B—7 [Pt. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY— continued

(a) Includes cost of advertising land for selection by ex-servicemen. (6 For renovation of offices and for purchase of furniture and fittings for additional staff. Provision also made for £6,000 not brought to charge 1947-48. (c) Increased provision is necessary in order to maintain the programme for settlement of ex-servicemen. (d) Includes expenditure, £4,000, not brought to charge, 1947-48. <e) Expenses of agricultural college lecturers in attending conference on research into valuation and farming statistics, £9 13s. 9d.; safe-deposit fees, 10s.; exchange on dishonoured cheques, 14s. 9d.: total, £lO 18s. 6d.

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1947-48. VOTE—LANDS AND SURVEY— no ntinued 1948-49. Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. I — Administration —continued Other Charges for and incidental to— £ £ 1 £ continued i Office expenses (a) 13,700 4,600 4,763 Office furniture and fittings, including y alterations to premises (6) 16,000 11,000 (6) 6,162 Overtime and meal allowances (c) 9,500 6,000 4,122 Payments to Post and Telegraph Department 16,000 12,000 15,288 Printing and stationery 8,500 5,000 8,275' Rent .. 9,000 9,000 8,594 Rural cadets : cost of training 1,200 456 1,178 Statutes : annotation 75 75 70 Surveying and draughting instruments : Surveyors' equipment, camp gear, &c. —■ £ Purchase 8,500 Maintenance 500 (d) 9,000 7,800 4,860 Surveys, &c. (part recoverable) — £ Aerial photography 20,000 Settlement and general surveys .. 20,000 Topographical (including expenses of Geographical Board) 2,000 Trigonometrical 3,000 Maori land 400 45,400 7,000 41,250 35,059 Transfer and removal expenses . . 6,000 8,161 Travelling allowances and expenses — £ Motor hire 350 Motor-mileage allowances 1,700 Travelling-allowances 4,700 Travelling-expenses 8,450 15,200 14,800 13,813 Contingencies 50 50 (e)ll 338,990 278,551 263,178 Total — Subdivision No. I 873,990 761,151 729,091