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upon this farm were valued at 46/. 4s. on the 1st of February, 
1878, the principal items being : — 
£ s. 
2 ploughs (Gray's), at 3?. 10s. each .. ..7 0 
2 harrows 5 0 
1 cart and harness 10 0 
2 sets plouL;h harness 3 0 
4 sledges " 2 0 
American disc-harrow 4 0 
Hay cutter, Richmond and Chandler's .. ,. 2 0 
Turnip pulper, Nicholson's 2 10 
A three-horse threshing-machine from the Reading Iron 
Works is moved from farm to farm as wanted. 
I have now finished with the township of Toorena, and shall 
not have occasion to describe in any such detail the work that has 
been done on other parts of the property. East and West Letter- 
gash are occupied by fifty tenants ; the best land lies, as usual, 
along the shore, inland it is mountainous, and not capable of 
much improvement. There is a prospect, however, of a great 
improvement in another direction ; excellent schools have been 
recently built, and under a competent master and mistress the 
children show great aptitude for learning, and have acquired 
habits of cleanliness and neatness that contrast most favourably 
with those surrounding them. 
At Lemnaheltia and PoUacappul great changes have been made 
by the planting of trees and gardens, but, with the exception of 
21Z. spent on sheep<lrains on the mountain side, ornament has 
been studied rather than economy in these improvements. 
In considering how far the reclamations have been successful, 
one may look at the result as it severally affects the proprietor, 
the labourer, and the country generally. I cannot yet say 
that any of the land, as it now stands, would command such an 
increased rent as to insure a good return for the capital ex- 
pended upon it. In such a climate, few men would venture to 
take an arable farm, and there is much yet to be done before the 
land can be considered fairly laid down for grazing. Upon the 
home-farm of an estate, however, much may be done with 
advantage that would not be profitable to a mere tenant. Con- 
siderable quantities of hay, straw, and oats, are required, and 
there are many advantages in obtaining these on the spot with- 
out incurring the cost of long carriage. There can be little 
<loubt that, as a general improvement to the property, these 
reclamations have a very considerable value. This is not the 
place to discuss a question of the residential value of property ; 
but any one who has been long amongst dark peat-bogs and 
barren mountains, will understand how great an ornament in 
«uch a landscape is a patch of cultivated land. 
