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TABLE X. COMPARATIVE TABLE SHOWING THE QUANTITY OF LAND (IN ACRES), IN THE POSSESSION OF EUROPEANS, UNDER CROP, AND THE QUANTITY FENCED, IN THE SETTLEMENTS OR PROVINCES OF NEW ZEALAND, IN THE YEARS 1851, 1858, AND 1861, RESPECTIVELY.

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CENSUS OF NEW ZEALAND—IB6I.

Wheat. Barley and Oats. Potatoes. Sown Grass. Other Crops. Total under Cultivation. Total Fenced. 1851. 1858. 1861. 1851. 1858. 1861. 1851. 1858. 1861. 1851. 1858. 1861. 1851. 1858.1 1861. 1851. 1858. 1861. 1851. 1858. 1861. Auckland ... 1,052 2,315} 3,892 1,189} 2,851^ 2,554 9821 2,5051 3,553 9,231 50,3 19} 62,817 690J 2,1901 .3,109 13,1251 60,182] ; 75,916 6,720£ 90,447} 112,318 Taeanaki 1,17*1 764J 61 3-4} 615J 1G3 185 482J 166 1,834* 9.72SJ 9,642 190$ 569J 118 3,759 12,155| 10,153 3,978^ 12,7O5f 9,858 Wellington (inclnding Hawke's Bat) 736 1,4641 2,835 354} 1,713 1,095 261f 8111 I 953 3,148} 22,060 52,874 394J l,305J 4,649 4,896 27.354J 61,158 5,91 1J 44,9845 108,392 Nelson (including Maelborougii) ... 2,121$ 3,084! 4,889 1,326$ 4,195 3,452 322 637 651 I,U7} 8,010 % 13,922 625} 2,070 3,172 I 5,542i 17,997 $ 26,098 9,365} 45.337J 57,755 Canterbury ... 135| t 4,238| 12,785 230J 3,2531 6,025 222| 645J 1,088 59i 4,229 10,310 158| 1.568J 2,597 802 13,935] 32,807 2.520J 22,926 $ 72,937 Otaoo (including Southland) 295 1,831 5,065 197|2,883} 5,149 282Ji 476 838 168J 3,G95 9,021 72* 435 871 1,015 9,3202 20,346 1,974| 19,066 48,205 Totals 5,514i 13,698| 29,528 3,G53| 15,512» 19,329 2.256J; 5,558g 2.126J 8.138J 12,379 29,140^ 140,946^ 226,478 235,468^ 409,467 7,251 15.589J 98,038J 157,989 30,470J I Fractions having been omitted in the columns of this Table relating to 1861, the Totals for the Colony for that year are given above according to the actual results, as shown in the detailed Tables Nos. IV. and VI.