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TABLE 4.—PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT AND FARMING ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN DURING THE YEAR.

TABLE 5.—STATEMENT SHOWING LIVE-STOCK RETURNS AS AT 31st MARCH, 1938.

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Bushfelling . . Installation Erection and Construction of: and Grassing. P ° th ?' fencing: Draining: Reading: of y™ Clearing. Cultivations. New. New. New. ° U pl es Cottages.* Cow-sheds. Wool-sheds. Other Sheds. Sheep-dips. DlS i n ? tS AoreS- Aores - Acres - Chains. Chains. Chains. Number. Number. Number. Number. Number. Number. Tokerau.. .. .. 10,566 3,000 852 10,810 6,928 1,009 2 94 142 Waikato-Maniapoto .. 4,729 3,754 756 3,952 2,074 255 10 17 17 1 8 Waiariki .. .. 11,493 8,367 2,166 13,078 4,206 1,487 3 67 60 4 38 4 Tairawhiti .. .. 2,398 1,124 619 4,8-35 600 136 .. 16 14 1 1 1 Aotea .. .. .. 1,528 618 265 1,468 538 315 7 13 7 2 Ikaroa .. . . . . 120 68 53 270 60 .. .. 5 3 South Island .. .. 480 715 18 230 146 30 .. 1 .. " 3 Sub-total .. .. 31,314 17,646 4,729 34,643 14,552 3,232 22 213 243 6 52 5~ II. Maori Land Boards .. . . 568 254 . . 294 200 1 III. Native Trustee .. .. 4,370 536 339 450 256 128 " 1 1 Totals .. .. 36,252 18,436 5,068 35,387 15,008 3,360 22 215 243 7 54 5~~ * In addition, numerous huts or hutments were built.

Dairy-stock. Sheep _ Tallies at 31st March, 1938. Butterfat Run Cattle - Tallies at 31st March, 1938. Wool. Working-horses. Poundage for — Cows. Other stock. Year. Ewes: Breeding. Dry Sheep. or Bales. I. Districts — Number. Number. Lb. Number. Number. Number. Lb. Number Number Tokerau .. .. .. 10,361 6,765 1,365,080 2,434 5,219 4,333 15,405 46 800 Waikato-Maniapoto .. .. 2,370 1,04-6 361,611 1,623 10,176 3,825 49 020 125 27'> Waiariki 9,657 4,962 1,642,881 8,214 30,714 35,454 33o'935 885 771 Tairawhiti .. .. .. 3,713 1,186 331,630 3,088 24,814 16,183 184,512 507 362 Aotea •• 647 355 83,892 103 7,085 169 18,601 55 84 Ikaroa .. .. .. 349 114 58,865 .. 1,222 22 620 2 23 South Island .. .. 292 .. 48,013 191 1,007 104 2,570 7 18 Sub-total .. .. 27,389 14,428 3,891,972 15,653 80,237 60,090 601,663 1 627 2 330 II. Maori Land Boards .. .. 517 465 65,538 2,150 13,310 5,478 198,522 '541 ' 99 III. Native Trustee .. .. .. .. .. 6,278 22,723 34,763 1 312 98 IV. East Coast Trusts .. .. .. .. .. 12,500 100,000* * 760,300f 2,'128 400 Totals 27,906 14,893 3,957,510 36,581 216,270* 100,331* 2,043,178 5,608 2,927 * Live-stock tallies as at 30th June, 1937 ; dry sheep are included in breeding-ewes tally. t An approximate figure estimated from the number of bales supplied.