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the year. The reservations made totalled thirty-seven, covering an area of 1,060 acres. A summary of work carried out under this heading is given below : — Purpose Number of of Reservations Area. Reserve. made. a. e. p. Bird-sanctuary .. .. .. .. . . 2 1120 Cemetery .. .. .. .. .. ..2 518 Gravel . . . . . . .. .. .. 4 18 1 16-14 Municipal .. .. .. .. .. ..1 010-2 Plantation .. .. .. .. .. . . 3 529 116 Public-school sites . . .. .. .. 4 16 1 28 Public-school sites, additions to .. .. . . 2 1 0 23 Raceman's cottage site . . . . .. .. 1 0 0 37 Recreation .. .. .. .. .. ..10 159 3 11-56 Resting-place for travelling stock .. .. 3 16 3 4 River protection and improvement .. .. 2 300 1 20 War memorial site .. .. .. .. .. 1 0 1 30-3 Waterworks and sites for pumping-stations .. .. 2 0 0 39-18 37 1,060 0 33-38 The above does not include areas that have been vested in the Crown as public reserves in town subdivisions pursuant to the provisions of section 16 of the Land Act, 1924. Also not included in the above are areas reserved for the preservation of Native fauna and flora comprising all the islands in the Kermadec Group, excepting an area of 275 acres of freehold land on Raoul or Sunday Island, and also an estimated area of 129,600 acres, being Auckland Island, Rose Island, Disappointment Island, Enderby Island, and Ewing Island, being part of the group known as the Auckland Islands.

Expenditure. Summary of Expenditure approved during the Year ended 31st March, 1934.

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Name of Vote or Account. Gr03s E *P™diture. Recoveries. Net Expenditure. Vote, Lands and Survey— £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Subdivision I .. .. .. .. .. 138,972 214,874 18 2 87,195 14 9 127,679 3 5 Subdivision II .. .. .. .. .. 28,934 22,488 13 0 .. 22,488 13 0 Subdivision III .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,003 1,490 9 1 .. 1,490 9 1 Total, Vote, Lands and Survey .. .. .. 171,909 238,854 0 3 87,195 14 9 151,658 5 6 Vote, Land for Settlement: Expenses .. .. .. 4,226 4,849 15 0 2,294 6 8 2,555 8 4 Vote, Discharged Soldiers Settlement: Expenses of Management .. 57,040 37,039 0 0 .. 37,039 0 0 Vote, Swamp Land Drainage— Subdivision I, Swamp Land Drainage .. .. .. 4,490 6,915 4 2 2,184 4 9 4,730 19 5 Subdivision II, Hauraki Plains Settlement .. .. .. 18,025 17,909 12 1 8,681 3 5 9,228 8 8 Vote, Settlement of Unemployed Workers .. .. .. 510,000 173,291 10 4 1,182 7 2 3 2 Vote, Native Land Settlement .. .. .. .. 3,000 1,404 4 0 .. 4 0 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. 768,690 480,263 5 10 101,537 16 9 378,725 9 1 Other Accounts. Expenditure under special Acts of the Legislature—Section 295 (2), Land Act, 6,385 13 8 .. 6 385 13 8 1924 Discharged Soldiers Settlement Account .. .. .. .. 408,191 4 7 831 16 2 407,359 8 5 Land for Settlements Account— Expenses incidental to estates .. .. .. .. .. 2,076 5 2 703 16 11 1,372 8 3 Acquirement of estates .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 0 0 1,352 16 6 Cr. 1,350 16 6 Administration expenses of estates .. .. .. .. .. 9,277 3 8 .. 9 277 3 8 Expenditure under section 6, Land Laws Amendment Act, 1929 .. 42,146 15 5 6,049 15 8 3e'o96 19 9 Expenditure under section 7, Land Laws Amendment Act, 1929 .. 28,181 0 9 .. 28,'181 0 9 Expenditure under section 9, Land Laws Amendment Act, 1929 .. 1.739 16 10 .. 16 10 Expenditure under section 13, Land Laws Amendment Act, 1929 . . 58,071 19 4 3,078 5 3 14 1 Expenditure under section 14, Land Laws Amendment Act, 1929 .. 3,834 14 8 .. 3,834 14 8 Expenditure under section 15, Land Laws Amendment Act, 1929 .. 333 6 0 . . '333 6 0 Expenditure under section 105, Land for Settlements Act, 1925 .. .. 629 18 0 .. 629 18 0 Expenditure under section 49 (1), Land for Settlements Act, 1925 .. 316 0 0 .. 316 0 0 Expenditure under section 4 (8), Land for Settlements Amendment Act, 1927 10,165 0 0 .. 10,165 0 0 Interest under section 208 (8) of the Land Act, 1924 . . .. .. 266 4 4 .. 266 4 4 Expenditure under section 20 (3), Land Act, 1924 . . .. .. 207 3 0 .. 207 3 0 Expenditure under section 83 (3), Land Act, 1924 .. .. .. 135 0 0 . . 135 0 0 Expenditure under section 13, Land Laws Amendment Act, 1926 .. 74,120 9 10 .. 74,120 9 10 Expenditure under section 20, Land Laws Amendment Act, 1927 . . 255 0 0 .. '255 0 0 Expenditure under section 47, Land Laws Amendment Act, 1929 .. 8,477 12 0 .. 8,477 12 0 Expenditure under section 13, Land Laws Amendment Act, 1930 .. 2,022 15 9 . . 2 022 15 9 Expenditure under section 15 (3), Land Laws Amendment Act, 1930 .. 511 19 11 .. ,511 19 11 Expenditure under section 11, Deteriorated Lands Act, 1925 .. .. 70 4 11 .. 70 4 11 Expenditure under section 10, Native Land Amendment Act, 1932 .. 1,222 19 9 .. 1 222 19 9 Interest under section 19 (4), Finance Act, 1930 (No. 2) .. .. 18,508 0 10 .. 18!ō08 0 10 Expenditure under section 24, Finance Act, 1931 (No. 4) .. .. 1,533 2 8 .. 2 8 Expenditure under section 11 (1), Finance Act, 1932 .. .. .. 136 9 11 .. 136 9 11 Expenditure under section 11 (2) (a), Finance Act, 1932 .. .. 6,729 15 8 .. 6,729 15 8 Expenditure under section 6, Finance Act, 1932 (No. 2) .. .. 230 0 0 . . '230 0 0 Farm Accounts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,219 15 7 .. 6,219 15 7 General Purposes Account —Ellesmere Lands Drainage Act, 1905, section 6 .. 474 19 0 .. 474 19 0 Refunds of revenue, Deposit Account expenditure, expenditure under special 46,912 2 10 . . 46,912 2 10 Acts of the Legislature . Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. 739,384 14 1 12,016 10 6 727,368 3 7 Grand totals .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,219,647 19 11 113,554 7 3 1,106,093 12 8