15 miles of shelter trees. There is some 20 miles of roading. One of the dairy training farms last year milked 144 heifers, which yielded over 15,617lb of butterfat, valued at £2,000. The first six trainees who were ‘graduated’ from the training establishment are now settled on their own farms, and each went to a new house and a milking-shed fully equipped with a modern plant. Each of them has taken a trainee, thus expanding the instructional range of the scheme even further, and accelerating the rate of occupation. In all, the scheme is now carrying stock of approximately 2,700 steers, 18,000 sheep and 550 dairy cattle; but with the pastures becoming more consolidated, it will be necessary to step up the carrying capacity immediately. The financial figures are formidable, total expenditure up to date being over £417,000, which mainly covers buildings, clearing and grassing, fencing, roading, water supply and implements. Finally, it is estimated that Pouakani will be able to sustain about 50 or 60 farms—mostly dairying—though some sheep stations may be established in the back country. And when all is achieved, it will be a most fitting ending to a story that began with a lake, a blocked channel and some Maoris who loved eels.

At last the new Maori Bible has arrived. Bishop Panapa has given Te Ao Hou the story about how the new translation was made, and how meetings of Maori people all over the country were consulted about the language in which it was to be written. Bishop Panapa, or the Rev. Panapa, as he was then, was a member of the Bible Revision Committee, and Te Ao Hou is grateful to him for this authentic and detailed story. The writer also revives some very interesting memories of Sir Apirana Ngata, who was the chief figure on the committee. This Bible will take a central place in Maori life and culture.

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