Difficulty of Getting the Produce of their Orchards to the Market;

the nearest accessible railway station—Lawrence—being 40 miles from [unclear: then] average. That the industry, even when limited to the growing of the [unclear: fruit], on a small scale and with a long cartage, was a remunerative one, he [unclear: co] proved by the fact that for this season the returns to the growers at [unclear: Ror]—which includes Teviot and Coal Creek—after payment of all expenses, amount between £4,000 and £5,000. The hop was another product of large [unclear: con] that could be cultivated to great perfection throughout the greater portion [unclear: of] Otago. At Alexandra he had seen a sample of