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Life of Sir George Grey: Governor, High commissioner, and Premier. An Historical Biography.

Agriculture

Agriculture.

Grey also actively exerted himself to induce the Maoris to take to agriculture. To believe his sanguine despatches, he was largely successful. In the valley of the Waikato they had 1,000 acres under wheat, and in Nelson, in the South Island, 340 acres. Fruit, potatoes, and maize were also grown. Almost every village had a water-mill, and on one river there were ten. It is melancholy to reflect that all this fine blossom of civilisation was not destined to mature. Here and there in the North Island the Maoris grow patches of wheat, and page 64everywhere they grow sweet potatoes; but the bulk of their land has been taken from them, and the greater part of the rest is on the eve of being taken. They are examples of arrested development.