STATISTICAL. CUSTOMS REVENUE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 5347, 9 April 1879, Page 7

STATISTICAL.

CUSTOMS REVENUE.

The agricultural returns published for the <lour northern counties of Canterbury buow tbat there are 2309 freehold holdings, 871 rented, :and 440 part rented and part freehold. Tha Grain statistics are: Wheat, 119,999 acres— •estimated to yield 2,239,225 bushek ; oats, "72 924 a-re>. 1,489,560 bushels; barley, 13,028 •CT6B, 281,505 bushels ; bay, 92GC acres, 8081 •tons; potat-ea, 388Q acres, 2189 tons. The acres

WAITAKI COUKTT. Number of holdings—Freehold, 230; rented, 119; part routed and part freehold, 117. Extent of land broken np but not under crop— 2G 774 acres. In wheat—Sown for grain only, 23,183 acres ; estimated gross produce, 719,074 bushels. In oata-For green feed or hay, 907 a:res; for trratn, 26,004 acres; estimated gross produce of grain. 913,9 KG busheln. In barley—Sown for grain only, 2410 acres j estimated crops produce, 72,679 bushels. In hay—lsS7 acres; estimated gross produce, 1977 tons. In grasses, after having been broken up, including such as In hay—81,333 acres Grass-sown lands not previously ploughed, including Buch as in hay—4669 acres. In potatoes—Blo aere3; es'iniated grosj produce, 4407 acres. In other cropF—so46 a'ra. Tital number of acres under crop, including sown gra.sea—l4i,o2G. Quantity of l:wt year's croprem>inincr on hand when the form w»s filled up—Wheat, 30,030 bushels ; oat , 11,910 bushels ; birloy, 82. WAIKOIUHT COUXTY. Number o( holding)-Freehold, 229 ; rented, 104 ; part rented and part freehold, 43. Extent of land broken up, but ntt under crop—367s In whrat—Sown for grain only, 0821 acres; e;timited gross nrodac?, 228.719 bushels. In outs -F.-r green food or hiy, 819 acres; for drain, 8376 aces; estimated gross produce of grain, 237.637 bmhe'.s. grojsproduro 10,7i2 busheU. In hay-728 acres; estimated gross produce, 992 In grasses, ifter h'.vinr been broken up, including auch as in hay-2l 353 acres. Gmsi-sowu Jauda not previously ploughed—lß,3ls In potatoes -313 acres; estimated gross produce, 2008 loo*. In other crops— 11C9 acre?. Tot«l numb/r of airos under crop, including sown gr.ssrs-f 8,729 acres. Q'lantit < of 1 isc y. ar's crop Ttnnininz on hand when ln-t yenr's form was filled up-Whea-, 6362 bushels oats, 2320 bushels; bhrley, nons. COMPARISONS. It may be intere-ting to compare the quantity of produce grown this season with that grown last year. This can best be done by placing the figure* in tabular fashion, so that the relative quantities may be seen at a glacce. The figures for Waitaki County are as follow :— 1573 1579. Wheat (bushe'e) .. .. 1,007,958 7U>,"74 O.its (bushels) .. .. tj75,345 [13,UG6 Barley (bushels) .. .. 39,313 72,579 Hay (tons) .. .. 1,035 1,977 PouttoGn Ctnns) .. .. 4,7115 4.407 The average yields per acre Ibis year are, roughly speaking, estimated as follow:—"Wheat, 23j bushels per acre ; oats, 35 bushels per acre ; barley, 30 bushels per acre. In Waikouaiti County the crops for this year compare with those for 1878 as follows :— 1573. 1579 Whea'. (bushels) .. .. 105,331 223,719 Oats (Imshe's) .. .. 200,093 237.637 Barley (bushel-) .. .. 3,609 10,712 Hay (tons) .. .. .. 279 992 Potatoes (tons) .. .. 1,903 2 OOS The estimated average yields in Waikouaiti County are as follow : —Wheat, 34i bushels per aero; oats, 29J bushels per acre; barley, 20J bushels per acre. It will be observed from the foregoing that while the average yield of wheat per acre in I Waitaki fell a long way short "f that of Waikouaiti, the average yields of oats and barley in this county are each considerably in advance of those of the sister county.

