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LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT Receipts and Payments Account fob the Year ended 31st March, 1944 Receipts Payments Balances at beginning of year—• £ £ Vote " Land for Settlements Expenditure " —< £ £ Cash .. .. .. .. 072,533 Salaries .. .. .. 1,000 Imprests outstanding .. .. 8,461 Accident compensation .. .. 53 Investment securities .. .. 436,365 Administration expenses— £ 1,117,359 Development expenditure .. 3,479 Sales and capital receipts— Hutt Valley settlement .. 1,118 Estates and developed areas— £ Settlements .. .. 11,370 Estates .. .. ..145,168 15,967 Buildings on estates .. 5,537 Advances for development of occupied land 8,221 Land developed under Land Audit fees .. .. .. .. 250 Laws Amendment Act, 1929 9,896 Development operations on unoccupied Buildings on land developed land— £ under Land Laws Amend- Development of land .. 4,430 ment Act, 1929 .. .. 116 Chattels .. .. .. 2,780 160,717 Seasonal expenditure and Crown lands: Section 20, Land live-stock .. 52,043 Act, 1924.. .. .. .. 129,779 Wages— £ Land Act, 1924, section 208: Development 2,644 •• Capital value of land .. .. 2,368 Seasonal 19,400 Repayment of advances: Land 22,044 Laws Amendment Act, 81,297 1929 — Grants to County Councils for maintenance Current Account £ of roads serving lands farmed by Deadvances .. 14,462 partment .. .. .. .. 2,450 Instalment Mortgage Improvements to and protection of settleadvances .. 13,206 mentlands .. .. .. 2,204 Realization Account 185 Lodgments on account of capital 27,853 values of leases— £ Deteriorated Land Act, Interest on *. ■ .. 560 1925 — Refunds of .. .. 580 Current Account 1,140 advances .. 8 Payments for improvements to outgoing - Instalment Mort- lessees .. .. .. .. 2,665 gage advance .. 423 Preliminary expenses, inspections, &c. .. 48 431 Travelling allowances and expenses ~ 28 Benmore loan advances .. 79 Transfer from Hutt Valley settlement Miscellaneous advances .. 6 receipts (Finance Act, 1932, section 11) 32,000 28,369 147,323 321,233 Interest on capital liability .. .. .. 454,091 Rents and interest from estates, Expenditure charged on proceeds of sales &c.— of land : Crown lands .. .. .. 1,228 Rents— Expenditure referring to other DepartDerived from estates .. 355,631 ments and funds'— £ Land developed under Land ' Vote" Small Farms Development" .. 459,177 Laws Amendment Act, 1929 4,379 Vote " Native Land Settlement" .. 710,373 Hutt Valley land .. .. 459 1,169,550 360,469 Balances at 31st March, 1944— Interest' — Cash .. .. .. .. 326,110 Derived from estates .. 25,233 Imprests outstanding.. .. .. 5,185 Buildings on estates .. 3,747 Investment securities held .. ..1,000,000 Land developed under Land 1,331,295 Laws Amendment Act, 1929 1,268 Buildings on land developed under Land Laws Amendment Act, 1929 51 On Hutt Valley lands .. 4,419 34,718 Royalties .. .. .. .. 558 395,745 Interest on advances— Land Laws Amendment Act, 1929— Current Account advances .. 3,651 Instalment mortgage advances 5,785 9,436 Deteriorated Land Act, 1925— Current Account advances .. 26 Instalment mortgage advances 166 192 Benmore loan .. .. .. 144 9,772 Sales of produce, live-stock, and miscellaneous receipts— Seasonal and live-stock .. .. 107,713 Chattels .. .. .. .. 749 Improvements .. .. .. 1,671 Wages subsidy .. .. ... .. 2,390 Railway maintenance.. .. .. 1,045 Apanui drainage maintenance .. .. 30 Insurance .. .. .. .. 26 * ..... 113,624 1 ' '• • Interest on investments .. .. .. 8,899 ' ' ■' Carried forward .. .« £1,966,632 Carried forward ... ... £3,103,487

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