150 JOURNAL OF THE KOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



give to the colonies through the satisfaction of their everyday wants will 

 tend in a small way to support and encourage the colonists and keep the 

 money within the Empire. 



Large quantities of every description of fruit are produced in the 

 Teviot District, Otago, and find a ready sale in the large city of Dunedin. 

 In Canterbury, where the soil is of a rich deep loamy nature, and where 

 nearly every householder possesses a fair-sized garden, Apples thrive in 

 abundance, and in many cases are allowed to rot on the ground, owing to 

 the want of a market. I have seen in Canterbury the finest varieties of 

 Apples neglected in this way, the cost of labour, the carriage, and the 

 handling charges being prohibitive, the prices ruling not warranting the 

 outlay by the growers. 



Regarding exports of a purely agricultural and horticultural character, 

 it may be of interest to state the quantities exported during the 

 year 1901 : 



Seeds (Grass and Clover) 

 Potatos 



Oatmeal . . • 

 Hops .... 

 Barley 



Beans and Peas . 

 Maize 



Malt .... 

 Oats .... 

 Wheat 



Flour .... 



Chaff .... 



Bran and Sharps 



Fungus 



Gum (Kauri) 



Timber (sawn and hewn) 



Linseed 



Phormium (N.Z. Hemp) 

 Tow .... 

 Fresh Fruit 

 Onions 



294,347 bushels 

 22,834 tons 

 3,323 „ 

 4,298 cwt. 

 119,779 bushels 

 166,184 „ 

 124,447 „ 

 141,324 „ 

 10,514,924 „ 

 2,301,092 „ 

 1,305 tons 



28 „ 

 4,754 „ 

 5,902 cwt. 

 7,541 tons 

 71,822,369 feet* 

 1,140 centals 

 10,171 tons 



342 „ 

 24,468 lb. 

 35,195 cwt. 



It may also be of interest to give a few figures regarding holdings and 

 stock : 



Auckland District 

 Otago 

 Wellington 

 Taranaki . 

 Ilawke's Bay 

 Nelson 

 Marlborough 



Wcsthnid . 



15,994 holdings 

 13,833 

 10,537 



4,389 



3,153 



3,102 



1,438 

 688 



in N( Zealand is by "superficial feet 



* The usual method of measuring timber 

 'i one inch thick." Buch a superficial foot in 12 in. long by 12 in. wide by 1 in. thick, 

 or, in Other words, a square foot 1 inch thick. 



