TABLE XLI. 
WHEAT IN NEW ZEALAND. 
Comparison of Index Numbers of Areas for New Zealand, 
Canterbury, and Otago, with Yields per acre. 
NEW ZEALAND CANTERBURY OTAGO 
YEAR Index of 
Index of Yields Index of Yields 
Area Yields Area Area 
100= Bushels 100= Bushels 100= Bushels 
300,000 per acre 207,000 per acre 60,000 per acre 
1869 21.5 25.2 17.0 21.9 35.6 33.9 
1870 28.7 27.3 27.0 27.9 36.5 29.2 
71 26.6 23.5 23.7 22.3 38.0 28.8 
72 36.2 22.5 32.3 21.5 56.1 26.0 
73 43.7 24.0 35.2 21.8 84.6 29.3 
74 44.1 25.5 37.0 23.8 83.4 29.8 
75 35.2 28.0 35.9 26.0 46.9 34.8 
76 30.3 31.5 29.7 30.8 43.3 36.5 
7 47.2 28.5 47.6 28.3 68.0 30.3 
78 81.1 26.5 75.8 32.3 127.7 32.3° 
79 88.3 23.0 89.5 24.0 111.6 28.0 
1880 90.6 28.0 99.8 28.0 89.6 31.8 
81 108.3 25.0 107.4 23.8 150.2 29.8 
82 121.9 22.7 122.6 21.3 161.7 25.7 
83 130.3 26.3 128.3 25.5 174.7 30.0 
84 125.9 26.0 123.9 25.6 167.8 28.3 
85 90.0 25.4 95.0 24.3 106.8 29.3 
86 58.0 24.4 61.5 24.0 64.3 20.7 
87 84.3 24.9 87.3 23.7 100.9 28.0 
88 119.1 26.4 122.2 25.0 140.3 29.9 
89 120.7 24.2 123.2 22.9 135.6 27.3 
1890 112.0 25.2 117.7 24.3 109.1 28.0 
91 100.5 19.0 109.3 17.9 95.2 21.7 
92 134.1 25.0 146.6 24.9 141.5 27.5 
93 127.1 22.0 140.0 21.0 135.6 26.1 
94 80.9 20.2 89.7 19.6 88.4 21.9 
95 49.9 24.3 55.3 23.7 52.8 26.2 
96 81.5 28.0 87.2 27.0 83.6 32.0 
97 86.2 23.0 90.4 21.0 97.2 29.0 
98 105.3 18.0 103.5 15.1 134.1 22.1 
99 133.0 32.8 128.6 33.7 166.3 33.4 
1900 83.2 31.8 94.2 31.4 102.4 35.3 
01 68.8 31.6 76.0 31.8 74.1 33.0 
02 54.5 24.8 61.7 23,7 54.8 27.4 
03 64.8 38.4 70.2 39.2 71.4 87.5 
04 76.8 34°3 82.1 34.2 87.2 36.2 
05 86.0 35.4 96.4 35.0 90.7 37.9 
06 74,1 30.6 79.6 30.4 89.3 30.3 
07 68.7 27.2 78.5 28.1 73.7 20.7 
08 64.3 28.8 71.9 28.2 75.5 80.1 
09 84.1 84.8 94.2 85.6 94.1 31.6 
1910 103.7 28.2 108.2' 27.8 123.8 24.6 
11 107.4 25.7 118.3 26.0 95.5 34.1 
12 71.8 23.7 75.1 24.3 55.8 28.5 
18 63.3 27.3 76.1 26.6 52.5 28.7 
14 55.6 31.4 _ 31.6 71.6 29.2 
