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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.
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Statistics of the Western Uplands – King Country Region
| Urban Population |
|
Town
|
1911
|
1936
|
1951
|
1961
|
1961 Maoris
|
| Te Kuiti |
1,266 |
2,499 |
3,304 |
4,492 |
896 |
| Taumarunui |
1,128 |
2,640 |
3,220 |
4,961 |
685 |
| Otorohanga |
323 |
712 |
1,569 |
2,002 |
221 |
| Total |
2,717 |
5,851 |
8,093 |
11,455 |
1,802 |
| County Population |
|
County
|
1911
|
1936
|
1951
|
1961
|
1961 Maoris
|
| Otorohanga |
.. |
5,440 |
6,183 |
8,196 |
1,993 |
| Waitomo |
4,752 |
9,847 |
9,537 |
8,789 |
3,049 |
| Taumarunui |
5,376 |
10,273 |
10,371 |
10,476 |
3,430 |
| Clifton |
2,198 |
2,876 |
2,612 |
2,600 |
313 |
| Total county |
12,326 |
28,436 |
28,703 |
30,061 |
8,785 |
| Total region |
15,043 |
34,287 |
36,796 |
41,516 |
10,587 |
| Cows in Milk |
|
County
|
Cows in Milk
|
|
|
Dairy Cows in Milk per 100 Sheep Shorn
1960
|
|
1921–22
|
1951–52
|
1959–60
|
|
| Otorohanga |
19,888*
|
56,120*
|
45,250 |
9.05 |
| Waitomo |
|
|
11,004 |
1.35 |
| Taumarunui |
9,199 |
9,046 |
5,434 |
0.78 |
| Clifton |
10,297 |
14,491 |
13,571 |
7.92 |
| Total |
39,384 |
79,657 |
75,259 |
.. |
*Separate figures for each county not available.
| Land Occupation |
|
County
|
Average Area of Holdings 1960
|
Area Occupied 1960
|
|
acres |
acres |
| Otorohanga |
338 |
371,908 |
| Waitomo |
585 |
625,337 |
| Taumarunui |
826 |
657,713 |
| Clifton |
459 |
178,584 |
| Sheep and Breeding Ewes |
|
County
|
1921
|
1951
|
|
1961
|
|
|
Sheep
|
Sheep
|
Breeding Ewes
|
Sheep
|
Breeding Ewes
|
| Otorohanga |
287,405 |
977,042 |
621,252 |
489,181 |
359,538 |
| Waitomo |
|
|
|
972,897 |
657,878 |
| Taumarunui |
322,064 |
557,545 |
307,296 |
848,239 |
559,168 |
| Clifton |
80,143 |
147,712 |
93,725 |
170,789 |
123,679 |
| Total |
689,612 |
1,682,299 |
1,022,273 |
2,481,106 |
1,700,263 |
by Samuel Harvey Franklin, B.COM.GEOG.,
M.A.(BIRMINGHAM), Senior Lecturer, Geography Department,
Victoria University of Wellington.
-
The Land Utilisation Survey of North-east
Taranaki, Department of Lands and Survey (1962)
-
Livestock Farming in the North Island – a Study in
Production Trends and Potentials, White, J. U.
(1954)
-
New Zealand Geographer, Vol. 6, Oct 1950, “Te
Kuiti and the Northern King Country – a Region of
Agricultural Transition”, Fox, J. W.
