CENSUS OE NEW ZEALAND, 18G7.

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No. VI. COMPARATIVE TABLE SHOWING THE QUANTITY OF LAND FENCED AND THE QUANTITY OF LAND UNDER CROP (IN ACRES) IN THE SEVERAL PROVINCES OF NEW ZEALAND, (EXCLUSIVE OF THE LAND AND CULTIVATIONS OF ABORIGINAL NATIVES,) AS ASCERTAINED BY CENSUSES TAKEN IN DECEMBER 1858, DECEMBER 1861, DECEMBER 1864, AND DECEMBER 1867, RESPECTIVELY.

Pbovinom. Total Number of Acres Fenced Wheat. Barley and Oats. Potatoes. Sown Grasses. Other Crops. Total Number of Acres under Crop. Auckland ... ... 1858 1861 1864 1807 90,467J 112,318 129,148 207,994 2,322f 3,892 856 1,670 2,8511 2,554 3,505 4,079 2,5081 3,553 3,477 5,070 50,319J 02,817 75,8-42 112,636 2,199i 3,109 3,816 5 ■ 610 C0,201| 75,916 87,556 129,077 Taeanaki ... ... 1858 1861 1864 1867 12,705J 9,858 8,133 18,906 764i 61 58 690 eisj 103 215 514 4821 166 293 566 9,723| 9,042 9,000 13,8-1-7 6694 119 190 580 12,1554 10 ,153 9,709 10,197 Wellington .. 1858 1801 1804 1867 40,8411 70,011 127,350 206,308 1,127| 2,285 764 923 1,573J 1,604 1,836 3,402 7011 702 604 8S8 21,5801 49,143 90,280 120,751 1,04051,518 1,864 1,924 26, 028 § 55,313 95,415 133,888 j I , JIawke's Bay .. 1858 1861 1864 1867 4,1431 31,781 05,071 247,005 336-i 550 228 346 139;' 391 725 1,378 110 191 222 370 479J 3,731 19,861 28,615 265~;980 842 545 Jl,880f 5,844 21,879 81,2541 Nelson (including ~\ Marlboi'ough in > 1858 1858) ) 45,337} 8,0841 4,195 637 8,010| 2,070 17,997i 1801 1864 1867 37,299 91,411 459,327 4,395 3,221 1,989 2,986 3,332 4,790 517 527 711 12,150 22,739 32,183 2,870 2,247 1,941 22,934 32,008 41,614 jVIaklbouottgu ... 1861 1864 1867 20,455 86,032 273,782 493 970 1,823 466 1,480 3,520 130 224 299 1,700 4,428 11,553 . 300 1,084 789 3,ioe 8,188 17,984 Canterbuby ... 1858 1801 1804 1807 22,9261 72,937 342,415 1,013,523 4,2381 12,785 13,328 20,660 8,2531 0,025" 17,102 41,249 645J 1,088 1,753 2,400 4,229 10,310 31,070 73,092 1,5684 2,597 4,871 8,0(58 13,935i 32,807 08,725 152,669 Otago (including ) 1s r s Southlandial858) j 19,139i 1,835} 2,885 489i s,n7i 430 9,303} 1801 1864 1867 42,254 151,510 065,572 4,928 5,817 12,541 4,083 21,936 45,314 007 3,068 3,344 8,220 15,895 50,018 753 2,440 4,991 19,254 49,158 122,208 Southland ... 1801 1864 1867 5,957 70,341 302,185 139 352 1,103 405 5,695 9,844 183 878 091 200 2,148 17,300 120 474 2,0961 1,114 9,549 31,0341 Chatham Islands 1801 1864 1807 289 363 933 10 11 12 4 13 8 26 55 26 67 2:10 281 0 19 14f 120 345 341$ COTALS FOE THE) 1QC . Q Colony j 18°8 1861 1804 1807 235,561' 409,763 1,072,383 3,455,535 13,709J 29,547 25,607 47,763 15,518| 19,334 55,903 114,698 6,5«f 7,292 11,104 14,371 98,001 i 158,002 272,123 472,876 8,1481 12,380 17,850 27,159 1 ■! 1,007 J 220,219 382,655 076,887 Fractions haying been o: litted in the cc are not th< anpilations reli 3 exact additio: irtiug to 1801 is oi* the flgru md 1864 in thi •cs in the respa is Table, the Ti ctive lines. itals given as mder Crop