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32 How long have you owned the whole of that land/-I have not owned some of it very long w, 33 i^lcrw l ;::uch'::f• in';:,.. y *u ; „ ,i, ,1,,, ,„■ *. mi ■ 1. t«««*. m, 7 ami n aces. 31 What is the length Of your lease.'- -Fourteen years for the 70 acres. Si ~2 tLMlcres after the fl Of 1907?-The Cover nt valuation was £'.) an acre. 37 What is your valuation/- About £10. 38! What do'vou value it at now ! I would not care to take less 39 What did you value it a. in 19061—1 l should have been worth about £18. 11l What was the Government valuation then?—l do not know. 41. So you honestly suggest thai it has decreased £3 per acre ,n consequence of the 1901 1 V..s bee,,,<■■ i, is only weeds and rubbish now. H^T^^ meiit put in, Exhibit No. 17.] ~ ,t, ~,.„ a „ 0 44 Mr. MeVeagh.] When did you get your launch /-About three years ago. 15. Just before the 1907 flood/ Yes. 46 Do you run her yourself ? —Yes. II- S£. h ££3fi; £S,»i y ,., to, „„,-, -» *<™.*■-- '•*■ " ,v,, ;;:M-:,i":.u:r;i;:"w:;;:;'..< - ~ -•» - >■ - - h ""•"• "■ "*' l eaBe ?-lseven years for the 150 acres. 50. Is thai at £30 a year?— Fifty pounds. a- zr tJZttt&S&ZXZ :: s- — - "*• ■ - -■«■ - m^.t. c ;ri"'-ii,,,,-'™;,l:'™.'"' , f', „..- «-»>., -n-i*- «.... - .■ •■ Piako. . ..„-»! 54 Did you go out to examine it?—JNo. 55 Did You go out in the Awaiti direction!—H-s. s(i. Wheii/—When the flood was on :,7 When the whole countryside was covered with water ! Us. 58 1 think it was coming from the Waihou River for ™1«»-«- Y--59 How long have you been at Netherton /-lwenty-o„e years. 1 1 Srsft=Att tsws- — " Wft 6s". And you cannot tell why that is?— No. :;,■ — ■ 08 Before the In, commenced?-l could not answer that ft - H - - grass 1 had on it. , further land?—To grow flax. I could 71 After that bitter experience why did urn tab, up turtnei &f2£!22£2l?&S£. t ZZ&- *- -■ ■ ■ ""••- ..-No- -.... 81 r*e CActrmon.] I suppose by the wainou rwvei . tt^B2% J r Un S«-.] The September H 1: where did that water come from ?-Fr„n, the same Pll '% M,d the 1910 flood-las, M arch/--That came from the Puke way. I did not suffer very mU Vj.7htSla & irtn.] On which of these sections is your house?-On the 98-acre section, near tiiAwaiti hagoon and fro.the ££■£ to my and. ,ft ~,.