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has been embanked, yet a part of the farm was under water a few 
days before we made our inspection in August last. About 
197 acres of the land is very closely under-drained, the drains 
being half a chain apait and 6 feet deep. In some parts of the 
farm, however, the drains are a chain apart. The outfalls of 
the under-drains are constructed so as to enable one to examine 
the efiluent, which at the time of our inspection had the appear- 
ance of spring-water, and did not in the least tend to foul the 
open watercourse which flows through the land, and into which 
the under-drains discharge. The sewage is distributed hy 
surface-carriers, which are all cut in the earth, no expensive 
masonry or pipe-carriers being used. 
Tiie capital expended in fitting this farm for the reception of 
sewage has amounted to 13,709/. lis. Id., which sum includes 
the expenditure necessary for embanking the river. The items 
are made up as follows : — 
£ s. d. 
Levelling and draining land, forming roads,) q ^ q 
bridges and carriers ) ' 
Embanking river ,. .j 807 15 1 
Farm buildings and cottages 3,057 9 6 
£13,709 11 7 
An examination of the accounts for 1878 shows that the income 
and expenditure have been as shown in the table opposite (p. 59). 
It should be observed in reference to the above accounts that 
no rent is charged against the farm for the freehold land. On 
the other hand, no abatement is made for 54 acres of land which 
are every year taken out of the farm for the purpose of dealing 
with the sludge. It will also be observed that the amount of 
rent charged is quite as much as the whole of such land would be 
worth to an ordinary farmer, especially having regard to the fact 
that it is liable to be flooded, as has been the case during the 
present year. The two adjoining farms, we have been informed, 
are let at 21. and 3Z. 5s. respectively per acre. 
The following table gives the cropping for the year 1879 : — 
A. R. p. ' A. R. p. 
Potatoes 10 2 0 i Brought forward ..155 3 4 
Swedes 7 2 0 Oats 15 0 0 
Kohl rabi 8 20 Wheat 9 0 0 
Eye-grass 68 0 0 Grass-land 26 0 0 
Mangold 25 0 0 ' Barley 3 0 0 
Turnips 13 1 4 Land used for sludge ..17 2 0 
Peas 4 0 0 i Works (including i acre),, , o-i 
Cabbaire 12 0 0 j rhubarb) ^ 
Seeds ^ 7 00 Pxoads and stream .. .. 25 3 23 
Carried forward ..155 3 4' 271 2 IS 
