Cereals in good condition ; hay good ; other crops suffering a little from dryness at present. The crop in strong lands is badly laid in places, owing to too rank a growth ; great freedom from disease or insect of any kind. The approximate ex tent under crop is :— Wheat, 319 acres ; barley, 26 ; oats, 1876 ; potatoes, 35 ; turnips, 17 ; grass, 4768 ; oaten and grass hay, 35. In wheat, barley, and oats there is a decrease this year ; potatoes, turnips, and hay are about the same ; and in grass there is an increase. The har vest was general in February. The pro bable yield per acre is : — Wheat, 42 bushels ; barley, 40 lushels ; oats, 37 bushels ; potatoes, 3£ tons. The quantity of newly broken up land this season is very slight. Considerable improve ment and enlargement have been made to farm steadings in the district, and more attention has been paid to live fences. But in other respects there is little alteration to report. A decrease in the cultivation of cereals, and a corres ponding increase in the quantity of land under artificial grasses, is the most notice able feature ; the quantity of wool pro duced by small proprietors still continues steadily on the increase. Oats remain the chief staple, although a much smaller area is under that crop this, than last year ; the low price of this grain last season (never ex3eeding 2s 4d, and only that for a short time), and the large quantity of last season's crop still remain ing in growers' hands has had a discourag ing effect. One of the most abundant grass seasons ever known with us, allowed stock of all discriptions to go into good order at once, a condition which has been maintained throughout. Owing to the prosecution of public works, there has been an improved home consumption for most articles. Butter, of which we for merly sent a considerable quantity to Dunedin, now finds ready sale with us at full rates. 