B—7 [PT. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY —continued

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VOTE —LANDS AND SURVEY —continued 1945-46. • 1946-47. Subdivision No. II—Miscellaneous Services — Voted. Expended. continued Charges for and incidental to—continued £ £ £ Drainage - works expenditure (part recoverable) —continued Waihi Drainage Area — £ Maintenance of completed works 1,550 Purchase of plant . . .. 100 1,650 1,650 1,240 Main drain improvement (not recoveri able) (a) 2,206 600 Exchange of Crown lands for private lands (adjustments).. .. ■ .. 100 100 Grants to officers in lieu of leave on retirement 200 New Plymouth Harbour Board Endowment Account: one-fourth of proceeds of sales, &c., payable to Harbour Board 2,000 2,000 1,879 Orakei Block, Auckland — Payment of commisions on sales £ of land .. .. .. 20 Water rates and other incidential charges .. .. .. 40 60 110 57 Otamakapua Block : rent 883 883 883 37 Payment for improvements effected 500 500 Payment of costs arising out of motor accidents, including administration 100 100 5 Payment of rents, &c., of properties leased 429 from owners under small-farms plan 500 500 Payment of sustenance to occupiers of small farms 10 10 Payment to dependants of monetary equi250 valent of leave due to deceased officers 100 300 Bates to local authorities 900 1,000 919 Bates (drainage) on unoccupied Crown lands under — Hauraki Plains Act, 1926 560 550 730 Bangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910 200 250 " 1,174 Swamp Drainage Act, 1915 1,200 1,000 Beclamation of sand-dune and dune areas and purchase of marram-grass (part recoverable) 800 800 573 (a) Subsidence of land following drainage operations necessitates the deepening of main drains.