AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.
A recent issue of the " Gazette " contains the complete agricultural statistics for the colony up till April. The following comparative table shows the estimated yield of the various crops for the years 1880-81: —
The acreage in turnips, rape, and other crops was 257,166 acres against 186,030. There were 1,042,862 bushels of oats remaining in hand from last year's crop, as well as 121,962 bushels of wheat.
Provincial distkict3. P 3 In Wheat. 1 In Oats. i In Barlet. I In Potatoes, j Total 1 acreage 1 under Hay produce (in tons). In sown grasses Lands not after having previously been broken up. ploughed. Acres. Bushels, Acres. Bushels. Acres. Bushels. For Green For |Z5 W Food or Hay. Grain. Acres. Tons. i crop. Acres. Acres. Auckland (-1881 11880 5,800 6,127i 130,520 8,124 2,353 55,755 348 8,142 5,115 24,068 38,218 15,075 252,972 279,843 5,649 6,887 139,153 7,766 4,756 105,685 739 19,007 5,238 28,924 36,463 16,203 249,715 254,868 Taranaki f 1881 \1880 1,122 1,060 2,103 1,859 48,068 29,405 467 407 1,230 2,013 36,495 67,578 168 197 3,910 4,206 641 609 2,616 2,160 7,170 5.971 3.36S 2,881 30,800 2^,493 84,127 82,687 Hawke's Bay ns8i 11880 969 2,008 43,297 997 2,911 60,409 517 17,682 got 5,149 10,083 8,853 94,622 566,802 855 2,101 31,218 727 5,326 127,957 616 17,271 698 4,322 10,628 14,773 77,382 526,926 Wellington f 1881 U880 2,852 11,534 239,101 1,975 7,358 173,826 730 18,389 1,740 8,825 28,106 7,633 106,048 663,993 2,813 7,374 145,760 1,272 15,066 435,843 628 15,023 1,525 9,812 27,635 9,968 90,685 686,013 Marlborough f 1SS1 118S0 542 3,224 68,975 1,516 1,999 54,977 4,064 110,986 590 3,454 12,315 1,380 22,966 41,352 509 1,929 48,836 1,086 2,893 8-1,387 4,294 134,053 705 3,838 11,583 2,312 15,991 36,935 Nelson f 18;1 (1880 1,510 2,2+6 41,298 3,432 2,009 46,953 3,798 90,740 1,151 5,190 17,761 3,759 42,279 66,227 1,579 2,489 33,819 3,61 3,244 8-4,666 3,770 89,840 1,296 5,454 18,930 4,213 37,455 60,805 Westland C1881 (.1880 257 2S2 5 4 '"l70 465 307 1 1 80 70 5 1 "' 70 214 244 622 1,283 891 646 150 481 2,604 4,445 7,594 4,603 Canterbury f 1881 U880 6,379 5,010 208,561 193,784 4,915,298 5,465,700 15,331 11,662 89,280 153,742 2,406,476 5,803,275 28,640 37,095 732,345 1,124,281 6,264 5,655 29,112 37,489 461,3; 9 487,297 14,673 39,109 567,445 542,972 148,835 172,166 Otago mm ii !■ »Qf 11 ■ ) B 1 2,661,148 18,851 107,882 4,056,810 8,607 239,047 5,953 26,974 341,796 13,919 448,577 124,359 1 1BBU S3,V71 1,715,951 21,743 143,165 5,353,116 10,114 317,674 5,290 26.211 314,611 18,893 357,880 111,278 Totals f1881 1 2i',i 79 324,933 ! 8,147,705 51,188 215.C23 6,891,731 46,877 i 1,221,241 22,535 105,940 1 917,701 68,710 1,568,313 1,986,132 (.1880 1 : 23,129 | 270,198 7,610,012 48,581 330,208 12.C62.C07 57,484 1,751,132 21,260 119,523 ! 913,764 108,833 1,405,018 1,9^6,281
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2267, 8 July 1881, Page 3
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