TOLD IN ELOQUENT FIGURES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 984, 26 November 1910, Page 14

TOLD IN ELOQUENT FIGURES.

THE WEALTH OF THE WAIRARAPA. j The'following aro 'the returns of tie jivo stock in tho Wairarapa and Busli District .Counties (compiled from this year's Year Book):.- The. figures for the < horses,, cattle, and pigs are for 1908." He. figures for the sheep are for 1909: —

{ The . foregoing counties- account for nearly onc-tath of the shci'p • and' : jambs:in,tSe;whoie Dominion;.slightly ; inorethan:one-tentii; of 'tho total number •.of I'qattio;: about.one-fifteentli eacli pf : /pigs; and. a' frac-. ; ' tion 'over one-nineteenth of the horses. ; :Wellington:Province, of' which the* 1 Wairarapa .and Bush Districts are a portion, ii.nl mora' sheep' tha"n> any "Ipf the provinces• in. 1009,, the j, 997,548, aii increase 'of 205,542 on 4lie previous ■year.; r 'Then 'followed 'CanterOtago'iii that order, ' with' Hawko's Bay fourth, Auckland fifth', Kelson sixth,,' Marlborough seventh, Xaranaki eighth, and Westland ninth; Capital Values. •• For the Wairarapa and Biish District. Counties, ~ town districts, and boroughs, tho capital values of land for 1891 and. 1910 were as follow:— ■ Counties. •' ■ . t TTnimproved value ■ Capital value, o£ land :' • land and (included in pre- - improvements, vioua eolumnn). ' 1891. 1910. 1891. 1910. £ , £:•: £ £ •' Pahiatua;. f 511,4C0 1,723.681 331,634 1,033,755 Akitio _ — '. 755,240 - 438.583 Castlepoint — . 589,306 — 372,997 1 'Eketahuna, 1,831,209 '.707,452 1,057,393 418.103 ;MauricoriUo —' 439,919 — 252,252 ■Mdsterton.'. —/ 3,346,590 ; — 2,163,154 .Wnihirapa )■ .South 1,872,035 1,514,179 1,104,064 1,015,484 — 2,427,198 ' — 1,759,488 iWoodville 1,071,523 — 698,497 ? Note—ln 1891, Woodvillo formed part of 'the Walpawa County, Featherston part, of Wairarapa.' South County, while in the foame year Akitio,'Ca«{.lepoint, Eketahuna, land Masterton.formed part of tho .Wairalrapft North County. ; • In 1891 the pretent borouffh of Pahiatua r/as part', of the county: tho present Iborough of "Eketahuna part of the.Wairarapa North County, and tho present

i town board districts of ITartinborough and Fciithcnton, and the Featbcrston County | part ol'tho Wairarapa South County. ' ' Town Districts. I • . TTnim- • proved value Capital value, of land land and (included in pre- . . improvements, vious columns). 1891. 1910. 1891. • 1910. ' •£ ' £ £ £ Featliersion 47,187 • 95,599 13,648 ' 32,329 Martinborouglv. — 106,023 — 36,737

