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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 Marlborough Region
| Urban Population |
|
Town
|
1911
|
1936
|
1951
|
1961
|
1961 Maoris
|
| Picton |
1,361 |
1,381 |
1,924 |
2,315 |
99 |
| Blenheim |
3,771 |
5,036 |
7,051 |
11,956 |
125 |
| Kaikoura |
408 |
703 |
1,281 |
1,328 |
7 |
| Total |
5,540 |
7,120 |
10,256 |
15,599 |
231 |
| Land Occupation |
|
County
|
Average Area of Holdings 1960
|
Area Occupied 1960
|
|
acres |
acres |
| Sounds |
1,055 |
193,107 |
| Marlborough |
829 |
663,544 |
| Awatere |
4,547 |
972,968 |
| Kaikoura |
2,089 |
532,802 |
| County Population |
|
County
|
1911
|
1936
|
1951
|
1961
|
1961 Maoris
|
| Sounds |
1,181 |
1,073 |
946 |
857 |
69 |
| Marlborough |
8,056 |
7,787 |
8,475 |
7,958 |
343 |
| Awatere |
1,535 |
1,783 |
1,566 |
1,739 |
16 |
| Kaikoura |
1,518 |
1,699 |
1,878 |
1,804 |
68 |
| Total county |
12,290 |
12,342 |
12,865 |
12,358 |
496 |
| Total region |
17,830 |
19,462 |
23,121 |
27,957 |
727 |
| Cows in Milk |
|
County
|
Cows in Milk
|
|
|
Dairy Cows in Milk per 100 Sheep Shorn
1960
|
|
1921–22
|
1951–52
|
1959–60
|
|
| Sounds |
1,530 |
435 |
222 |
0·17 |
| Marlborough |
8,291 |
8,121 |
7,167 |
1·39 |
| Awatere |
1,264 |
640 |
313 |
0·11 |
| Kaikoura |
3,807 |
4,713 |
4,206 |
1·81 |
| Total |
14,892 |
13,909 |
11,908 |
.. |
