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1903. NEW ZEALAND.

UREWERA COMMISSION (EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH).

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 21st August, 1903. Ordered, " That there bo laid before this House a return of all expenses in connection with the Urewera Commission; such return to include salaries and payments to European and Maori Commissioners, clerk's travelling-expenses, original and partition surveys, &o."—(Mr. A. L. D. Fbaseb.)

Return of all Expenses in connection with the Urewera Commission, including Salaries and Payments to European and Maori Commissioners, Clerk's Travelling-expenses, Original and Partition Surveys, &c, for the Period from the Ist February, 1898, to the 31st March, 1903. £ s. d. Travelling allowances and expenses of European Commissioners... 850 10 1 Payments to Native Commissioners ... ... ... ... 150 0 0 Salary and travelling-expenses of clerk ... ... ... 771 711 Extra clerical assistance ... ... ... ... ... 44 16 9 Cartage, trap-hire, sundry small payments ... ... ... 78 11 9 Costs of survey ... .. ... ... ... ... 4,243 13 2 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... 6,138 19 8

Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given ; printing (1,250 copies), 18s.

Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o3.

Price 3d.]