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Table I.—Gross Revenue for Year ended 31st March, 1908.

Rebates of Rent. Remissions to the amount of £7,820 17s. 3d. have been granted to 8,855 tenants during the preceding twelve months, under the provisions of " The Crown Tenants' Rent Rebate Act, 1900," whilst under " The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900," 3,367 tenants have received rebates amounting to no less a sum than £18,575 19s. Bd., and the tenants on the Cheviot Settlement participated to the amount of £712 Is. 3d.; the total remissions so made under all classes of settlement being £27,108 18s. 2d. Payments of " Thirds " and " Fourths " to Local Bodies. In accordance with the provisions of " The Land Act, 1892," and its amendments, the sum of £30,710 has been paid over to the various local bodies towards the formation and maintenance of roads through blocks of land opened for settlement purposes by the Crown, detailed proposals specifying where and in what manner the accrued revenue was intended to be spent having first been approved by the Land Boards of the districts affected. In certain districts where local government is not in full operation, or where the governing bodies neglected to submit proposals, the accrued revenue, which totalled £2,071 6s. 10d., was spent by the Department of Roads under the provisions of section 121 of " The Public Works Act, 1905." Timber and Flax Royalties. In additioo to the " thirds " and " fourths " payable under the Land Act, as mentioned above, local bodies also receive half the proceeds derivable from the sale of timber or flax on ordinary Crown lands, the total amount paid over during 1907-8 amounting to £15,4.34. Medical Assistance to Settlers in sparsely populated Districts. In addition to the subsidies specified in the two foregoing paragraphs, a third mode of assistance to settlers is rendered by the granting of monetary help towards the location of medical men in districts where the settlers are too scattered to otherwise secure the services of a medical man, but with a subsidy from the Government are enabled to guarantee a sufficient income for the residence among them of a doctor. To this end the formation of medical clubs has been encouraged in outlying districts, and the following subsidies have been granted thereto : — £ £ K-.itT.ia Medical Club .. .. 50 Raetihi Medical Club .. .. 100 Kawakawa „ .. 50 Rtglan „ .. 50 Kawhia „ .. 50 Taumarunui „ .. 50 Little River „ .. .. 50 Te Nui „ .. 50 Morrinsvillo „ .. 30 Tologa Bay „ .. 75 Ohura „ .. .. 100 Waiau District Settlers' Association .. 25 Owaka „ .. .. 150 Wanaka Medical Club .. .. .. 100 Preservation Inlet „ .. 50 Whangaroa County Council (as Medical Club) 50

Territorial. Non-territorial. Land District. Total. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington ... Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury... Otago Southland... £ s. d. 60,035 6 5 19,033 0 5 12,149 4 0 32,248 0 7 10,197 8 9 12,002 19 4 13,326 4 0 53,708 2 4 59,925 8 1 15,692 2 10 £ s. d. 49,801 12 4 50,801 3 6 3 8 65,014 7 5 18,872 14 5 20,952 6 0 4,214 3 3 87,639 6 2 45,563 12 1 16,381 5 10 £ s. d. 109,836 18 9 69,834 3 11 23,385 7 8 97,262 8 0 29,070 3 2 32,955 5 4 17,540 7 3 141,347 8 6 105,489 0 2 32,073 8 8 Totals 288,317 16 9 370,476 14 8 658,794 11 5 Estimated revenue £256,000 0 0 £310,200 0 0 £566,200 0 0 Difference ... £92,594 11 6