HAURAKI DRAINAGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1073, 10 September 1930, Page 1

HAURAKI DRAINAGE

RECLAIMED AREA’S GOOD YEAR SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT THE SUN'S Parliamentary Reporter PARLIAMENT BLDGS., Tuesday. An active year of construction and a period of exceptional production by settlers on the reclaimed area is shown ln th© annual report on the drainage operation in the Hauraki Plains •.abled in the House today. Th© increased dairy production f*°m district.” says the report, th 3 bce ? l more than proportionate to Tne Dominion’s record of production jor the season, though this satisfacl°ry position is mainly due to the well-maintained condition of the pastures as a result of the mild winter well-distributed summer rainfall, inere is no doubt that increased productive capacity has been created by larm development.” Increased used acreage and drainimprovement produce returns are urnished. and for comparative purposes the returns for the previous iear are given in parentheses:—Butter Produced, 2,584 tons (2,405); estimated value. £ 382,054. Cheese projFSS?* 1,686 tons U. 331); value. Fibre and tow, 969 tons i.OQ0) ; value, £ 23.200. Estimated r,, aiu ® oi stock sold, £ 60,762 (£61,000). 1 otal value, £595,176. -1 V^**** lts - including metal, were tens (11,426).