The Waipawa Mail SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1878.

Waipawa Mail, Volume I, Issue 17, 9 November 1878, Page 2

The Waipawa Mail SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1878.

An abstract of the census returns of the colony has now been published. It appears that there are 20,229 holdings in the colony of over an acre each. The following table gives the number of holdings in each provincial district, and also specifies the large pastoral properties of over 20,000 acres in extent : Over Over Upwards Totnl 90 000 f»0.000 of

I Totals... 26,229 208 86 26 The subjoined table gives the total [area of land alienated from the Crown, [and also the land rented for pastoral

I Totals 8,869,547* 12,690,074 I The following is tlie acreage under I crop and in plantations of forest trees lin the several provincial districts: —

Totals 651,738 13,298 In 1871 there were only 3987 acres of plantations. The following table shows the number of horses, cattle, and sheep in the colony, exclusive of those owned by Maoris. The total number of stock in the different provinces is as follows :

Totals ...137,768 578,430 13,069,338 The following table will show the large increase which has taken place in the number of the live stock of the

There are 2,611,926 acres fenced in by fences of various descriptions exclusive of wire fencing, and 8,755,639 acres by wire fencing only ; making a total of land enclosed of 11,567,565 acres. In 1871 there were only 6,770,299 acres fenced in. There were at the time of taking the census 374 steam threshing machines, and 511 worked by horse or by water power; 4829 reaping machines, 34 steam ploughs, and 32 steam harrows.

Total. 20,000 acres. >0,00t icres. of 100,000a ... 1 Auckland ...5,565...12... 4 Taranaki ...1,018...—... — ... — Wellington...3,115... 7... 2 ... — Ilawke’s Bay. 047...23... 3 ... 1 Marlborough. 687... 17... 11 ... 1 Nelson ...1,792...11... 6 ... — Westland ... 427... 5... — ... — Canterbury ...6,388...57... 22 ... 4 Otago ...6,266...74... 38 ... 19 Chatham I.... 24... 2... — ... —

.purposes : — Freehold. Rented. Acres. Acres. Auckland 1,220,007 125,301 Taranaki... 109,030 — Wellington Hawke’s Bay 1 Marlborough 1,184,403 530 999,472 108,189 607,911 935,637 Nelson 690,531 466,645 Westland 23,250 326,332 Canterbury 1,766,681 3,453,501 1 Otago 2,170,008 7,246,939 Chatham Islands . 38,134 —

Auckland ... Crop. Acres. 26,018 Plantatio Acres. 1,980 Taranaki ... 4,486 156 Wellington Hawke’s Bay 17,636 1,247 5,992 7 66 Marlborough 8,087 373 I Nelson 13,399 1,394 Westland ... 837 57 Canterbury 332,329 4,784 Otago 252,898 2,541 Chatham Islands ... 36 —

Horses. Cattle. Sheep. 540,277 Auckland 20.932 127,575 Taranaki 4,084 33,929 81,378 Wellington ... 18,807 99,234 1,386,305 Hawke’s Bay... Marlborough... 6,768 3,758 27,745 8,176 1,572,544 799,902 Nelson 6,220 25,735 626,331 Westland 1,182 7,025 6,927 Canterbury ... 37,117 100,310 3,560,301 Otago 38,103 147,929 4,446,023 Chatham I. ... 807 772 49,350

colony since 1861: — 1861. 1871. 1878. Horses ... 28,275 81,028 137,768 Mules c ,r | 153 397 241 Cattle ... 193,285 436,592 578,430 Sheep ...2,761,383 9,700,629 13,069,338 Coats ... 12,191 12,434 14,243 Pigs ... 43,271 151,460 207,337