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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 East Cape Region
| Urban Population |
|
Town
|
1911
|
1936
|
1951
|
1961
|
1961 Maoris
|
| Gisborne |
8,196 |
13,587 |
17,302 |
21,769 |
2,525 |
| County Population |
|
County
|
1911
|
1936
|
1951
|
1961
|
1961 Maoris
|
| Matakaoa |
.. |
1,833 |
1,906 |
1,827 |
1,517 |
| Waiapu |
1,734 |
6,301 |
6,251 |
5,694 |
4,370 |
| Uawa |
.. |
1,727 |
1,636 |
1,725 |
1,023 |
| Waikohu |
2,963 |
3,315 |
3,403 |
3,518 |
1,603 |
| Cook |
6,420 |
7,589 |
7,878 |
9,120 |
2,504 |
| Total county |
11,117 |
20,765 |
21,074 |
21,884 |
11,017 |
| Total region |
19,313 |
34,352 |
38,376 |
43,653 |
13,542 |
| Land Occupation |
|
County
|
Average Area of Holdings 1960
|
Area Occupied 1960
|
|
acres |
acres |
| Matakaoa |
823 |
156,371 |
| Waiapu |
972 |
431,595 |
| Uawa |
1,329 |
155,471 |
| Waikohu |
1,448 |
512,652 |
| Cook |
641 |
527,819 |
| Cows in Milk |
|
County
|
|
Cows in Milk
|
|
Dairy Cows in Milk per 100 Sheep Shorn
1960
|
|
1921–22
|
1951–52
|
1959–60
|
|
| Matakaoa |
196 |
1,779 |
931 |
0.97 |
| Waiapu |
660 |
4,610 |
3,013 |
0.78 |
| Uawa |
1,204 |
1,849 |
1,351 |
0.74 |
| Waikohu |
2,472 |
3,694 |
2,562 |
0.42 |
| Cook |
6,695 |
8,020 |
6,067 |
0.85 |
| Total |
11,227 |
19,952 |
13,924 |
.. |
-
Soils and Agriculture of the Gisborne Plain,
Pullar, W. A. (1963)
-
Proceedings of the Second N.Z. Geography
Conference, Christchurch (1958)
- “Maori Land in Northland and the East Coast,” Frazer,
R. M.
-
N.Z. Journal of Agriculture, Vol. 81, No.
3, 1950, “Gisborne-East Cape District”.
