AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 845, 9 March 1877, Page 3

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

We are indebted to Mrßolleaton for the following account of land in cultivation and the agricultural produce thereof, in the province of Canterbury, taken in February, ISV7 :

I certify that the above ia a correct compilation from the original returns. F. de C. MALET, Superintendent Collector.

Electoral Districts. Number of Holdings. Extent of land broken up hut not under crop, In Wheat. In Oats. In Barley. In Sown Grasses. In Potatoes. In Other Crops. Total Numbers of Acres under Crop (Including Sown Grasses). Quantity of Last Year’s Crop Remaining on ». and! when form was tilled up. j Freehold. Kented. Part Free. Part Rented. Total. Acres (Sown for Grain only.) Estimated Gross Produce (in bushels.) Acres. Estimated Gross Produce of Grain (in bushels.) Acres (sown for Grain only.) 1 Estimated | Gross Piodnee (in 1 bushels.) In Hay. In Grasses, after having been broken up (inc. such as in hay) Grass sown lands not pr’viously ploughed (inc. such as in hay) ForGreen Food or Hay. For Grain. Acres. i Estimat’d 1 Gross Produce | (in tons) Acres; Estimat’d Gross Produce (in tons). Acres. | Wheat | (bushels). •S ~ CS ~ o g rO Barley (bushels). Acres. Acres. Acres. Cheviot, part ot 22 5 5 32 414 66 1680 302 124 3425 91 240 53 70} 6055 ‘ 20 17 60 4259 10854} 1500 Ashley 347 95 55 497 44311 5903 156831 464-1 9602 263731 1231 32510 1755 1692} 36029 7213 2241 707} 5565} 66232} 1490 800 Kaiapoi 219 98 60 377 303 56631171826 117 4047-1 156067 1273 42525 14611 24201 183231 63981 385-1 8443 2835} 38943} 224 1615 1610 Christchui'ch 70 69 5 144 2 30 910 231 49 1915 169 3001 15471 209 42 278 61} 1978-1 Lyttelton •• Avon 318 251 45 617 1406 3369} 1032S6 389 35191 120219 Oil 19164 19761 2557 19178} 4876} 1246-4 8290 13401 34610 920 424 2900 Heathcote 411 171 50 632 456 54641 186920 2501 44131 161983 967 30745 27601 4033’ 27214} 8642} 385} 2624 1586} 48924} 756 Akaroa 235 46 29 310 418 552 22610 711 258 10220 119 3865 2204 396 65131 363631 35} 201-1 202} 44115| 30 Selwyn 624 123 SI 509 7121} 128341 316423 1751 8623 284556 27591 86085-1 3926 4096 23200 6793 160} 540} 8696-1 63242} 75 3895 Coleridge 309 176 77 562 31012} 272221 825120 22744 22603 44346 52331 152866 2282-4 2347-4 73782 6584 253} 1072-1 16120 154073} 302 15908 3020 Titnaru 154 34 46 234 8919 78841 229709 477 4166 160727 1303 52210 5594 80S 25695 2370 2901 1514 2049-1 44235-1 20 3050 1850 Gladstone 102 46 24 262 08720 14556 457560 681-1 4 oODv 315740 12421 45580 8571 1064 49402-1 20(2 311} 1852-1 10014} 85616 16 31P85 3636 Geraldine 159 118 20 297 68-121 8965 235745 116 5259 188071 1298 39910 non 14271 291361 10296} 70-1 303 5519-1 60661 5312 2090 Total 2760 1235 478 4473 130046 924 16} 2707625 53221 70032 2106800 16046| 5057004 17123 212131 316078 91817} 3423} 25886} 682511 653387} 1557 65995 15906 Total for 1876... 4175 63823 57499} 1770303 5507} 72522} 2888688 16819} 620699 14392} 223181 * 3140 17895 42419 550759} 8654} 61246 5115