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Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. 800 acres of land, at £4 per acre .. .. 3,200 0 0 Present value of farm (land) .. .. 3,200 0 0 Wages, day and contract (including man- Permanent works— ager's salary) .. .. .. 2,251 2 4 Fencing, 296 chains, 7 wires Timber for houses, stables, sheds, &c. .. 234 18 6 and 1 barb, posts 9ft. apart Labour (tradesmen on buildings) .. 132 12 4 (clearing line included) .. £244 4 5 Goods, miscellaneous, including horse-feed, Road-making,2o9 chains felled harness, blacksmithy, and all sundry ac- and cleared 1 chain, stumped counts .. .. .. .. 294 13 11 and formed 18ft., and about Tools, drays, trap, &c. .. .. .. 185 5 9 60 chains metalled .. 366 19 8 Fares (rail and steam) deducted from wages 49 3 6 Bush felled, burnt, and land Freight on goods .. .. .. 97 11 5 grassed, 440 acres .. 990 0 0 Fruit-trees, shelter-trees, seeds, &o. .. 137 7 9 3 wells dug and pumps erected 2 draught horses .. .. .. 36 0 0 (2 lift and 1 force), includAccounts, 1893-94 .. .. .. 124 4 2 ing troughs .. .. 25 0 0 Balance .. .. .. .. 21 15 7 10 acres partly stumped, for orchard .. .. 26 10 0 2,000 fruit-trees .. .. 115 0 0 2,500 shelter-trees .. .. 5 0 0 1,772 14 1 Buildings, &c.— Schoolhouse, including latrines, desks, cupboards, fittings, maps, &c. .. £250 0 0 Manager's house, including fences, tanks, sheds, &c. .. 340 0 0 Stables, cart-shed, &c. .. 125 5 0 6 cottages, at £22 each .. 132 0 0 1 office (detached) .. .. 9 10 0 1 office (detached) and fittings 14 0 0 870 15 0 Goods on hand— Posts, 4,000 at £1 ss. per 100 £50 0 0 Strainers, 150 at ss. each .. 37 10 0 Firewood, 66 cords at 9s. .. 29 14 0 Stays, 150 at Is. .. .. 7 10 0 1,500 palings, at 10s. per 100 7 10 0 , 132 4 0 Stock, &c— 3 drays at £20 each .. £60 0 0 1 trap .. .. .. 12 0 0 Harness, saddles, &c. .. 40 0 0 2 horses at £25 each .. 50 0 0 1 horse at .. 15 0 0 1 horse at .. .. 8 0 0 Tools, &c. .. 50 0 0 Ploughs, harrows, wheelbarrows, &c. .. .. 40 0 0 Sundries, including seeds, seed potatoes, blacksmith's forge, grindstone, &c. .. .. 40 0 0 Stump-extractor .. .. 15 0 0 8 tons oaten straw, at £3 .. 24 0 0 Oats, chaff, bran, &c. .. 9 10 0 1 spray-pump and fittings .. 3 0 0 366 10 0 Cash receipts*— Eoyalty on timberf .. .. 269 12 1 Posts, strainers, firewood, &c. .. 153 0 1 £6,764 15 3 £6,764 15 3 • This represents 6| per cent, on the expenditure. + Credited as under— Lands and Survey ... ... ... ... ... £7 9 0 Lands and Survey, miscellaneous ... ... ... ... 53 13 4 Bevemie ... ... ... ... ... ... 361 9 10 £422 12 2

Sib,— Wellington, Bth May, 1895. I have the honour to submit for your consideration my report for the year ending the 31st March, 1895, and to state that the Factories Act is very generally appreciated and well observed by all persons concerned in it in this district. It is a matter for serious regret that, owing to the general depression in trade, many of the larger establishments, especially in the iron trade, have had to considerably reduce the number of their employes, and that those kept on are not employed on full time. Another feature that looks bad is that in reducing the hands a larger proportion of men are dispensed with than boys, giving in some instances the impression that the shop is being workad with boy-labour, whilst the men are idle. There are 430 factories and workrooms registered to date, employing 3,640 persons—i.e., 2,650 males and 990 females—as against 252 factories, employing 3,327 persons— i.e., 2,568 males and 759 females—for last year. You will therefore observe that, whilst we have an increase of 178 registered factories, &c, this year, there is only an increase of 313 persons employed— i.e., 82 males and 231 females. The explanation is given above.