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1946 NEW ZEALAND

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY Drainage Operations in Hauraki Plains REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1946

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to Section 20 of the Hauraki Plains Act, 1926 Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 28th June, 1946. Sir, — I have the honour to present herewith the report of the Chief Drainage Engineer •on operations carried out during the past year on the Hauraki Plains in accordance with the provisions of the Hauraki Plains Act, 1926. I have, &c., R. G. Macmorran, Under-Secretary for Lands. The Hon. the Minister of Lands. REPORT OF CHIEF DRAINAGE ENGINEER iSIR, — I have the honour to submit the thirty-eighth annual report on the drainage .and land-development work carried out on the Hauraki Plains. The report covers the year ending 31st March, 1946.

The following is a schedule compiled from information supplied by dairy companies and merchants, setting out the approximate quantity and value of farm production from the Hauraki Plains for the year 1945-46, and for the purposes of comparison also one for the previous year :

1945-46. 1944-45. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Butter (tons) <€heese (tons) JPlus farm-cost allowance on above Pigs Bobby calves Cattle, sheep, &c. .. 2,186 3,617 i',023 13,337 27,025 £ 313,997 294,713 117,087 17,580 9,556 95,944 2,951 4,688 5,000 21,136 £ 423,680 382,215 22,000 12,731 32,110 '848,877 872,736