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BLOCKS UNDER DEVELOPMENT

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Particulars. Superintendent of Land 3 & P? c3 Jj *3 ai £ 5 61 I i ~a 1 G r* C3 £ "5 1. Date of acquisition or Crown land set apart 2. Total area (acres) 3. Area not suitable for development (acres) 4. Area alienated for settlement, reserves, &c. (acres) 5. Balance under development (acres) 6. Condition of area under development (item 5) — Undeveloped (acres) .. .. :. Permanent grass (acres) Temporary grass (acres) Crops (acres) Cultivated, but not in grass or crops (acres) Plantations (acres) .. Water-supplies : area reticulated (acres) .. Fencing (chains) Drains (chains) Dwellings (number) Wool-sheds (number) Cow-sheds (number) Other farm buildings (number) Bridges (number) Roads and farm tracks (chains) 7. Capital expenditure to date on land (item 2) — Land acquired, including Crown land set apart— Unimproved (£) .. Improvements (£) Materials and expenses (£) .. Labour (gross) (£) Total expenditure (gross) (£) Less subsidies on labour (£) Net expenditure (£) 8. Capital charges on alienated land (item 4) (£) 9. Dairying on area under development (item 5) — Area occupied (acres) Herds (number) Cows milked (number) .. .. Dry cows (number) Breeding-sows (number) Butterfat sold (lb.) 10. Other farming on area under development (item 5) — Breeding-ewes (number) Dry sheep (number) .. Breeding-cows and heifers (number) Dry run cattle (number) .. Dry dairy stock (number) Horses (number) Wool produced (lb.) Sheep sold (number) Cattle sold (number) Cash crops (type and quantity) 11. Receipts for year: Live-stock and seasonal (item 5) — Butterfat (£) Wool (£) .. Sheep—Cash sales (£) Transfers to other blocks (£) Cattle—Cash sales (£) Transfers to other blocks (£) Pigs (£) Crops (£) .. .. .. .. .. Miscellaneous (£) 12. Payments for year: Live-stock and seasonal (item 5) — Sheep—Cash purchases (£) .. .. .. ... Transfers from other blocks (£) .. Cattle —Cash purchases (£) .. Transfers from other blocks (£) Farming-expenses—Materials and expenses (£) Labour -(£) Miscellaneous (£) 13. Labour employed (development and farming)— Average for year (item 5) (number) 1936 379 106 '273 26 224 "21 2 '451 1 " 3 305 184 2,505 2,823 1938 661 56 605 518 29 40 18 "20 195 57 1 3 711 132 2,464 3,937 1938 3,328 28 3," 300 "70 7 260 3 1 ' 11 400 3,113 16,098 8,710 19,790 1936 196 11 185 8 147 29 1 164 573 171 1 "4 ' 80 490 387 3,420 3,562 1938-41 2,539 248 2^291 1,727 395 91 76 2 1 j 418 391 1 1 7 1 129 1,216 730 10,648 23,994 5,817 2,008 7,244 2,657 47,711 14,567 7,859 2,529 36,588 17,100 3,809 4,587 33,144 5,330 19,488 '748 37 3 34 6,648 1,082 66 638 77 829 159 141 "30 67 210 10 14 301 349 1 i60 44 1 27 4 1,402 180 131 "i47 i.27 616 ' 19 70 120 21 724 180 104 1 3,740 3,582 341 521 ' 11 52,694 1,786 205 ■ 158 1,226 665 1,022 "26 264 "67 8 1,490 2,838 6 *321 218 41 36 4 6,017 641 55 360 239 288 177 152 31 53 42 | "i41 376 1 '856 831 54 33 9 16,606 615 43 929 890 *249 24 75 107 2 665 722 *2 * Capital expenditure to date on land, " reclamation expenditure on lagoon," included in item 7 above : £128.191: net expenditure, £86,071. f 2£ acres asparagus; 100 acres rye, clover, and barley for seed.