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occupied holdings of or over one acre in 1919 (exclusive of holdings within borongh boundaries) was as follows : —
Number
Sizes of Holdings of
Holdings
lto 11 •> 51 „ 101 ,, 201 ,, 321 ,, 641 ,,
100 200 820 640 1,000
1,001 ,, 5,000
15.674
13,291
9,524
12,745
3,277 10,031 4.1S3
5,699
Aer.>
72,524 373,737
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N : Sires of Holdings of , Holdings
5,001 to 10.000 seres 10.001 „ 20,000 ,, 20,001 ,, 50,000 ,, 00,001 acres and over
Total
80,468 43,342,706
Deducting Crown lands under pastoral leases, the area of occupied land in 1919 was 30,414.346 acres; ii. 1911, 29,236,793 acres; in 1901, 26,982,486 acres ; in 1891, 19,951,925 acres.
In 1918 there were 123,066 persons (91,947 males and 31,119 females) engaged in agricultural, pastoral, and dairying pursuits.
The acreage and produce for each of the principal crops are given as follows (area and yield for threshing only, not including that grown for chaff, hay, ensilage, etc) —
Wheat
Crop Years
1,000 Bushels
1914 1916 1*17 K'lS 191-J 19201
106,774
M M 139,004
7,108 5,088 6,307 6,5«8 4,548
Aver- se per •ere
31-37 2159
mm
31 J7
32-7-'
Omts
Ac:- 5
Aver-
1,000 age
Bushels per
acre
361,741 156,202
14.741
4,943
6.?j- 6,821
So -98
3104 H M
Barley
Acres
1,000
B'iih.:>
Aver- 1 ***
Per
} acre
32,022 30,204 '
. CO,
18,800 18,753 28,408
1,206 820 758 569 711 796
37-65
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1 Preliminary fignres.
Live stock in 1920 : 344,000 horses, 3,059,000 cattle, 23,915,000 sheep, and 260,000 pigs. Poultry, 1916, 3,468,000. Wool exported or used for home consumption in 1918 (September year), 117.543,247 lbs. Exports, 1915-16, 200,119,016 lbs ; 1916-17, 162,043,634 lbs.; 1917-18, 110,054,315 lbs.
II. Manufactures.
Statistics of the leading manufactories (excluding mines and quarries) : —
1 K«aa
Number of
manufactories
and works
Hands employed
Estimated Capital
Estimated Produce
£
1890 1900 1910 1915
2,254 3,163 4,402 4,670
25,633 41,726 56,234 67,823
5,261,826
7,959,631
16,731,359
21,951,576
8,773,837 17,141,149 31,729,002 45,454,184
