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STATEMENT in Detail of the EXPENDITURE for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— contd.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1899-1900

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,194 6 7 Brought forward CLASS XV.—MINISTER OF LANDS— continued. Vote No. 73 —Miscellaneous Services— continued. Item 20 —Grass-seed for Crown lands Item 21—Grass-seed to settlers whose orops have been destroyed by natural disaster Item 22—Grant to T. Dollman for services as a Naval officer (further) Item 23—Interest on £2,000, part purchase-money of Stewart Island Item 24—Lyell Cemetery, clearing Item 25—Linwood Recreation-ground (purchase of land), £1 for £1.. Item 26—Mount Cook Hermitage expenses— Provisions, &c Less maintenance-fees 603 12 5 10 0 0 240 0 0 1,019 17 4 534 6 4 485 11 0 92 16 10 453 15 3 Item 27—Mount Cook Hermitage equipment Item 28—Magnetic observatory and expenses Item 29—Native townships: Expenses of administration (roading and other works to be repaid) Item 30—Paraparaumu : Felling and fencing, Forest Reserve boundary Item 31—Purchase and maintenance of Mokihinui Coal-mine, and arrears of rent due Government Item 32—Purchase of recreation-reserve for Pukekohe Item 33—Purchase of recreation-ground, Wilsher Bay, Otago Item 34—Purchase of recreation-ground, Eltham (subsidy, £1 for£l.. Item 35—Purchase of recreation-ground, Matakana (subsidy).. Item 36—Purchase of Section 39, Karangahape (scenery preservation) Item 37—Purchase of land, Makuri Gorge, and resumption of section under lease, for preservation of scenery Item 38—Payment to T. Laurence of value of improvements, Section 3, Block VIII., Puketoi Item 39—Payment in respect of rent on Pariroa Reserve, Patea, pending title to rent received from Publio Trustee Item 40—Refund to William Hanger of penalty incurred for non-payment of rent Item 41—Refunds on account of lands disposed of, short acreage, &c. Item 42—Refund of rent, Ashburton Bridge Reserve, to be paid to county Item 43 —Refund of portion of survey-fee to W. F. Boese Item 44—Refunds for improvements effected Item 45—Refund of royalty on gravel to Tarata Domain Board and Clifton County (equal shares) Item 46—Refund of royalty on timber charged under new regulations, in consequence of contracts having been entered into previous to the date of such regulations Item 47—Refund to Mrs. G. D. Maxwell of arrears of rent, deducted from payment for improvements, Section 8, Block XIV., Pomahaka Estate Item 48—Refund of rent on Run No. 3, East Bay, Marlborough Item 49—Refund of survey-fee deposited by'John Elliot, Section 2, Block V., Awakino Item 50—Remission of rent to J. T. Doherty, Highbank Item 51—Remission of rent to settlers, Highbank, whose crops were destroyed by natural disaster Item 52 —Remission of rent to settlers, Raureka Settlement, on account of flood-damage Item 53—Remission of rent, &c, omitted to be collected by Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland, Section 3, Block XVI., Waitoa Item 54—Remission of rent and interest, W. Brown, Section 56, Blook VIII, Mangahao Item 55—Remission of rent to John Hunt, Lot 5, Reserve 1126, Wainono Survey Distriot Item 56—Repayment of survey-fee deposited by J. Alderson .. Item 57—Relief fund, fire and flood, grant in aid Item 58—Royalty on timber cut from Awarua Blook, Subdivision 2c, Nos. 15, 18, and 19 (with interest), to be refunded by North Island Main Trunk Railway Account Sanatorium expenses— Item 59—Hanmer, maintenance Item 60—Hanmer, additions to .. Item 61—Nuhaka, maintenance.. Item 62—Rotorua, maintenance Item 63— Tokaanu, maintenance Item 64—Te Puia, maintenance 243 10 0 63 0 0 191 13 9 170 0 0 50 0 0 475 0 0 149 10 0 100 0 0 5 10 41 12 11 25 7 9 108 13 6 42 0 2 . 54 6 0 4 9 0 171 11 7 1,032 0 9 1,568 7 10 10 8 3 50 6 11 lfV 3 9 Carried forward 8,655 5 3