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STATEMENT of the EXPENDITURE of the LAND FUND ACCOUNT under SPECIAL ACTS of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY for the YEAR ended 31st March, 1881.

STATEMENT in Detail of the NET EXPENDITURE under the DEPARTMENTAL VOTE for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES of the LAND FUND ACCOUNT for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1881.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1880-81.

EXPENDITURE. Peehanext Appeopeiations :— Subsidies paid to Local Bodies, — Under Section 2, " Financial Arrangements Act, 1880," — Counties ... Boroughs ... ... ... ... ... ... Road Boards Eiver Boards £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 46,555 15 5 31,309 2 11 30,239 15 o 2,401 9 7 Land Revenue paid over to Counties, — Under "The Financial Arrangements Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1877," Section 6,— Twenty per cent, of Land Sales paid to Counties ,., Sales of Land on Deferred Payments,— UDder " The Land Act, 1877," Section 59, — Payments of one-third of proceeds to— Counties Road Boards ... ,,. .. ... .., 110,506 2 u M f 11,480 9 8 I.S2S >3 4 3.385 10 « 4.9 1> 3 5 " New Plymouth Harbour Board Endowment Act, 1874," — Twenty-five per cent, of the Proceeds of Land sold within the Provincial District of Taranald, to 31st March, 1881 ... 9,296 6 7 "Railways Construction Act, 1878," — Receipts derived from Proceeds of Sales of Land transferred to Ellesmere and Forsyth Reclamation and Akaroa Railway Trust Account in the Public Works Fund, to 31st March, 1881 ... i.5'9 2 7 Total Permanent Appropriations ,.. ... £ 137.713 S 2

MINISTER OF LANDS AND MINES :— Vote No. 67 —Ceown Lands, Miscellaneous :— Item 1 —Compensation for Determination of Lease of Runs ... Item 2 —Fees to, and Travelling Expenses of, Members of Waste Lands Boards, — Fees Travelling Expenses £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 3,286 11 $ 786 4 o 228 19 9 J.0'5 3 9 Item 3 —Refund to Titanic Steel Company of Amount paid on Land Item 4 —Refund of Amounts paid for Lands which proved after Survey to be leas than Areas purchased Item 5 —To give effect to Recommendations of Waste Lands Committee in case of W Burton Item 6 —Amount for Rent of Government House, HoKtika, for twelve months ended 31st December, 1879, divided between Literary Society and Fire Brigade Item 7 —Compiler of Deeds of old Native Land Purchases, 1 April, 1880, to 31 March, 1881 Item 8 —Three months' extra Salary to the Auctioneer in the Land Department, Dunedin .. Item 9 —Compensation to J Simpson for 13 Acres of Land fronting the Awanui River, found to have been granted to J Smith ... Item 10 —Refund of Survey Fees which have been paid to the Provincial Account of the late Province of Otago Item 11 —Scrip exercised in Purchase of Land on Deforred Payments ... Item 12 —Expenses in the Appeal Case, Spence v. Pearson ... 542 o 10 50 o o 280 o o 200 O O 1,196 o 7 677 o 5 210 19 10 Total Net Expenditure, Vote No. 67 ... 16 io VIS