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Expenditure. Annual Appropriations— Vote 136 —Native-land-purchase expenses— £ a. d. £ s. d. Salaries ... ... ... ... ... 50 0 0 Interpreters' fees ... ... ... ... 10 8 0 Legal expenses ... ... ... ... ... 380 Office requisites ... ... ... ... ... 950 Postages ... ... ... ... ... 0 16 7 Travelling-expenses ... ... ... ... 233 1 6 Valuers' fees ... ... ... ... ... 26 5 0 333 4 l Unauthorized— Payment of expenses, C. T. H. Brown, on transfer, Wellington to Auckland ... .. ... ... ... 50 0 0 Section 274, Native Land Act, 1909— Amount advanced to Aotea Maori Land Board ... ... 3,000 0 0 Amount advanced to Tokerau Maori Land Board ... 7,500 0 0 . 10,500 0 0 Expenditure under the Act— Clerical assistance ... ... ... ... ... 110 0 Compensation for land ... ... ... ... 310 0 0 Fares and passages ... ... ... ... ... 2290 Fees, attending Native Land Court ... ... ... 14 14 0 Fees paid to Native Land Court on blocks purchased by Crown ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 3 10 Field and equipment allowance ... ... ... 285 7 4 Freight and wharfage ... ... ... ... 340 Hire of vehicles ... ... ... ... ... 13 10 0 Interpreters' fees ... ... ... ... ... 16 16 0 Launch-hire ... ... ... ... ... 150 Legal expenses ... ... ... ... ... 57 1 9 Office requisites ... ... ... ... ... 526 Official railway tickets ... ... ... ... 39 10 0 Preparing and mounting plans... ... ... ... 2,124 5 8 Postages ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 0 0 Purchase of Native lands ... ... ... ... 254,892 0 5 Befund of exchange ... ... ~. ... ... 25 10 0 Eefund of petty expenses ... ... ... ... 1 14 8 Salaries ... ... ... ... ... ... 686 19 6 Services of officers of other Departments ... ... 2,311 10 9 Services attesting ... ... ... ... ... 43 3 0 Survey material ... ... ... ... ... 18 11 7 Survey, Native lands... ... ... ... ... 21,938 4 1 Travelling expenses and allowances ... ... ... 227 16 0 Wages ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,024 4 0 ■ 284,108 13 1 Interest on advances ... ... ... ... ... 5,422 2 1 Sinking fund on advances ... ... ... ... 4,361 0 0 9,783 2 1 £304,774 19 3 J. W. Poynton, Secretary to Treasury. The Treasury, Wellington, 6th July, 1912.

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