have found it most difficult to meet the rent, but that is due to the dry season.

7032. To Mr VENN: My sheep pay better than anything else on the farm. What I want is more land and cheaper rent. I would also like to mention what I consider to be the excessive freight on machinery charged by the Railway Department. To pay £10 freight on a harvester from Fremantle here is beyond all reason.

(The witness retired.)

The Commission adjourned.