B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY— continued

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1948-49. 1947-48. Voted. Expended. VOTE —LANDS AND SURVEY—continued £ £ £ Subdivision No. II —Miscellaneous Services — continued Charges for ani> incidental to —continued Exchange of Crown lands for private lands (adjustments) New Plymouth.- Harbour Board Endowment Account: one-fourth of proceeds of sales, &c., payable to Harbour Board Otamakapua Block: rent Payment for improvements effected Payment of costs arising out of motor accidents, including administration Rates to local authorities Rates (drainage) on unoccupied Crown lands under — Hauraki Plains Act, 1926 Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910 Swamp Drainage Act, 1915 .. Reclamation of sand-dune and dune areas and purchase of marram-grass (part recoverable) Rent and interest concessions to ex-servicemen Repairs and alterations to buildings on Crown lands Repairing stop-banks (part recoverable): works expenditure — Hauraki West Drainage Board Area Hauraki United Drainage Board Stewart Island—Interest on £2,000, part purchase-money : annual payment Subsidies — Kawhia Harbour Board Koromatua Outlet Drain : reconditioning Lake Wakatipu wharves : maintenance .. Pipiriki-Otamungo mail-service Rangitaiki Land Drainage: subsidy on maintenance rates (10s. for £1) Tangowahine Settlement: maintenance of drains (£1 for £1) .. Wanaka-Minaret mail-service .. 100 1,800 883 500 500 1,240 660 260 1,200 650 (a) 35,000 500 4,450 1,988 135 250 40 50 286 7,054 409 20 100 2,000 883 500 100 900 • 660 260 1,200 800 500 4,200 1,900 150 500 40 100 286 7,717 343 20 1,768 883 86 967 522 221 1,018 580 127 2,465 1,835 141 500 100 358 5,399 274 25 (a) For rent and interest in excess of rates fixed for ex-servicemen. Previously charged to War Expenses Account.