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21. Supposing you sold your farm —never mind the other fellow —supposing you sold your farm at that price, and lived on the interest, would you not be much better off than you are now? —Absolutely. I would have more leisure. 22. Mr. Hockly.] What capital did you have when you started?—£6oo. I paid £300 down for the property, and I spent the rest on stock and implements. 23. Mr. Powdrell.] You and your family worked a little harder to produce a little more? —Yes. 24. You all worked a few more hours each day?— Yes. 25. Mr. McCombs.] If you were to sell it you would make a profit of over £6,000? —Yes. 26. Was the offer in cash?—No, not all in cash; there was to be a deposit of £2,400, and I was to be paid interest on the balance. This was to include stock. 27. You would take the cash if he offered it to you all in cash?—Oh, yes. If he offered me £45 an acre in cash I would take it. 28. Mr. Hockly.] What were you doing before you took up the land?—l was working in the mines. I was working in the gold-mines, which was more dangerous, working four years underground. But when in the coal-mines I was supplying Denniston and Millerton with a good deal of mining-timber. 29. What would you get if you were working in the mines at the present time?-—I could earn £2 a day at the present time. 30. You could earn that yourself?— Yes. 31. If you worked the same hours as on the farm?—l could not do that. I would break down. 32. Mr. Powdrell.] You could not work the same hours in a mine as on a farm?—Oh, no. 33. Mr. J. R. Hamilton.] What is the difference in the hours?—l think it is about, seven hours daily from bank to bank at the mines. 34. You have practically put everything you have earned, and your family has earned, during the time you have had the farm, into the farm ?—Yes, that is so. 35. Mr. McCombs.] Would you rather work twelve hours on the farm or seven in a mine?— Twelve hours on the farm. Witness put in the following : — Balance-sheet as taken in July, 1920. Receipts. £ H . d, Cash for butterfat for 1919-20 season ... ... ... 701 8 6 Stock sold ... ... ... ... ... ... 283 0 0 Bacon sold ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 0 0 Bonus on butterfat (Id.) ... ... ... ... ... 20 0 0 £1,010 8 6 Payments. £ a . <]. Wages paid for year ... ... ... ... ... 158 15 6 Fire insurance on buildings ... ... ... ... 4 5 6 Fire insurance on mortgage-deeds ... ... ... ... I 11 11 Accident insurance ... ... ... ... ... 0 18 0 Bates ... ... ... ... ... ... 27 5 9 Interest on £2,923 at 6 per cent, and on £80 at 5 per cent. ... 180 1 0 Seed to renew 15 acres grass land ... ... ... ... 40 0 0 Feed-box for stock ... ... ... ... ... 5000 Manure ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 89 10 0 Cement ... ... ... ... ... .. ... 170 Cream-cartage ... ... ... ... ... ... 17 3 9 Railway freight on manure and goods ... ... ... 9 10 0 Share deduction ... ... ... ... ... ... 13 0 0 Three cows drowned in drain ... ... ... ... 54 0 0 Iron for roof of shed tree fell on ... ... ... ... 9 0 0 Horse-shoeing (two horses) ... ... ... .. ... 6 0 0 Separator-oil, cv.c. ... ... ... ... ... 15 0 Disinfectants for cow-shed ... ... ... ... ... 0 15 0 Repairs to spring cart, gig, and harness ... ... ... 11 11 0 Land and income tax ... ... ... ... ... 10 10 0 100 fencing-posts ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 10 0 300 battens ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 14 0 3 cwt. wire ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 16 0 121b. staples ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 7 0 Timber for two gait's ... ... ... ... ... 1 10 0 Hinges ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 15 0 Breakages, three axe-handles ... ... ... ... 0 9 0 Two shovel-handles ... ... ... ... ... 0 7 0 Steam-boiler certificate ... ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Cow-drenches ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 12 0 Three bass and cane yard-brooms ... ... ... ... 019 6 1 gallon Burge's paint, ... ... ... ... ... 1 10 0 Sixteen rolls paper ... ... ... ... ... 2 8 0 Savings-bank amount to E. Allen ... ... ... ... 770 Expenses to Auckland re mortgage ... ... ... ... 2 10 0 Valuation fee to G. Hyde ... ... ... ... ... 5 5 0 Service of two mares ... ... ... ... ... 8 0 0 Six heifers ... ... ... ... .. ... 106 0 0 846 1 11 Balance ... ... ... ... ... 164 6 7 £1,010 8 6

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