AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

Evening Star, Issue 7161, 15 March 1887, Page 2

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

The yields at Taranaki are reported to be satisfactory. In tile Bell Block it is forty bushels of wheat to the acre, and at Waitara forty-two bushels; of oats from twentytwo to thirty-nine bushels. The North Canterbury returns ate

Ashley.— Estimated wheat produce, bushels, from 22,371 acres. Oats, 614,688 bushels, from 22,075 acres. Barley, 32,165 bushels, from 1,222J aotes. Selwyn.-Wheat, 1,153,629 bushels, from 48,581 acres. Oats, 851,359 bushels, from 32.766 acres. Barley, 109,327 bilsliels, from 3,620 acres. . , , . CO i Akaroa.— Wheat, 14,350 bushels, from 521 teres. Oats, 14,071 bushels, from 427 acres. Barley, 11,920 bushels, from 397 acres. Ashburton.—Wheat, 1,090.439 bushels, from 50,765J acres. Oats, 853,635 bushels, from 36,052 acres. Barley, 48,804 bushels, from 2,319 acres. Amur!, south of Clarence River, —W heat, 32,880 bushels, from acres. Oats, 31,010 bushels, from 888 acres. Oats, 2,025 bushels, from 81 acres.

Approximately the wheat yield is 4,200,000 bushels, against 2 873,382 last year; of oats 4,650,000 bushels, against 3,244,968 bushels last year. In the Taieri County 27,785’ acres were put under crop, the estimated yield being 133,928 bushels of wheat, an, increase of 34,333 bushels; of oits 344,148 bushels; aU increase of 75,8830f barley 2,949 bushels, 6, decrease of 714; of potatoes 6,265 tons, an increase of 762, In the Peninsula 1,451 acres were put under crop, the estimated yield being 75 bushels of wheat, of oats 7,112, of potatoes 717 tons. In the Waikouaiti County (Dunedin jb tion) 708 acres were put under crop, the estimated yields being: of wheat 120 bushels, of oats 265, add 130 tons of potatoes.