EXPENDITURE ON SPECIAL SETTLEMENTS (NORTH ISLAND).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1873 Session I, D-13

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1873. NEW ZEALAND.

EXPENDITURE ON SPECIAL SETTLEMENTS (NORTH ISLAND).

Return io an Order of the House of Representatives, dated 18th July, 1873, " That there be laid upon the Table a Return of the Total Expenditure incurred respectively, in the Special Settlements at Palmerston, at Opaki, at the Seventy-Mile Bush, and at any other Special Settlements that may have been founded. The Return to be irrespective of any charges that may have been debited against the immigrants, and to include all sums expended on the settlements from the time of leaving the ship's side to the present date ; to state in the case of each settlement how many of the original settlers remain on their locations, and what has become (if known) of those who have left them. Also, how much of the original cost has been charged against the settlers, and how much of this has been paid."— (Mr. Reeves.) Eeturn of Total Expenditure on Special Settlements in North Island to 30th June, 1873, showing the Amount Expended to date, the Amount Charged to the Settlers, and the Sums Recovered on account of same; also the Number of Settlers remaining on their Locations, and what has hecomc of those who have left.

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RETURN of TOTAL EXPENDITURE on SPECIAL SETTLEMENTS in NORTH ISLAND to 30th June, 1873, showing the AMOUNT EXPENDED to date, the AMOUNT CHARGED to the SETTLERS, and the SUMS RECOVERED on account of same; also, the NUMBER of SETTLERS remaining on their Locations, and what has become of those who have left.

By Authority : Ghohob Didsdvey, Government Frinter, Wellington.—lB73.

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Date of Arrival. Number of Families. Statute Adults. Total CoBt of Locating. Recoverable from Settlers. Recoveries res. e" t Cost to to r» Batp GovernJJate- ment. Ultimate Cost to Government. Settlement. Ship. Nationality. Remarks. I 27 and 30 single men £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. cl. £ s. a. £ b. d. Pnlmerston, Manawatu, Wellington Province Celseno and England 1872. Feb. 2 102 Scandinavians 920 16 7 670 17 4 402 0 0| 518 16 7 249 19 3 Twenty-four families have settled on their land.'Jfor which they are paying with great regularity, by instalments, besides paying off their debt to the Government for cost of location. One family has removed to Napier, to join some friends, and the other two families have taken service in the neighbourhood. Of the thirty single men, twenty-three have settled down like the married men, two have gone as shepherds on the Ruataniwha Plains, one is a tailor at high wages, and one a shopman at Napier, and the other three are working on the Hutt Railway works. Mar. 9 llauriceville and Ekatahuara, Forty-Mile Bush, Wellington All the married men are settled on their locations, and are rapidly paying off their debt to Government. All but four of the single men are likewise settled. Two have moved into Palmerston to join friends, and the other two have taken work from Bettlers in the Wairarapa. England, llaleiouo, and ForfarBhire Mar. 9 July 27 1873. Mar. 2 53i 27 26 Ditto 197 17 10 197 17 10 138 8 6 55 9 4 Nil. Norsewood and Dannevirk, Seventy - Mile Bush, Hawke's Bay Hovding and Ballarat 1872. Sept. 15 63 All these but six have settled on their land, viz., four joiners and two weavers, who had high offers to return to Napier to settle. 174, Ditto •793 9 0 t240 0 0 322 0 0 471 9 0 Sept. 15 22 66 *This total cost includes £251 10s. for two schoolhouses, the attendance at which is, 50 children at Norsewood, and 25 at Dannevirk. t It was intended that each statute adult Bhould contribute JE1, but the contributions have exceeded that amount. 22nd July, 1873. Ch. E. Haughton, J. P. Ballaiid, Accountant, Immigration.