LAND AND STOCK STATISTICS OF THE COLONY.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1024, 16 October 1891, Page 30

LAND AND STOCK STATISTICS OF THE COLONY.

The following results of the Census taken in April last, relating to land and stock, are published for general information in Thursday’s Gazette by the Registrar-General : Return showing the extent of occupied land in holdings of over one acre, and the live stock held by Europeans, according to the Census of sth April, 1891, compared with the results of the Census of 1886.

Note.—l 79 ostriches are not included. * The figures for the Crown pastoral lease and small grazing runs are, as stated by the Crown Lands Department, and not taken from Census results. + Besides the extent of occupied land shown in this table, 891,846 acres of unoccupied and unused freehold land were returned in the Census schedules, as against 768,281 in 1886. _ J The number of sheep does not agree with that published by the Stock Department: (1) the Census returns are for the sth April, the returns to the Stock Department are made up to the 30th April, while a considerable number of sheep were slaughtered in the interval: (2) it is believed that there is a want of completeness in the returns to the Stock Department. § The Maori Census 1891 and 18S6 showed the following totals for sheep, cattle, and pigs (which are not included above) owned by Maoris Sheep. Cattle. Pigs. 1891 ... 251,763 42,912 86,259 ISS6 ... 112,800 42,103 92,091 [ln the above land statistics the acreage 1 rented from Natives,’ includes Native reserves rented. The item * other land held from Crown,’ excludes pastoral leases. ’Rented from Crown for pastoral purposes,’ includes small grazing runs. In the live stock statistics, * brood mares ’ are included _in ‘ horses ; ’ ‘ cattle,’ including calves, * breeding cows.’ are included in cattle ; ‘ milch cows ‘ in breeding cows ; * sheep ’ includes lambs, and breeding ewes are included in sheep.]

- ' Census 1891. Census 1886. Extent op Occupied Acres. Acres. Holdings over One Acre in extent. Held as freehold 11,410,242 11,728,236 Rented from private individuals 2,146,1 S2 1.776.9S7 Rented from public bodies 1,176,983 857.753 Rented from Natives ... 2,192,346 2,017,588 Held on deferred payment Held on perpetual lease 511,346 761,886 j> 696,510 -11,092,714 Other land held from Crown Rented from Crown for pastoral purposes only 198,544 *12,469,976 Total occupied lands +31,867,505 28.169.78S Live Stock. Horses ... 211,040 1S7.3S2 Brood mares 31,276 29,853 Asaes and mules 34S 297 Cattle 788,919 853,358 279,136 Breeding cows ... • 280,711 Milch cows 206.906 notsp’cifi’d Sheep +17,865,429 16,564,595 Breeding ewes ... 7,371,429 6,457.355 Goats 9,055 10,220 Pigs ... 222,553 277,901 Total of all descrip tions §19,097,338 §17,893,753 Poultry 1,790,070 1,679,021