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Table 1 of Replies to Questions 2, 3, and 4 of the Order Paper. Summary of Findings of Inquiry Boards in respect of Farms inspected.

* Not supplied, but deduced by Land Board from separate reports. Summary of Percentages in respect to the 4,332 Farms inspected, as deduced from the above Table. (I.) Percentage of successful farms .. .. .. .. .. 506 (2.) Percentage of farms temporarily unsuccessful' .. .. .. SO7 (3.) Percentage of failures .. .. ..— .. .. .. 187 Note.—3,303 settlers failed to respond to the invitation for inspection, and it may be safely assumed that the percentage of sueoessful farms will greatly exceed the percentage shown under number (1) above.

Questions 2, 3, and 4 on the Order Paper. ! AuS5and. A ™ kland - H Blv. e ' S raianakt. Wellington. „»*_ Nelson. Westland. j Canterbury. Otago. Southland. Remarks. . The percentage of soldier farms where it is considered the farming opera. tions have been unsuecessfeil. Per Cent. Per Cent, j Per Cent. Per Cent. | Per Cent Per Cent Per Cent, ! Per Cent Per Cent Per Cent Per Cent 70-6 Not 50 35 70 55 55-5 18 6 21* 17-7 (of 359 supplied. | (of 505 (of 389 (of 753 (of 200 : > (of 372 (of 25 (of 439 (of 432 (of 114 farms). (734 farms) farms). farms). farms). farms). farms). farms). farms). farms), i farms). See example below. Farms actually inspected by Inquiry Board of respective districts. (The above percentage relers to farms where the occupation has so far been temporarily unsuccessful and includes failures.) The percentage of failures (permanent or temporary) due to each of the following causes :—. (o.) Unsuitability of subdivision, sections being either too large or too small , or not in keeping with configuration of the country * 23 .. 5 {a to g) 42 .. 85 (b to /) (including e and /) 7 20 5 (c to /) (c to /) 26 80 5 (d to /) (d to /) 2 (including e, !, d, and g) 12 35 14 11 12 15 t 5 1-4 4-6 Explanatory note. — Take Southland as an example : The Inquiry Board is of opinion that 17-7 per cent, of 114 farms inspected have so far been unsuccessful. This is due to the various causes, a, b. c, d. e, f, and g, and the estimated percentages are shown against each letter. The last column shows that 44-6 per cent, of the 17-7 per cent, of farms at present unprofitably occupied would have been successful in normal times. (6.) Excessive rent or high price paid for the land C. 21 39-3 80 (c.) Inexperience of farmer, wrong methods of farming or unsuitability of stock 10 12-6 10 35 25 ( 100 (including a and d to/) 20 (also included in 6) 24-6 21-5 ((?.) insufficient working capital or the undeveloped or neglected state of the land (e.) High prices ruling for stock at the time of purchase and the subsequent slump, resulting in low prices for produce and stock (f.) High cost of building, fencingmaterial, implements, seeds, and manure at the time of purchase or selection ig.) An} 7 other reason c 15 10-S 25 22-4 *h _ 27 121 3f 32-3 o c 12 0-5 H | I 11-7 80 90 80 1 50 25 0-2 For explanation, see above. Percentage of farms at present unprofitably occupied which would be successful under normal conditions and with good management 7;; 70 24-2 50 25 50 44-6 !