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LAND FOE SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT— continued Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1946 Receipts Payments Balances at beginning of year— £ £ Vote" Land for Settlements Expenditure"— £ £ Cash .. .. .. .. .. 116,637 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 1,066 Imprests outstanding .. .. .. 27,200 Accident compensation .. .. .. 78 Investment securities .. .. .. 600,000 Acquisition of land and interest therein .. 2,742 743,837 : Administration expenses— £ Transfer from National Development Loans Account 1,500,000 Development expenditure .. .. 1,120 Sales and capital receipts— Hutt Valley settlement .. .. 114 Estates and developed areas— £ Settlements .. .. .. 9,206 Estates .. .. .. .. 105,429 10,440 Buildings on estates .. .. 6,059 Advances for development of occupied Land developed under Land Laws land .. .. .. .. .. 9,196 Amendment Act, 1929 .. .. 7,441 Audit fees .. .. .. .. .. 250 Buildings on land developed under Development operations on unoccupied Land Laws Amendment Act, 1929 .. 41 land— 118,970 Development operations— Crown lands: Section 20, Land Act, 1924 .. 190,367 Chattels .. .. .. 202 Land Act, 1924, section 208: Capital Development wages .. .. 618 value of land .. ... .. .. 678 Materials and services .. .. 1,711 Repayment of advances— 2,531 Land Laws Amendment Act, 1929— Farming operations— Current Account advances .. 9,445 Live-stock .. .. .. 982 Instalment mortgage advances .. 5,498 Seasonal expenditure .. .. 3,202 Realization Account .. .. 1,541 Seasonal wages .. .. .. 2,650 16,484 6,834 Deteriorated Land Act, 1925 : In- Grants to County Councils for maintenance stalment mortgage advances .. .. 285 of roads serving lands farmed by DepartBenmore loan advances .. . . . . 60 ment .. .. .. .. .. 77 Miscellaneous advances .. .. .. 4 Improvement to and protection of settle326,848 ment land .. .. .. .. 1,092 Rents and interest from estates, &c.— Lodgments on account of capital values Rents— £ of leases— Derived from estates .. .. 339, 398 Interest on .. .. . . 570 Land developed under Land Laws Refunds of .. .. .. 191 Amendment Act, 1929 .. .. 3,764 761 Hutt Valley land .. .. .. 27 Payments for improvements to outgoing lessees 2,674 Interest— Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. 109 Derived from estates .. .. 22,214- Transfer from Hutt Valley Settlement receipts Buildings on estates .. .. 3,491 (Finance Act, 1932, section 11) .. .. 10,000 Land developed under Land Laws 47,850 Amendment Act, 1929 .. .. 1,032 Interest on capital liability .. .. .. .. 400,000 Buildings on land developed under Interest and other charges on loans . . . . . . 96,841 Land Laws Amendment Act, 1929 .. 31 Expenditure charged on proceeds of sales of land . . .. 19,722

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