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i 1875. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND FUND IN PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS, (RETURN OF).

(Being a Return to an Order of the Souse of Representatives, dated 12th August, 1875.) " That there he laid upon the Table a Return showing the estimated amount of Land Fund to be received within each Provincial District for the period from Ist November, 1875, to 30th June, 1876; together with the estimated amount to be raised in aid by the issue of Treasury Bills, under the provisions of section 17 of the Abolition of Provinces Act. Also, the estimated amount for each Provincial District chargeable against the Land Fund by subsections 1, 2, and 3of section 16 of the said Act; together with the estimated amount for Departmental Services for local Public Works and Education proposed to be charged against the Land Fund by the Financial Statement. The balance between these estimated receipts and charges to be struck, and the sum shown which will be available for the purposes mentioned in subsections 1 and 2 of section 18 of the said Act."— {Mr. Wood.)