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STATEMENT in Detail of the EXPENDITURE for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— contd.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1903-1904.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 7,676 14 7 Brought forward CLASS XXII.—DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY— continued. Vote No. 83 —Miscellaneous Services — continued. Item 60—Refunds on account of lands disposed of, short acreage, &c Item 61—Refunds for improvements effected Item 62—Remission of rent under section 53 of " The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900," — D. Brown, Seotion 8, Block XL, Clifford Bay M. J. Dviyer, Section 6, Beaumont R. White, Seotion 28, Maerewhenua G. Newman, Sections 44 and 46, Momona M. O'Connor, Section 29, Maerewhenua R. Gordon, Section 30, Maerewhenua J. O'Connor, Section 31, Maerewhenua A. Whyte, Section 27, Maerewhenua G. A. Scott, Section 27, Merivale J. Scott, Section 25, Merivale R. Scott, Section 28, Merivale Item 63—Remission of rent to A. Greer, Small Grazing-run No. 13, Wairaki Item 64 —Remission of rent under section 4 of " The Crown Tenants' Rent Rebate Act, 1900,"— P. Mooney, Section 12, Block XIX., New River Hundred .. J. C. Collins, Section 4, Block X., Waikawa Item 65—Remission of rents on account of damage by flood, — Mahora Estate Tomoana Estate Item 66 —Repayment to Loans to Local Bodies Account of amount overspent on Puhipuhi Block Item 67 —Repayment of amount spent out of Government Loans to Looal Bodies Account on Rawhitiroa Block, now reserved as a State forest Item 68—Repayment to Loans to Looal Bodies Account of loading on portion of Seotion 3, Block XL, Opaku, reserved as a State forest Item 69—Resumption of part of Section 77, Tikorangi, for scenic purposes Item 70 —River protective works (Wanganui River, South Westland) : Subsidy to Westland County Council (£1 for £1) Item 71—Somes Island plantation Item 72 —South Westland mail-steamer subsidy, monthly service Item 73 —St. Albans Borough Counoil: Subsidy for purohase of reoreation-ground (£1 for £1) Item 74 —Subsidy to doctors in outlying districts Item 75 —Subsidy towards purchase of land for cemetery at Belfast Item 76 —Subsidy towards purohase of portion of Kaiti Hill, Gisborne, for recreation-ground (£1 for £1) Item 77—Subsidy towards providing recreation-ground at Thames Item 78—Subsidy towards purchase of land for cemetery at Gladstone (£1 for £1) .. Item 79 —Subsidy for steamer servioe, Wanganui River Item 80 —Subsidy towards purchase of Richmond Park, Nelson, for show-ground, &c (£1 for £2) .. Item 81—Subsidy for drain through part of Seaward Bush Township (£1 for £2) .. Item 82 —Subsidy to Hyde Domain Board for fencing (£1 for £1) Item 83 —Subsidy for purohase of a domain and show-ground, Waipu (£1 for £1) Item 84 —Subsidy for doctor, Kawhia District Item 85—To prevent encroachment of rivers on Crown reserves Item 86 —Value of buildings on Seotion 115, Epuni Hamlet, reserved for a school-site Item 87 —Westland Acclimatisation Society (£1 for £1) Item 88—Wire rope and cage over Rangitikei River at Omatane 46 2 8 58 9 10 15 14 6 9 12 0 5 5 0 28 0 0 6 8 0 9 6 0 34 16 0 28 3 2 38 18 10 242 9 5 33 2 0 5 11 0 3 6 0 5 11 3 164 10 2 280 15 7 18 13 10 8 17 0 275 11 5 133 1 4 2 7 1 351*10 2 250 0 0 774 1 3 168 15 0 225 0 0 412* 1 11 94*10 9 57 6 8 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 83 £10,899 8 0