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£ s. d. 67 dairy cows, at £4 10s. ... ... ... ... ... 30110 0 Calves :46 at 155.; 10 at 10s. ... ... ... ... 39 10 0 Bulls: 2at £25; lat £20 ... ... ... ... ... 70 0 0 Horses :5 at £35, £20, £16, £15, and £5 respectively ... ... 91 0 0 Dogs (including pups) ... ... ... ... ... 2 10 0 Pigs (including two pure-bred boars) ... ... ... ... 110 0 0 Total ... ... ... ... £5,651 0 5 8. The present value of the land ?—Estimated value, £12 10s. per acre. 9. The nature and total value of the proceeds derived from the farm since its inauguration ?—

* Including royalty. Also such other details as will give a clear view of the receipts and expenditure from the time operations were commenced down to the present date : the whole to be summarised in the form of a balance-sheet, so as to show the exact financial position of the farm at the present time, — Dr. £ s. d. Ce. £ s. d. 800 acres at £4 per acre ... 3,200 0 0 Land, 800 acres at £12 10s. ... 10,000 0 0 Parliamentary votes ... ... 8,289 6 4 Stock, implements, drays, buildReceipts, 1894 to 1898 ... 3,875 19 1 ings, orchard,fencing,and roads 5,651 0 5 Balance ... 1,405 10 2 15,651 0 5 Less fencing, roads £ s. d. made, and bush felled... ... 1,739 18 11 Orchard ... 1,016 5 0 2,756 3 11 12,894 16 6 Receipts ... ... ... 3,875 19 1 Total ... ... £16,770 15 7 Total ... ... £16,770 15 7

APPENDIX H. SUGGESTIONS AND REMARKS BY MR. FLATMAN. One question hefore us to-day is, how are we to find work for our unemployed, and so deal with them in a way which will not humiliate or rob them of their freedom and rights as citizens. The way which appears successful is the establishing of State farms or farm-colonies, to be worked in a manner which, although not immediately reproductive, will absorb the most of our unemployed who are able to do a fair day's work. To do this successfully it will be necessary for the State to contribute a fair sum of money to establish one or more State farms, and great care will have to be exercised as to the method of working these farms and the kind of products intended to be raised on them. There are various ways of absorbing surplus labour, such as by fruit-growing, gardening, and nursery work for the purpose of rearing forest-trees, which may be distributed all over the colony and planted in plantation reserves set aside by the Crown for that purpose. Then, again, attention would have to be given to the ordinary method of farming—viz., the growing of cereal- and root-crops, the rearing of stock-poultry, and also dairying. As a matter of fact it would be undesirable for a State farm to have all its eggs in one basket, or, in other words, to be worked too closely to one system, con-

1894-95. 1895-96. 1896-97. 1897-98. Totals. Firewood Royalty (on timber) Posts and strainers Cattle... Pork ... Butter and milk General produce Poultry Fruit ... Seeds ... Horses, harness, and drays Sale of small cottages Sundries Rents and refund fares ... £ s. 21 11 269 12 104 19 d. 4 1 3 £ s. d. 123 15 0 186 18 6 2 4 0 263 4 6 £ s. d. 476 15 11* £ a. 65 7 d. 9 £ s. d. 687 10 0 456 10 7 107 3 3 993 4 10 202 7 1 458 3 8 294 17 11 18 2 6 8 2 0 27 10 7 150 2 6 44 9 9 57 0 4 370 14 1 0 12 1 491 5 1 106 9 11 163 18 11 108 2 6 238 15 95 17 293 12 186 15 18 2 7 8 27 10 3 2 8 5 6 0 7 0 14 0 70 19 0 26 9 9 17 7 0 130 3 5 79 3 6 18 0 0 8 14 8 90 7 1 30'l8 64 1 8 3 86 2 4 Totals ... 482 5 0 821 13 3 1,543 11 7 1,028 9 3 3,875 19 1