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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS, DOMAINS, AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS, ETC.—continued.

ofpeton, Item - 1927-28. VOTE No. 11.—MAINTENANCE OF IRRIGATION, 1927-28. ; DRAINAGE, AND RIVER PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT WORKS £ £ Charges for and incidental to — 1 Ex gratia payments on account of hardship to settlers from tailings, Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers improvement schemes ... ... .. 5,000 2 Expenses incidental to maintenance of dams, headworks, races, weirs, &c., Central Otago Irrigation Works ... ... ... 13,500 3 | Maintenance of river-improvement works at Waihou and Ohinemuri ... ... ... 1,000 4 ! Protection of Crown property from river-erosion ... 1,000 Estimated credits-in-aia under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Rent ... ... £100 Gross Total ... ... ... 20,500 Crhdits-IN-AID ... ... ... ... 100 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 11 ... 20,400