ESTATE OF JAMES SCORRAR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4288, 7 December 1892, Page 3

ESTATE OF JAMES SCORRAR.

The Debtor's Statement ' Tho following statement has been, filed by tho bankrupt James Scorrar' ~" %> reason of my present position is to farm poor land at a big rent. Eight or nine years ago I took up 50 acres at a rental of L 25 per aunum, I did not have much to start with, and I owed nothing then, I made arrangements with some of my creditors to supply me with seed, and what I should require to go on with, I '* . tlien met witb a very dry season, and the crops wore a failure, loaving me nothing for myself. I then gave up part of the laud, retaining twelve acres at a rent of Ps per week, and tried going out to work wherever I could get it, I have been doing that for the last twtycarsandfindl can only make enough to keep my family, (There aro six children.) I have not made any new debts for over two years, 1 find I cannot savo any money to pay off the old debts, As some of my creditors were pressing me for money, I was advised to file, so that my true position would bo known to all my creditors. I have not wasted or squandered anything, but I have beon

very imfortunute all through. When 4 I triediupppiDg I bad dry tionsouo so that tub' 1 crops mo liaraly worth anything. I thou tried yogetable growing. I spont thelest part of one winter preparing ground. In tho spring I put in ovor 5,000 cabbages and cauliflowers, but owing to the dry weather and tho blight, I did not raise one fit for use, besides losing other things, so that my work went for nothing, This spring I have been again unfortunate, I have been flooded out with the rivor. Tho water came into uiy house and I had to carry my family out at 10 o'clock at night, up to my waist in water. I lost by that flood

all tbo things I had growing * The few oats I had in are spoilt and «U the potatoos were washed away,

and the river is now ninning where tboy wcro. In conclusion I to lliank my creditors for the very lenient way thoy Imvo all tieated me,especially Mr A W, Renall and Mr F, W,

Temple, both of them having doi their tieat for mo,

I liave no offer to make aB I do not see any prospect of being able to save anything out of what I earn, and pay my way for the future, so I leave myself ODiirelv to ihesyiupHthy aud con--Bid°ration of my creditors. 1