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APPENDIX VII. (Put in by W. H. Nicholls). SCHEDULE 1. Statement of the estimated Amount of Capital invested in Wheat-growing Industry and in the Industries directly or substantially dependent thereon. Invested in land— 260,987 acres devoted to wheat-growing, at an average value of £33 per acre (given by the manager of a large farmers' co-operative company and confirmed by £ Dr. F. W. Hilgendorf) 8,612,571 Invested in plant and machinery— An average of £500 per farm is the estimate given by Mr. R. E. Alexander, and in respect of six thousand growers of wheat the amount involved is .. .. 3,000,000 Invested in flour-milling industry (New Zealand Official Year-book, 1929, p. 557) — Land, buildings, machinery, and plant .. .. .. .. .. 830,178 Invested in rope and twine industry (as advised by Government Statistician) — Land, buildings, machinery, and plant .. .. .. .. .. 93,092 Invested in agricultural-implement and dairying-machinery manufacturing (Year-book, p. 567)— Land, buildings, machinery, and plant .. .. .. .. .. 346,012 Invested in grain-stores for handling of wheat — Estimated at .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 100,000 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £12,981,853 No estimate made in connection with industries more remotely affected.

SCHEDULE 2. Statement summarizing Effect of a complete Change-over in Production from Wheat to Live-stock.

' 52 -tS M cc -S^oT ill a °2® £ d,o ,w -^ t Q ~,u3 • 5at3i2a M'd Effect on Wages. ® ® •S'gH^ 03 9 £ $ c3 o « .§ 3SB -g PI a ce Hi-3 a coh3 H a S Casual labour— £ £ £ Harvesting crop (8,000,000 bushels) at 6d. per bushel (Br. Hilgendorf's estimate) .. 200,000 50,000 100,000 Handling crop (employed in grain-stores)— £ Paid by Lyttelton Harbour Board .. .. .. .. 2,785 Paid by stock and station agents in Christchurch and surrounding country districts for handling wheat .. .. .. 13,284 Estimated to be paid out at Timaru and Oamaru for handling wheat 4,000 Paid for handling wheat over wharves at South Island ports only .. 7,896 £27,965 75 per cent, of this amount not required if change-over to mutton and wool.. 20,973 5,243 10,486 Farm labour (permanent hands) — 1,300 less men required on change-over from wheat to live-stock at estimate by 236,600 59,150 118,300 Br. Hilgendorf of £3 10s. per week per man Flour-milling industry— 697 men employed, earning per annum (Government Statistician's figures) .. 175,956 43,989 87,978 Rope and twine industry-— 228 men employed, earning £45,151 per annum (1928 report of Bepartmejit of 9,030 2,257 4,515 Industries and Commerce), with 20 per cent, of output referable to wheat (binder-twine) Agricultural-implement industry— With dairying-machinery manufacturing, this industry employs 885 men, paying 63,667 15,916 31,832 £191,002 per annum in wages. A conservative estimate of one-third has been taken as the wages on agricultural implements, repairs, and manufacturing Threshing-mills— Earning 6d. per bushel on 8,000,000 bushels, or revenue of £200,000 per annum, of 100,000 25,000 50,000 which the secretary of the Threshing-mill Owners' Association states that onehalf of the total revenue is disbursed in wages (mostly casual) Cartage contractors — Earning 6d. per sack (Mr. R. E. Alexander's estimate), or a revenue of £60,000 per 15,000 3,750 7,500 annum, of which a conservative estimate of one-fourth would be paid in wages Total wages affected .. .. .. .. .. 821,226 205,305 410,611 Loss of railage (per annum) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 66,867 66,867 66,867 Total effect on labour and railage .. .. .. .. 888,093 272,172 477,478 Note.—No estimate has been made of the effect on labour in industries indirectly affected — manure-works, country blacksmith, flax-mills —nor in respect of the loss of income due to the reduced return on capita] invested, &c.