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STATEMENT in Detail of the NET EXPENDITURE under the DEPARTMENTAL VOTES for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES of the LAND FUND ACCOUNT for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1884.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1883-84.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s.* a. CLASS XIII—MINISTER OF LANDS AND MINES :— Vote No. 63—Crown Lands, Miscellaneous :— Item 1—Fees to and travelling dxpenses of members of Waste Lands Boards, — Fees Travelling expenses .. .. 964 0 0 287 5 5 * Item 2—Compiler of Deeds of old Native Land Purchases .. Item 3 —Refund to Titanic Steel Company Item 4—To assist Public Domains in developing local industries and raising plants for distribution, — Auckland Domain Board .. • .. Christchurch „ Dunedin „ ,. .. Wellington Botanical Gardens Board Miscellaneous 1,251 5 5 60 0 0 3,000 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 170 0 0 970 C 0 Item 5—Remission of royalty to the Westport Colliery Company Item 6—Compensation to be paid for removal of buildings from the Brunnerton Coal Mining Company's leasehold .. Item 7 —Forest-Tree Planting, grants in aid— Canterbury Plantation Board County Lake Miscellaneous 570 3 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 4 5 0 354 5 0 Item 8—Outstanding claims recommended by Royal Commission on volunteer scrip Item 9—Expenses connected with the development of Thermal Springs,— Salaries and wages Travelling expenses Buildings, fencing, timber, &c. H. T. Clarke, for services re Rotorua Township Food supplied to Natives Ditching, tunnelling, planting, &c. Advertising and printing Miscellaneous 1,916 10 11 262 9 10 3,300 19 6 332 15 2 37 0 0 243 5 11 66 2 11 145 9 0 31 19 0 Item 10—Soitlomont of outstanding claims of the New Zealand Company at New Plymouth Item 11 —Payment for land taken in settlement of the Waipawa dispute between John Harding and the Natives Item 12 —Compensation to A. Mackay and 51. Morton, in settlement of dispute as to water-race Item 13—Advance to Wiremu Mita Hikairo, for travelling expenses in connection with Rotorua Thermal Springs .. Item 14 —Claim of George Gutch, under a New Plymouth land order Item 15—Interest on £2,000, part purchase-money of Stewart Island, 1st April, 1882, to 31st March, 1883 Item 16—Law costs, appeal case, Maitland v. Mervyn Item 17—Building school at Canvas Town Item 18 —Compensation in lieu of land or scrip recommended by Royal Commission.. .. Item 19—Expenses connected with alleged evasion of Land Act in Otago— Law costs .. .. ., .. ,, Transcribing notes Deposit on appeal, Maitland v. Smith Travelling expenses Printing 6,304 13 3 298 19 8 204 2 6 67 5 0 20 0 0 280 6 5 128 0 0 247 6 1 50 0 0 30 0 0 169 1 1 12 12 0 20 0 0 93 7 8 39 13 0 334 13 9 117 3 0 Item 20 —Destruction of the " Kea" pest Item 21—Compensation to B. S. Allen for loss of portion of road-line Item 22—Purchase of land scrip Contribution towards drain at railway-station ground at Westport .. • • % 25 0 0 200- 0 0 50 0 0 Total Net Expenditure, Vote No. 63 .. £14,595 8 1