.. Average .Wages, and Prices. ;• The .following .shows- the ,average wages paid'for agricultural labour in the' Wairarat)'a' w and~Bush"l)istricts Per week, . % Per day, . with without . _ - ; ; board, board. A v, •iFanri< 6 to -25; v 0< PJoilghm6n\^o''to^3s;^C^^-.80.-10,'9; 0 ' I ■■■ ■■■'■ ■ • Har rcsto .V; 30 oto 40 0 1' '6' Mcri^ol^vpn^'' ' V''-A? • farms: 25 o>-to 40 0 •• ,--<•'• ;.*r' :: v ',■ " •• " vojntSv-.r0n.'CV.0!'..,; 12.-.5" to 30 ..'0 ; "25"0 .to 35<0 i • '• 25 o : tc/,31 - l St'ationlaliourerßv-20. . 0-to 25 .0" -7;'.; . lien.- "cooUs ; V jon'." r v- ; •; . , stations 0 to4£l' 0 ; ~20a.' •' Married'-.'.conpleßv-.without' .family/ .with 'iBICO'-'per Married^c6u^cs^,Vitiv,faniilyj-^ith f - board,'- \> v : ; .■ V; Braughbv ! - r " v -" > ''''' ,; ': , ' v ' v v v-.--- r :. r A:rat .- - horses.'-' s: ;7* : '?' , £20 : ' coy;?.; ':! -'Bhocp/ ( ; y; lambs!' ; \pcr pair; £5 to : £6,; 9& to 16s v V 9s.to 12si6d. i3a.'tb; ss.- -6d; Averh&o prices' •< for 'c Agricultural - Produce. | ■ WJicats-7 - J : r f V Q - i 4s. 2d*. v io v 'ss?3tf. > * 0 " % ; 4s. : to'4s.'6d,' r "2s. to '3s. , • Maize. Bran. Hay. 4a. to 6s. fid. 9b. to is. 9d. 40s. toiOOs. Average Prices for . Garden Produce. . Potatoes, 'Potatoes, wholesale.' . retail. Onions. 105s. to 150s. 6s. 6d, to Bs.' Id. to 3d. per ton. per cwt. * per lb. • Carrots. Turnips. Cabbages. Is. to Is. 6iJ. Is. to Is. Gd. Is. to 3s. .per dozn.bunches, per doz. bunches. per doz.

• Dairy ;cow3(in- • . eluded Sliccp • ' in cat- and Horres. Cattle.'Piga. tie), lambs. CVoodvillo 1,(304 . 14,724 2,416 4,628 102,317 Eketahuna 1,285 11,183 1,768 5,135 91,434 Featherst'n 3/99 30,165 2,851 5,361 <95,656 South Wairarapa 3,034 29,135 3,224 5,950 192,183 Masterton 4,513 32,944 1,035 2,717 574,308 Oastlopoint 797 13,226 4 5 55 172,853 iUiitio ...' 1,308 17,556 343 1,833 223,515 Pahiatua... 2,506, 21,717 4,264' 8,818 231,070' Mauricevillo 520 4,737 605 1,502 79,643 ; Totals ;.. 19,066 175,392 16,551 35,9J9 2,163,979

Boroughs. : " ; \ - £- S '£ P-aMatna, —: 220,861 — 101,223 Masterton 356,860 1,176,342 159,861 .572,019 WoodTOlo 102,236 115,373 57,852 45,978 jBkctahuna- • 160,733 — 84,187 I Carterton . 83,650 . 270,462' 31,315 118,660 Greytown/ •. 115,64?,; 147,359 v3!l,095.. 57,595 Acres - Under Cultivation. » . Tho number 'of . acres under cultivation. and /sown! in. grasses in tho Wairarapa iad Bush Districts Counties, as on'October'. 31, 1908, and taken from this, year's 'Year. Book are as follow:-^- ■ In eottu In, Land . . ■ ■ : grasses, sown - broken after grasses, up Laving not but not been previously under 1 ploughed, ploughed, crop Feathcrston: ......... 38,809 . 180,410 62 Yfairarapa South...' 24,577 214,105 84 Masterton .......... 25,274 . 301,772 273 Castlepoint 3,940 ' 111,172 — ■Aliitio 708 ■ 140,459 1 Pahiatua 1,672 152,153 — Eketahuna r.......... 1,337 "" ' 72,452 30 Mauriceville 814 46,499 1 Wood.ville. .V............. . 3,986,, ., 80,405 , 10 Plantations Total In In; of . . under gar-orch-forest > crop. den. ard. trees. Featherston ......... 13,023 '140 • 258 935 Wairarapa South;.. 10,162". 98 143 355 Masterton "; i3,301" " 201'' 184 508 Castlepoint 541 .18':,. .21 119 Akitio 297. 79 ./ 52 73 Pahiatua ' 2,155 81 ■•"184 151 Eketahuna 1,183 52 ... 91 69 Mauriceville . ' ........ 601 8 ' 43 30 Woodvillo ... . 2,892 . 84 .;. 170' , 43