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It may be affirmed that the circumstances occurring' between ISoO 

 and 1873 are not api^licable to those existing between 1874 and 1883. 

 The following' estimates by implication (the farm account being discon- 

 tinued in 1873) are based upon the average products of the twenty-tln-ee 

 years (ISoO and 1873), and have been estimated upon the assumption as 

 regards cereals, that the quantities grown at 1873 could be maintained 

 at the preceding cost of production up to and including 1883 ; also, that 

 the prices gazetted between the two periods may fairly be stated to be 

 equal to those realised in the future. The cereals from 1873 are relatively 

 increased four luishels an acre, upon the belief that the fertility attained 

 in 1873 could be maintained during the following years of average by 

 economy in feeding, and perhaps by the ciu-tailment of the ewe flock. 

 As regards the hay, root, and green crops, it was intended that the ewe 

 flock, with the number of beasts and swine kept, should remain stationary 

 in number as between 1850 and 1873, but the prices for their relative 

 products are quoted as it is believed they have existed in the same period 

 of time, viz., from 1874 to 1883. The following diagrams show the 

 results which would have arisen on the farm in question between 

 1874 and 1883 (both inclusive) under a similar condition of husbandry, 

 and with an equal amount for collateral claims allowed, in addition to the 

 cash per-centages shown in the account. 



