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3 1„ regard to (he last piece of land, did any one agree to lease it 1-Yes, it was leased but the lessee (Cassrels) has given it up on account of the floods. That land is subject to Hoods and c ~ -w, ci- deposits silt on the land. About 3 acres is liable to flood. In the case ot the Komata lint a gK deal of damage has been done: all along the bank ol the river is damaged, lie years the bank of the Komata Creek was about 7 ft. high. I hat was good land 1 What was grown on it in previous years/-Potatoes, corn, kumeras melons and oats. 5 What can be grown on it now?-Nothing can be grown along the banks at the present time Most 0 it has"slipped into the creek. The Komata Creek a, the present tune is full 0 U„,„t R acres is damaged of the 222 acres, and about 3 acres of the DO acres Ihe water overflows the 40"acres bXwTe railway-line. The 50 acres on the bank of the W a,,,,,,, was all ""T 1 Formerly were there lis), in the Komata Creek/-Yes, plenty of eels and whitebait: but since the mill has been erected at Komata the eels have all been destroyed. 7 V si, water used for drinking purposes ?-Yes j and now we have to drink h, the summer-time the tanks get dry, and we have to go about a mile up the creek and carrj or barges ing up the Komata ('reek ? Yes ; tliey used to come about a mile up the creek. There is not enough water in the creek to, steamers to up now. Some parts of the creek are only a foot deep. •cws '""r is rsssstf st-js =ys ssra sr^s about 8 ft., and when the tide was out aDOUt iv n. leading out to the fe£ are 30 0/sandT, Ihe SB* We'havc'l'ot cmdmmtlly clearing then, ,mt. Owing t0 -w?-S eofit is worth £ 8 ere. a,UI £ HoVmuc/o? it'" cultivated ?_About 100 acres?-The oats were taken out in March, Snd Kb How lift?* did A ?0 r u-get?-AboUt 6 tons. There were about 2 tons good, and the ,TSI rfVole Natives milk any cows?-Yes, and supply milk to the factory. There are twelve , HH ,,/,;;,0de,1/--The cattle would have been in better condition, and the crops would not have lieen damaged. . William Bbttib examined. (No. 28a.) 1. Mr. Myers.] You are a master mariner, and you are master of the steamer " Waimarie I " T l Auckland-Close on tweii, years: " IK,U 4 of ti;r- Waimarie " /-Six feet light-3 ft. 6 in. forward, and 6 ft. aft. S: u!:;:Ld? T we > n *«* on-™* « Olleniuri^ 0 B?wS las about 0 ft. 0 ii.-U.at is, in the after end She only drew 2 ft. 6 in. forward. ""S. H.wiw e , eJ? u»*»r^«h.^ r «^T K „. 6 ai|c| nbm]t |I|o 8. Then you jrere 111 the P«ero» •l» ™ - dj ,„ , ,„.„ „,,„.,. „„„.. tow.rd, light. She ™.o«l■■ -1 - ;.-.;■ „ ,„. sll ,- :,- „„„ ~..,i.„,,. lieU,T £&£>%. 2ft. "s^vTu,""""'"" """""'' ~ "' 10. And you come up the rive,- «. t.r M what. po, --fc P> *«;,_„ ~„■„., „ ;ill Ul „ ,;,,., . rJr£&:£*%£. ""iTnitppS f*hr. a «ef! .-., *~ -*.. .-, s w£TsbiiA^^i:^"asx , != - - - -"'"IV wt.*'™;'™ 0i,,, ~,„,,, to ,lm depftl-lt n,igh, be 6 in. or . little - **>-> ~,«■,„.„,. P ,-o„ y thick fog in the mouth ol the river. difficulty?—lt was a rather ~jl: Sfi « ■ - -«* -»« »"- -' " j e . Dld „„ „ick ~ m coming up the rivort-W. teuohrf the botton a, IV Puke tor,. We were late on the tide.