TO Dice. igiJ.l Report on Leongaf lid Labour Coloiiv. 723 



dryness c'x[)t'rieiic(_'(l, ?^rl)e con- 

 sidered tiiirly siitisf'jictory. the 

 uverim'e ri'tiirns Iicjul;- ;is fol- 

 lows : — 



Oats for silayH — yield, 3 tons jjcr acre. 

 Peas — yield, 20 busliels per acre. 

 Hay (oats and wheat) — yield, 2 tons 



per acre. 

 Sorghum — yield, 10 tons ]ier acr<'. 

 Maize and millet — fed off. 

 Potatoes — yield. 3 tons per acre. 

 Apples, exported — 600 cases. 



,, local sales — 667 cases. 

 Plums — 28 cases. 

 Peaches — 9 cases. 

 Quinces — 8 cases. 

 Pears — -k^^ cases. 

 Strawberries — 1,596 lbs. 

 Red currants — 29 lbs. 

 Black currants — 304 lbs. 

 Raspberries — 397 lo lbs. 

 Almonds — 25 lbs. 

 Walnuts (green) — 44 lbs. 

 Tomato plants— 4,102. 

 Cabbage plants — 920. 

 Rhubarb bunches — 472. 

 Tomatoes — 46 cases. 

 Lavender cuttings — 32,600. 



Buildings. 



The l)iiildiiig's consist of iiiauii- 

 ger's house, stores and otiices, 

 staff and men's quarters, six 

 men's huts, and dining-rooms, 

 fruit-house, stables, harn. and 

 im]»lement slieds, engine and 

 pum]ting plant l)uilding, dairy- 

 man's house, milking and shelter 

 sheds, piggery and accommoda- 

 tion yards, milkers' and pigmen's 

 huts, and several cattle shelter 

 sheds. Most of these have been 

 erected by colonists ; they are 

 complete and modern without 

 being extravagant, and will bear 

 comparison for economy and 

 utility with similar farm build- 

 ings in any i)art of the State. 

 These improvements a'-e kept 

 in thorongh re])air by the 

 colonists. During the past year 

 commodious piggeries have been 

 erected on the farm capalile 

 of holding 15<» pigs in the 



