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 PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRY

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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

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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