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unlet irl 'lS I_ ** £1 p6r anUUm ' ° Ver 12 acres - The aMUaI ™lue of the unlet area is £559 Os. 4d. The amount of rent collected during the year was £612 14s. lid making the total from the commencement £5,881 ss. 5d.; amount of rebate granted, £5 3s 4d* number of houses, 17 ; persons resident, 41 ; value of improvements effected, £3,616 13s. 6d' ganger Hughan reports : " The crops on this estate are in most cases very good, and with the weTelas.££°r 6S Th Fe .r "ft? f ° r . atS Sh ° Uld P lace the Settlers in a bette" position than they were last year. The settlers still continue to carry on improvements, such as buildings, fencing, LSn I r 6&n " uch . lm P r oved during the year, and this enables the settlers to pu tneir produce to market much easier. Bettlement c °ntinues occupied by twenty-two settlers, at the annual rental of 71. ?„^ C TB on e temporary license over 20 acres at 10s. per annum. Beceipts during the year, £195 2s. 9d.; tota to date, £1,876 lis. 3d. ; rebate of rent granted, £6 4s. 4d. P number °4w_ S s e ertll ; _ P ff° nS reSl u 66; ValU6 , of - im P rovem ents, £1,274. Eanger Atkinson reports: Ihis settlement is m much the same condition as last year. Sections 15 and 16 have now been S°?f y , earS U . d6r ? 6arl _ HcenSe b y one of the settlers > who undertook to try to eradicate £_ K° y ° f root - cr °P 8 ' but the experiment has not proved a suJcess. There n»M M _. . grea * .?u ° f Cr ° P gr ° Wn ° n the Bettlem ent, that grown consisting principally of damaged by tWo P otato ; cr ° P i S <?* Wel1 ' and the oats fair ' altho 4 somewU damaged by the continuous wet weather during harvest." Tahawai—Eight selectors continue in occupation of this small settlement of 68 acres 2 roods 14 perches, at an annual rental of £35 14s. 4d. The receipts for the year were £35 18s Id total from beginning, £227 13s. 4d.; rebate of rent granted, £1 17s. Id.; houses, 8 persons resident 38 value of improvements, £815. The Eanger states that to the 'water-supp /arranged oby the tniuefp!r P er";- freeh ° lderS this settl ™* * - greatmeasure S o wes Xom Maerewhenua-The area now in occupation in this estate is 10,929 acres 2 roods 12 perches by seven y-two selectors at an annual rental of £3,553 25., including three temporal licences oS 22 acres 3 roods 36 perches at £3 2s. 6d. per annum. The unlet area is 6 acres 3 roodsl2 perches of a yearly value of 19s. 8d The amount of rent received during the year was £4 270 13s 5d the and aluX. ,° && £21 ' 246 + 19s ' 6d ' Eebate <& «»* was Ranted to the exten of £57 Is'.'ed TeL " I ? llemSS1 °° ' P ursua ? to section 53 of "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act' t\ P 7. ™ 1 -r, glVen 'r numbe / I ° f the settlers on this estate who sustained heavy lossesthrough the severe hailstorm in January of last year. The total of such remission amounts to £599 lbs 9d Account "and ST Mw_ h " T ~? direct to the handler Setriments Account and £20 10s. Bd. was passed through the Eeceiver of Land Revenue's cash-books to the credit of same account Number of houses on the estate, 57; persons resident 236 value of improvements effected, £12,863 ss. 9d. The Eanger reports as follows : " Speaking the settlers on this estate are m a prosperous condition, although the hav.notbee n at all fn. '_ri_ gre T?v aS6 T c Ch f k by droU S ht in and early part of summi which con tinted to the end of November, when the weather broke and the crops made another st_rt a good deal of second growth appearing. From then onwards and through the harvest the mm was almost continuous, and consequently the crops have suffered severely. The same remark aPPk to all he white crops. On the other hand, the root-crops are remarkably good The feed is alo very plentiful and snould last well into the winter. Taking everything i7to consideration do not think the loss generally will be very great in view of the" high "prices uing fo gan which will largely compensate for damage done. Very few lambs have been sent away for h7eZ S owing to too great a flush of green feed, which is unfortunate, as they will have to be canied through the winter or sold as stores." y earned Puketapu.- -Occupied as before by eleven selectors; area, 496 acres and 36 perches- yearly rental, £189 os. 10d., receipts for the year, £211 2s. 3d., the total to date being £1 077 3s 2d " etf 8 g ?; ted T, £7 p BS ' M ' ; n r ber^ h ° USeS ' 9; resident, 29; value of improvements' £966 Bs. 7d. The Banger reports : « This settlement is in much the s_me position asTst year' The principal crop grown was oats, which turned out a fairly good one, although damaged to some extent by the wet weather. The settlers seem to be of the rifht class, and appear to well. Some of them are supplying milk to the creamery at Palmerston, which .fof great assLT ance as a means of ready money at the end of the month." g Ardgowan.— This settlement continues prosperous, having the advantage of close nroximitv +_ such a centre as the Town of Oarnaru. The occupation remains the SX__rt^S3b£ reXf:r £ lZl ,° CCUpied V 65 aC1 * e8 2 -ods 34 percCat anTnnS lfi= fw 4" ! nol^ ln g one temporary license over 2 acres 3 roods 30 perches at Sep^firosn^l^^ ool6^6 . dU t g the r ar ' £2 3 18 19s - **" making the total from inception £11,036 lis.; rebates of rent granted, £106 19s. 9d. ; number of houses 51 persons resident, 235; value of improvements, £10,358 lis. Id. The Eanger sates thai this estate is still m a very thriving condition, the dairy factory, which is provinf of great benefit to settlers, contributing in no small degree to its success. The settlers are takin* a Wage rf 1 to a greater extent every year. _ The crops generally have been good, but considerablylmaged it comp y ii C cd S with y eaV> ' ram thr ° UghoUt th 6 harVeSt The S9ttlement condftions Le b ™s wdl and Makareao Extension. -The occupation of these settlements which to-ether contain 4,862 acres 1 rood 9 perches, is the same as last year, there being tweny seven hold in_ rental and f ° Ur rental ot ±..4/ 14s. Ihe receipts during the year were £1.140 lis. t._._ .„ _„,_

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