Statesikxt showing the amount of Custons duties colle' teJ at the Port of Dunedln, in tho Col jr.y o( New Zealand (according to the several heads of revenue undermentioned), from the Ist ti> the 31st day of March, 1870, totn days iucluaive :— Spirits .. .. .. £7,425 12 0 Do, dirtilled in New Zealand .. 100 10 1 Cik'.ira and suull .. .. 549 12 0 Tt.ba-CJ .. .. .. 2,9,18 15 6 Wino . .. .. .. 023 710 Aleandbeer, &c. (in bottle) .. 352 10 0 Do, in wo-jd .. .. •• *17 10 ° Tea .. .. .. .. 1,313 5 2 Cotfee, c:coa, cbicory, and choco'Ho 255 5 5 Ho, roiirt-d .. .. .. 218 4 Sugar(raw r.flnedland molatsea 2,000 15 11 Opium ' »8 0 0 Got's by weight .. .. I.SOJ 211 Ad vulorem 11.992 17 3 Other duties not spcclned above l,olil 13 0 To'al .. .. .. £31,735 10 0 Costr-tßAiivs Befurx showing the net amount of Cujtnn.3 dutie* (ait -r deducting refunds) collected at tho Pnrt tf uuiicdln, in the Colony of New Zealand (according to the gevtral heads of revenuo undermentii.no'J). for tho quarters ending respectively 3Ut fpiri^ .. .. .. £21,402 10 1 1).., dirtillfd in New Zealand .. 543 12 1 Cittirs and aouff .. .. 1.533 11 10 T.'bucco .- •• ■• 3»"30 19 0 Win« .. .- .. '-,199 1G 5 AU, boor, &c (in bottle) .. 1,430 211 Do do (in wood) .. 400 15 0 TVa .. .. .. .. 5,772 17 8 Coffee cocoa, &c. .. .. 673 5 8 Do, rua-ilt-d .. .. .. 0 14 2 Sugar aim molasses .. .. 6,900 10 11 Opium .. .. .. 072 0 0 Goods by weight .. .. 5,753 10 4 Ad valor.m .. .. .. 35,907 3 4 Oilier duties not specified abJve .. .. .. 4,840 18 3 Totil .. £100.162 13 8 Amount for porreapondirg quarter in 1878 .. £:01,753 11 10 VITAL STATISTICS. The -vitil statifctics for the quarter ended 31st March were as follow:— Birth?. Deaths. Marriages Jinnary 145 34 43 Ft:jtuary 137 47 34 March 131 5i 49 Tola's .. .. US 134 120 We have to thank Mr J. It. Monson, registrar of births, deaths, and marriages at Port Chalmers, for the vital statistics of that district for the quarter ending March 31st. During the quarter there have been 30 births registered—namely, 20 males and 1(3 females, as against 28 registered in the corresponding quarter of 1878. The deaths have been 7— namely, 5 males and 2 females, 3 being adultp, and 4 children, while in the first quarter of last year there were 9 deaths registered. Of marriages there have been 8 cTtifieates issued, while in the first quarter of IS7B there were but 4. No marriages have taken place before the Registrar.

The following are the vital statistics for the month of February:— §• a P S'S-Sg- ! Auckland .. .. 13,763 41 17 120 Thames 5,4 M 15 6 1.20 ■Wellington .. .. 18,953 08 63 272 Nrlion 6 604 12 12 1.T6 Christchurch 13,425' 53 45 3.17 Dunedin 22,5251 63 29 1.26 Hokltlka 2,202" 5 i 1.40 Invercargill .. .. — 13 6 1.48 Tha following are the vital statistics for 1878 :— Proportion of deathß Birth*. Deaths, to 1000 of popu »- Anekhnd ..350 SO6 14.67 Thames .. 186 65 10.13 Wellington .. 9 4 595 15 56 NeUon .. 288 110 1««5 Chrlnlchurch .. 608 218 16.23 Dunedin .. 662 310 13 76 HoklUka .. lor 3S 11 S3

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. The followintf returns have just been com*iuth of the -VVaitati Kiver :— ** 5. 5* I 115 I o s 5 a a. o s S S -^ g o en 1 o 5 *^ £■ io-l" 5 s m •H 1 -M §9~1 g „ g j £g.S| S g ft | a gl ;>- fl I 1 i <? 7T .-• Vi t> a 5 o » i S £! co eg » i-S-g osst> ass I I I " i i S S g *-* tn -i3 S S § P Sl.fg tf c: n p wlfI *. o a - i « S i a?? p 3 1 1 ■"I a » a ss § 5 S "§ I -M -S 9oj? I s-1 I 11 5 ig1 i.f| iff o I I I I? 2.S g I g I II The following ara the agricultural Cor the Onntfirbury Provincial Distn 2iave just been completed :— [ statistics iot, which .! P s| g^gSSS I pjoipajji I I 55 _ SSSSoS I qjna 'pioq j -3».[J JJBd FS CO i s» 1,1 V fl w oom o o m Ci 2 W O '-1 i*SJ Illf I # 3<^ I 5 —J 5^-1 I i£ o^mooo £. I p I I CO I "SI il sisill i i i ! !i!i i w P toiiOiO^'2 I I t -51 § | I 1 ~ ' I s- I S338&3 I ■ g-als-3 r I i gSfe||2 J K-. CS W N» *» I L > i gi 5 £S«S£" I i i I MM W §"**■!=? I > •"I "i *© «-j c> *j o> g I Q 0" s I§|lli a|£ g 2 g MM 'qi'o ' o o^J I (■BiaqBnq) 8)«O (•si»qsnq) -if! (•si»qsnq)

broken np and sown on land no other crops, 65,1 cr >p, including s The following for the years 11 grain prown in tl ttry, has been Stead, and Co. :- in grass rt previo ,020 acres sown gra! compara 870, 187; lie Provi comiiilei •s were 335,230; ?r Misly ploughed, 92,Ci 38 Total acres unc vsses, 717,163. atire agricultural tal ■7, 1878, and 1879, incial District of Cs sd by Mea»» Roy 2C>; der ,Ue 2} S CO -J J I-SS-S Acres. — iaS^o BuabelJ. Sl§i I Average f°5-f-jj[ Acref. w § oo R lphp'q sill SSJSg Average I o o o o w a g o ?».o.° l¥li Acres. c Bushels. .r Average yi-M. jgsjss ° '"I uses -i ~i or rr §g§3 Ac'es. Average [ jle'd. i Through th son, the eui Oamaru Mail our readers tl County of V kouaiti Couni follow :— is c peri ;he ,Vai courtesy i intendent we are oc apricultu itaki and north of of Inspe t-collecto nabled t( nral atat i that p [ AVoitat ector Thomp■>r (says the o place before iistics for the >art of Wai ti Stream, a.i