The pastoral economy of New Zealand and some comparisons with Ireland

Abstract

New Zealand is a small country. The two main islands have an area of about 102,000 square miles, only about 4/5ths of the area of the British Isles. The South Island, with an area of an eighth greater than that of England, has a population of only about 700,000 or less than one-fiftieth that of England. The North Island has about twice as many people as the South Island but the total population of the two islands is only a little over 2 million. In comparison with Ireland, New Zealand is three times as large but has only half as many people.