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(b) Waiapu-Matakaoa. —The following sets out in detail the improvements effected on the various sections of this scheme, including those existing at the time they were commenced— (i) Wharekahika 1b 2a and 1b 2b : When the land was brought under the scheme in 1932 there was sufficient in pasture to graze twenty milk cows, say, 40 acres. Unit was assisted to erect 78 chains fence and to clear rushes and to drain. The Native Trustee manager at Hick's Bay reported in 1931 that 75 acres were suitable for dairying and 100 acres for sheep. (ii) Tapatu-Waitangirua : Area previously in grass, 210 acres ; felled and grassed, 423 acres : total area in grass, 633 acres. Fencing, 297 chains. One sheep-yard. Nikau hut for manager. Heavily stocked for new grass and turnips. Stock at 31st March, 1933, comprised 1,423 breeding-ewes, 32 dry ewes and wethers, 220 lambs, 28 rams, a total of 1,703 sheep. (iii) Toetoe and Kaiwaru (Lots 3 and 8, Marangairoa 1b 4) : It was estimated that 956 acres were in pasture when the lands were brought under the scheme, with 210 chains of fencing. The further development included felling 587 acres of bush in 1931, and new fencing (553 chains), also stockyards. The area in grass at the 31st March, 1933, was 1,543 acres, including fresh bush country. One four-roomed cottage was built for the manager. Heavily stocked during the year for new grass and turnips. Stock at 31st March, 1933, comprised 892 breeding ewes, 543 dry ewes, 100 wethers, 1,165 lambs, 35 rams, a total of 2,735 sheep. Beef cattle —64 steers, 106 heifers. (iv) Marangairoa 1a 2-4 : Bush felled and grassed, 279 acres; fencing, 257J chains. The new grass was ready for stocking during the current year. (v) Section 5, Block VIII, Mangaoparo Survey District (Enoka-Rukuata): Old pasture, 260 acres ; bush clearing grassed, 293 acres ; total area in grass, 553 acres. New fencing, 227-60 chains; old fencing, 275 chains. One three-roomed cottage. Stock carried—9o7 breeding ewes, 120 dry ewes, 13 wethers, 375 lambs, 18 rams : total, 1,433 sheep. Beef cattle, 95 steers. (vi) Section 10, Block VIII, Mangaoparo Survey District (J. Manuel) : Old pasture, 147 acres ; bush clearing grassed, 100 acres —total area in grass, 247 acres. New fencing, 191J chains ; old, 20 chains. Stock carried —564 breeding ewes, 22 lambs, 11 rams : total, 597 sheep and 57 steers. (vii) Tikitiki sections : Bush clearings (2), 313 acres grassed ; fencing (new), 186 chains ; old fence repaired, 93 chains. In addition, 95J acres were ploughed and grassed, two cottages and two cow-sheds built. The adjustment of occupation areas and the subdivision of sections preparatory to undertaking dairying on any scale was delayed by the necessity for completing the titles under consolidation. A commencement was made with the Hikupapa water-supply to serve the dairyable land. (viii) Tikapa Section : The only work undertaken at the cost of the scheme was the formation of 127 chains of access road. No work was undertaken in connection with any other blocks under the scheme. The separate accounts for each of the sections covered by the Waiapu-Matakaoa Development Scheme were not available at the 31st March, 1933. The development work and other data detailed above may be grouped also as a set-off to the gross expenditure of £16,259 up to that date as follows : Area of bush cleared and grassed, 2,042 acres; area ploughed and grassed, 95 acres; area in old pasture, 1,526 acres: total in grass, 3,703 acres. Fencing: New 1,790f chains; old (repairs), 598 chains: total, 2,388| chains. Roading, 127 chains. Buildings : Four cottages, three sheds, two sheepyards. Stock : Run cattle, 214 ; dairy stock, not available ; sheep, 4,208. (c) Poroporo. —The area of this block is 2,517J acres, held under consolidation titles recently completed by survey in fifteen subdivisions, two of which, A 1 and A 14, containing 2,104 acres, comprise the Poroporo Station and sheep-run, the rest the Whenuakura dairy sections. The development work completed to the 31st March, 1933, was as follows: — (i) Poroporo Station: In 1930, 1,166 acres of bush was felled and grassed, and in 1931 the balance of 600 acres. During the same period 300 acres of fern was burnt, sown in grass, and crushed. One four-roomed cottage ; whare and store shed ; sheep-yards. Ring-fenced and subdivided, estimated at 17 miles. At 31st March last the stock carried comprised sheep —breeding-ewes, 2,680; dry ewes and wethers, 324 ; lambs, 932 ; and rams, 66 : total, 4,002. Station cattle—2l2 bullocks, 147 cows, 3 bulls, 67 steers, 28 heifers, 85 calves : total, 530 head. (ii) Whenuakura dairy sections : 413 acres, of which approximately 350 acres are flat, formerly all covered with heavy manuka, part swamp now drained. Capable of supporting six to seven herds. Development proceeding with assistance of unemployment funds. The schedule of expenditure and receipts give the cost of development, including buildings, as £8,654; stock, £4,083 ; farm implements, £43 ; discharge of liabilities, £225 ; and maintenance expenses, £974 : a total gross expenditure of £13,979. Receipts for the same period consisted of proceeds of live-stock, £2,375 ; unemployment subsidies, £331 ; sale of wool and other receipts, £424 : a total of £3,130 —making the net expenditure £10,849. (d) Tuparoa. —Primarily undertaken in respect of a group of blocks now comprising Whareponga Station, this scheme has been extended from time to time, and at the 31st March, 1933, covered an area of 8,777-| acres. The gross expenditure and receipts to that date amounted to £19,396, reduced by receipts, £3,542, to £15,854.

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