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Item. 1918-19. MISCELLANEO U S SERVICES— continued. 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 VOTE No. 63— continued. Charges for and incidental to — continued. South Westland mail-steamer subsidy ... Special rates to local authorities Specimens of native trees forwarded to United Kingdom Stewart Island: Interest on £2,000, part purchasemoney; annual payment, £160 State Forests Account: Contribution towards assistance to farmers for tree-planting Stock Resting Reserve— Block IV, Katikati Survey District: Grant towards clearing and fencing Survey, fencing, and formation of deviation of road of access, Block 1, Mangawhero, Tauakira Block, and purchase of land for same... Tarawera Bridge and river-bank protection (£1,500), (on account) ... Te Akau to Raglan ferry service : Subsidy Teremakau River protective works (subsidy, £1 for£l) Thames County Council: Rates, Hauraki Plains drain age area ... Tokanui-IIaldane Road, Southland Tokatoka Block— Drain through Section 62, Block XVI, Tokatoka : Cost of acquisition, severance, Ac. ... To Kowhai outlet-drain through Section 1, Block XVI, Tokatoka (subsidy) Tokatoka, Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Blocks— Formation of roads and widening drains under control of Otamatea County. Council Widening and improving drains under control of Raupo Drainage Board ... Tokatoka Swamp— Metalling stopbank and roads (subsidy, £1 for £1) Stopbank and drainage Tokatoka Swamp drainage (subsidy, £1 for £1 up to £300, with grant £700) ... Track: Blackford to Double Hill, to give access to runs (Canterbury), (subsidy, £1 for £1) Upper Waioeka District: Improvement to roads and tracks Value of improvements on pastoral and small grazingruns on expiry of license, payment of, to outgoing lessees Waikato River Board— Clearing willows, grant towards Ohinewai (Churchill Channel) : Clearing and dredging (subsidy, £4 for £1) Waikato River : Repairing groynes Waimarino Relief Fund : Grant to Association in aid of settlers in burnt areas ... Waitakaruru Stream Road ... Waitakaruru: Shed for wharf Waitakaruru-Pokeno Road ... Waitakururu Stream: Improvement to River Bank Waitoa Drainage Board— Subsidy (£1 for £1) towards clearing Waiharakoke Stream Waitoa River, snagging (above junction with Piako River) Waiwhero Drain (subsidy, £1 for £1) Wanganui River (improvement) Wanganui River mail service £ £ 600 25 20 160 1,000 60 180 500 30 200 108 1,980 20 200 2,952 1,748 .■* 401 402 403 650 750 ' 404 1,000 405 200 406 290 2,000 407 408 308 409 410 400 500 411 412 413 414 415 500 105 30 200 1,300 416 750 417 418 419 190 33 3,000 775 18—B. 7.