AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OF MARLBOROUGH.
The first of a series of returns of the quantity of Land in cultivation, and of the agricultural produce thereof, under the Census Act Amendment Act 1867—has been published. It is for the Province of Marlborough, for which James B. Wemyss, Esq. was the Superintendent Enumerator. The information is summmarised thus :
... . - v ; Number of Holdings ... ; %■> Laud broken up, but not under crops (acres)... Picton. Wairau. Cheviot. Total. 128 269 159 1,813 38 106 326 2,188 Land in Wheat ... ? Estimated gross produce (busheis) 361 7,987 1,954 36,933 48 1,300 2,363 46,211 In Oats (acres) ... ... ; ~ r t c Estimated gross produce (bushels) ..! 154 3,668 1,040 29,483 62 1,700 1,256 34,851 In Barley (acres)... ' ... i • k ... . Estimated gross produce (bushels) 67 1,190 1,382 32,134 14 305 • 1,453 33,629 In Hay (acres) ... Estimated gross produce (tons).., . 222 315 821 940 43 W 51 1,086 1,306 In permanent artificial Grasses, including last item of Land in Hay (acres 5,111 7,954 313 13,378 In Potatoes (acres) ...- Estimated gross produce (tons)... 55 337 32 125 684 192 66 424 256 1,445 14 23g
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Marlborough Express, Volume IV, Issue 164, 20 March 1869, Page 5
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180AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OF MARLBOROUGH. Marlborough Express, Volume IV, Issue 164, 20 March 1869, Page 5
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