G50 CATTLE AXD DAIRY FATIMINO. 



the company in making arrangements for regular shipments. The cost 

 nl 1 transportation from London to Auckland via the steamers of the 

 Nev/ /--akini! "" ippinu 1 > 'oinpany and the Shaw. Saville, and Albion & 

 Co. is frorii > : _; in -vJ,')i) per head. The expense of feeding aboard ship, 

 both <n the San Francisco steamers and tlie direct steamers to London, 

 is about l! shillings (IS cents) per day. The 1'ood consists of -5 pounds 

 of oaten hay. IT) pounds of oaten chaff, and a little bran. 



The cost of transporting e.attle from London to ^se\v Zealand has 

 been materially reduced since the establishment of a direct steamship 

 service with this colony, and I am informed that after the 1st of .March 

 next the charges for transporting all kinds of live stock via the New 

 Zealand Shipping Company will be fully ~5 per cent, less than the 

 present rates. 



G. W. GElliTIX, 



Consul. 



UNITED STATKS CONSULATE, 



Auckland, X. Z., February 4, 183-1. 



C.VITr/K STATI.-TIC 6 : OF NEW ZEALAND. 



The Shorthorn cattle LTIVO an ;ninual avorn.iro of 4,360 pounds of milk. In this cli- 

 mate they -will milk nearly llu- year roniul. Ten pounds of milk produce 1 pound of 

 cheese. Their live \vci.:lii is. cu\v. i, !!UO pounds ; bull, L',01'0 pounds; ox, 1. 100 pounds. 

 They arriy a r maiuiity at luiir years. The, average Avoight of meat at maturity is 

 b'>0 pounds. The <-o\vs an- red, roan, and white: red and roans I) e rn preferred. The 

 ]mri- breeds conies from English stock, and are descended i'rom cattle imported from 

 Holland during the last century by JCn^lisli l.reeder.->. 



Ihe cattle are not housed in this country. They are mostly j;ress fed, with, in 

 winter, two feeds ]x r day of <>:it'j?i hay, turnips, or clover hay. The ]>roducts are 

 handled mostly through s' orekeepers and commission merchants. This is caused by 

 there bein;j; no dairy farming on a. lartre seale. 



Thciafan temperature of Auckland is r> ( . .:-': in v/inter. (T>.<1. Alluvial, loam, clay, 

 and Handy soils are, i'ound in Xe^v Zealand scattered ov< r lar^e areas, and even in the 

 di>lrid of Auckland. Timothy is not much cultivated. Imr elov.'r (principally red 

 and \vhite) is largely cultivated. Kye ;rrasses. perennial Italian ;;mi Kn^lish. 



CATTLE IN TASMANIA. 



REPOL'T I!Y CONSUL WZKSTri!, OF IIOKAItT. 



"With reference to cat tie circular of isth July and accompanying 

 memoranda, 1 have the honor to say with regret that, after consulting 

 the government inspector of stork, ! tind that no records are kept which 

 would enable me to supply you with reliable information. 



f ''Hiiparativcly little attention has been paid here to cattle breeding 

 The total number of cattle in ilio island is lL'Lf.500 only. 



A. "G. WEBSTER, 



Consul. 



OF Till; l".Nm;i) S'i'ATJiS, 



JIo!i(irt. Xomahrr L'S, ISS'5. 



