The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 62
[introduction]
Acreage of Land in Crop. | Acreage of Land broken up, but not under Crop. | Acreage of Land in Sown Grasses. | Total Acreage of Laud in Cultivation. | |
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New Zealand | 1,285,768 | 210,509 | 6,966,218 | 8,462,495 |
New South Wales | 872,344 | 260,627 | 385,504 | 1,518,475 |
Victoria | 2,031,935 | 385,572 | 235,241 | 2,652,748 |
Queensland | 224,993 | 14,625 | 22,252 | 261,870 |
South Australia | 2,093,515 | 534,152 | 21,431 | 2,649,098 |
Western Australia | 69,676 | 52,356 | 23,344 | 145,376 |
Tasmania | 157,376 | 158,738 | 201,060 | 517,174 |
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.