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224 Acres —100 Cows. —Butterfat produced, 1928-29. Pounds Butterfat. A d™nce Payments per Month. £ s. d. 1928—June .. .. 443 29 18 4 July .. ..380 26 10 1 August .. .. 1,172J 77 13 6 September .. .. 1,821| 130 8 6 October .. .. 2,840J 206 8 0 November .. .. 3,233f 228 17 5 December .. .. 3,658f 258 16 8 1929—January .. .. 3,568 251 4 5 February .. .. 2,846| 201 12 10 March .. .. 2,563f 169 15 2 April .. .. 2,343-1 154 15 6 May .. .. .. 1,113" 78 8 2 25,984f £1,814 8 7 Forty-six fat pigs, twenty-two calves leased. EXHIBIT No. 2. " Broadlands," Waiotapu, Auckland, N.Z., Ist September, 1929. Tlie Chairman, Public Petitions Committee, Wellington. Dear Sir, — Should the prayer of the Rotorua-Taupo Railway League's petition be granted I am nevertheless prepared at any time within six months of this date to sell to the Government my estate at Waiotapu known as " Broadlands," and comprising about 10,000 acres, at its present value, to be fixed, if we cannot otherwise agree, by an Assessment Court as if the land were taken compulsorily. Improvements effected after this date, and manuring done, also crops growing and harvested, to be added to the price. Terms of sale, 20 per cent, deposit, and the balance in three months, when possession is to be given and taken. This offer is not to interfere with my right to sell to any other buyer until such time as the Government has actually bought and paid the deposit. Yours faithfully, E. Earle Vaile.

EXHIBIT No. 3. Statement of Number of Visitors resident at Geyser House Hotel, Wairakei.

Total number of residents for year, 13,274.. (The above figure could be increased to quite 30,000 or more if day trippers were added.) John G. Restell.

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j "St. 0 ' ] | Winter Month,. j £«£ November .. 683 23 May .. .. 720 23 December .. 1,540 50 June .. .. 320 10 January .. .. 3,036 98 July .. .. 338 11 February .. 1,859 60 August .. .. 440 14 March .. .. 1,849 60 September .. 464 15 April .. .. 1,374 45 October .. .. 651 21 Total .. 10,341 60 .. 2,933 j 16