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1905 NEW ZEALAND

BICKERSTAFFE ESTATE (RETURN RELATIVE TO THE CATTLE ON THE).

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 18th July, 1905. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return showing (1) the number and cost of oattle purchased by the Government and plaoed on the Biokerstaffe Estate; (2) the number of cattle sold off the said estate, and the net return from such sales ; (3) the number of cattle now on the said estate belonging to the Government, and the value of suoh cattle."—(Mr, Habding.)

Department of Lands and Survey. A return showing— Number. Cost. 1. The number and cost of cattle purchased by the £ s. d. Government and placed on the Bickerstaffe Estate ... 717 3,441 12 0 2. The number of cattle sold off the said estate, and the net returns from such sales ... ... ... 343 2,143 0 0 3. The number of cattle now on the said estate belonging to the Government, and the value of such cattle ... 374 1,776 10 0 The above is exclusive of eighty head of cattle, valued at £338 55., transferred from the Experimental Farm, Ruakura, to that portion of the Bickerstaffe Estate reserved for an experimental farm. Wm. C. Kensington, 27th October, 1905. Under-Secretary. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,425 copies), 18s.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9os. Price 3d.]