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William Mooiil examined. (No. 10.) 1. Mr. Mueller.] Your name is William Moore, and you own I S3 acres of land/-Yes, Sections 1 and 5, Block XI, Waihou Survey District. 2. Your son Frank owns 210 acres. Block X. and another son. Waller, owns 11,., acres in the Rangiora Block?— Yes. 3 You speak on behalf of your sous? —"res. 4. You have all suffered loss?— Yes. very serious loss. 5. Is this a statement showing the particulars of your loss, amounting to £1 foj - -Yes, up to the present time tha, is mv loss. 1 settled at Netherton on the 25th June. 1879 The first Hood ,lit caused any damage was on the 15th January, 1907. On that occasion I lost the whole of my crops, also, — t ' <j 0 head of cattle, value. „. 1( ' ° ° 12 acres of oats for chaffing, average 3 tons per acre, 36 tons, , ... 144 U 0 at 14 per ton ... ••• 70 n n 12 acres meadow-hay, 24 tons, at £3 per ton ... ... <■« " IS3 acres, all laid down in rye-grass and clovers, totally destroyed, requiring ploughing and sowing down afresh, at £2 10s. per acre ... ~ '" boss on cream cheque, through having no feed for sixty cows tor five months ... ••■ ■•• ••■ V., (| () Loss on pigs through having no skim-milk ... •■• • Feed required for sixty cows for five months ... ■■•■_ ou Loss on first flood, 15th January. 1907 ... ... •■■ 1.057 10 j> Second flood, 4th September, 1909—loss by grass being killed ... 300 Third flood, 28th March. 1910—similar loss ... ... ■•• ____ Total ••• - '•' .£1,657 10 0 Previous to 1007 the farm was let at £100 per year; after 1907 I reduced the rent to £50 per „ ear • an d after the 1910 flood the farm was thrown up. [Exhibit No. B.j ?• &?SL oi flooding. N„ «W.i went on to your land. ° Wn 9. What has Frank had to do in connection with this land-He [or |iv( . yearB - ififi &.tf I-attSlJlSr « h r n ' 11 Mr. r«»V.] You have given us a statement of your losses. On which piece were the sixty cows?—On the 183 acres. 12. Was that the piece you leased to your son (— les. 13 When did you lease it to him?—ln 1902. 14. And he had it right up to 1907 ?-Right; up '■'-'■ , ? _ j, s al| „,, , ;llnc . 15 This is not a statement ol your loss: it is a statement ol ays 1 in the thing?-The farm belonged to me 17. But not the cattle?-! gave him some cattle -hen he s, arted ,„s 2JKJS KSLtttSM. 30f, wide, and deep "HS *£*£ bave pulled them out, I believe. They ought to widen " Were you a member of the local authority at the time of the Proclamation iM ''11 5 Were you not one of the advocates of the sludge-channel?-No. 22. Were you an opponenti—Yea. 11( .,„endioular banks, and 1 knew that when 23 why?—We had a beautiful clean river, with pel pemiicuia, the tailings came into it it would not be clean very long. •>| You knew what the effect would be?—l did. damage at that time. .„„., Twelve ooun,ls an acre, some was sold at. :V S5 ri^t\ttn d iu^ilo T lor It . might take less if 1 go, a buyer . ' i, has depreciated in value at the present time. 'ft S^taW%^" i S ta% say you have sustained in three years-the bulk " f have you 1 „ in the district *-***£» ;„ this district than the 32. During (hat thirty one wars have you eve. known a nooa i gg d| ■ - r 7 £ r^;:is;' sfis. 5 *- - '*" • '■