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1938. NEW ZEALAND.

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY. DRAINAGE OPERATIONS IN HAURAKI PLAINS. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1938, TOGETHER WITH STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to Section 20 of the Hauraki Plains Act, 1926.

Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, Ist June, 1938. Sir,— I have the honour to present herewith the report of the Land Drainage Engineer on operations carried out during the past year on the Hauraki Plains in accordance with the provisions of the Hauraki Plains Act, 1926. I have, &c., W. Robertson, Under-Secretary for Lands. The Hon. Frank Langstone, Minister of Lands.

REPORT OF THE LAND DRAINAGE ENGINEER. Sir, — I have the honour to present to you herewith the thirtieth annual report on the reclamation works carried out on the Hauraki Plains. The report covers the fiscal year ending 31st March, 1938. The district has been favoured with a good production season, and, with the assurance of favourable prices for dairy-produce, encouraging progress has been recorded by the farming community. None of the returns from which the year's production figures for the Hauraki Plains district are usually compiled for this report is available at the time of writing, but it is exjiected that these returns will show a satisfactory increase in volume of all the principal farm products. The rainfall for the year was above the average for the district. The weather from the middle of April to end of September was continually showery, and, though the rainfall was seldom sufficient to fill the drains, continual light rain caused saturation of reasonably well-drained fields and consequential poaching by stock. Dry weather in October continuing through to the end of January, followed by abundant rainfall in February, have been ideal summer weather conditions for this district, and the summer and autumn growth of grass has seldom been more prolific. The rainfall records for Kerepeehi since 1916 are as follows :—

Records of Daily Precipitations, Kerepeehi, Hauraki Plains.

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Number of Days, with given Daily Precipitation in Inches. C5 ■<£ oi rp oi Oi OS Ci oi Oi © m , , m , . Year. g SSSSSSSSSSSS pays! Fall Wette8t Month - Driest Month - o oooooooooooo O ©lOOinOiOOOOOO© o iOt^OlMipJ>OiOOOOO o OOT—(r—lrHrH(>lMCOTt<iCcb ; i } " ~ ~~ I 1916 .. 109 12 9 7 2 3 .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. 144 52-19 Nov. 6-65 Feb. 1-05 1917 .. 131 11 4 4 3 1 1 1 156 45-61 Feb. 6-26 Jan. 0-65 1918 .. 145 14 6 4 1 .. .. 1 171 44-06 Oct. 7-47 May 2-24 1919 .. 122 9 1 3 2 137 27-36 July 4-52 Dec. 0-89 1920 .. 85 7 10 3 1 1 3 2 112 43-16 Feb. 6-10 July 1-73 1921 .. 93 12 5 3 2 .. .. J 116 34-43 Oct. 5-89 Feb. 0-72 1922 .. 101 17 9 3 I 1 .. 1 133 42-81 Feb. 6-62 April 1-73 1923 ..151 6 5 4 1 1 1 169 47-04 April 9-76 March 1-72 1924 ..132 8 10 5 2 5 1 1 .. 2 166 60-37 April 8-55 July 1-87 1925 .. 142 15 4 2 ] 164 37-64 June 6-67 April 0-84 1926 .. 149 15 6 4 5 2 2 183 55-53 May 8-86 Feb. 1-79 1927 .. 159 10 6 5 .. 4 184 45-33 July 6-29 April 2-01 1928 ..125 7 9 2 3 2 2 1 151 47-30 May 7-52 Jan. 0-01 1929 .. 124 19 8 3 I 155 41-05 April 5-09 Feb. 0-74 1930 ..131 4 2 2 3 2 2 146 37-72 Jan. 6-87 Dee. 0-80 1931 .. 144 10 7 4 2 167 43-23 July 7-80 March 0-98 1932 .. 126 7 5 4 .. 1 143 32-05 Feb. 4-95 Nov. 0-93 1933 .. 152 13 1 4 3 .. 1 174 38-93 Feb. 6-54 March 1-20 1934 .. 138 11 6 5 2 2 .. 1 .. 1 166 43-23 June 6-15 Oct. 2-05 1935 .. 163 15 6 4 2 2 .. 1 .. 1 194 53-42 July 9-56 Jan. 0-93 1936 .. 127 11 6 3 .. 1 2 150 40-62 Feb. 5-83 May 1-63 1937 .. 76 21 8 5 1 1 1 1 114 45-51 May 5-89 Feb. 0-51 1938* .. 11 1 4 1 1 1 1 20 13-18 Feb. 9-42 March 1-10 ' j * First three months of year onlyi Average rainfall over twenty-two years is 43-57 in.

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