... 47,584 937,680 19.25 28,360 876,573 30.91 2,650 71,686 27

(2.) Yields of Principal Crops.

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This table shows the great superiority of New Zealand from an agricultural point of view.

It will be observed that the oat crop in New Zealand comprised nearly 66 per cent., and the area under oat crop 56 per cent, of that for the whole of Australasia.