B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY— continued

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1947-48. VOTE—LANDS AND SURVEY—continued 1948-49. Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. II—Miscellaneous Services £ £ £ Charges for and incidental to — Access road to Ahipara Gumfields: maintenance 226 1,000 774 Advances for protection of buildings on Crown leasehold properties 100 100 Commission on purchase of Maori lands .. 10 10 Compassionate grants to widows of deceased officers 100 100 Compensation for injuries to employees while in discharge of their duties, and contingent expenses in connection with same 100 100 29 Crown lands : protecting, clearing, grassing, draining, &c. (general), (part recoverable) .. 2,500 3,000 255 Destruction of rabbits on unoccupied Crown lands : wages and other expenses 9,250 8,500 7,466 Destruction of noxious weeds on unoccupied Crown land 9,000 7,000 6,220 Drainage-works expenditure (part recoverable)— Hauraki Plains Drainage District— Works expenditure — Central outlet drain : widening 1,100 1,100 Clearing Poa aquatica from main canals and improved river channels (on account, £7,000 ; expended, £3,67 6), (part recoverable) 2,500 2,300 1,950 Kaihere Ferry pontoon : renewal 1,730 2,400 670 Maintenance of completed works 4,500 3,700 3,394 Willow-clearing, Piako River and Puhunga Canal (recoverable) 2,000 2,000 (a) 190 Constructing and carrying on works, acquisition of land for the more effective carryingout of drainage operations, and compensation for works on private lands (part recoverable) — £ Works .. .. 9,450 Other expenditure .. 6,650 9,247 16,100 12,850 Kaihere Ferry expenses 550 650 582 {a) Work did not progress as anticipated during 1947—48 owing to the difficulty of securing labour.