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Summary of Expenditure approved during the Year ended 31st March, 1919.

Grass-seed supplied to Settlers, For many years it has been Ihe practice of the Department to assist Crown tenants and in some cases holders of freehold lands who have suffered financial hardship through bush fires. The method adopted has been to purchase grass-seed and dispose of it to the settlers, payment being secured by promissory notes. The bush fires of 1917 in the Waimarino District were of such an extensive character and caused so much suffering and distress that it has been deemed desirable to make special mention of the working of the relief measures adopted to deal with the eases in that locality, and full informatipn on the subject will be found in Appendix IV. Revaluations of Crown Leaseholds. During the year twenty-seven holdings were revalued under section 15 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1915. The capital values were reduced from £91,079 to £82,689, and the annual rentals from £4,225 to £3,895. At the close of the year there were twenty-nine applications not dealt with. National Endowment. The area of national-endowment land in the Dominion at the 31st March, 1919, was 8,935,835 acres. Of this area 6,835,130 acres was held under lease or license, providing an annual rental of £119,734. The gross amount of rents, (fee, received from this endowment during the year was £128,125. As section 258 of the Land Act, 1908, provides that the area in the endowment shall not exceed nine million acres, it will be seen that this limit must shortly be reached, as only another 65,000 acres are necessary to bring the total up to the statutory requirement.

Net Name of Vote or Acoount. Amount voted. Gross Expenditure. j Recoveries. Net Expenditure. Consolidated Fund. £ Lands and Survey .. .. .. 165,770 ] Lands and- Survey, Miscellaneous .. 108,804 State Forests Account .. .. 69,257 Land J'or Settlements Expenses .. 7,560 Scenery-preservation Account.. .. 9,888 £ s. d. 180,091 9 5 75,783 6 8 41,728 4 4 3,488 9 0 3,588 17 1 II £ s. 80,094 9 75,783 6 41,728 4 3,488 9 3,588 17 d, 5 ■ 8 4 0 1 ic £ s. d. 43,123 5 8 3,351 14 8 384 11 3 £ s. 3,123 5 3,351 14 384 14 d. 8 8 3 £ s, d. 136,971 3 9 72,431 12 0 41,343 10 1 3,488 9 0 3,588 17 1 Public Works Fund. Improved-farm Settlements .. .. 2,000 Lands, Miscellaneous .. .. 5,000 472 17 5 218 5 2 472 17 218 5 5 2 394 13 10 4,563 19 7 394 13 1 1,563 19 10 7 78 3 7 Cr. 4,345 14 5 Land for Settlements Account. Roads to open up Lands for Settlement 100,500 51,612 8 5 5 51,612 8 5 256 L8 8 256 18 8 51,355 9 9 Totals .. .. .. 468,779 'c 356,986 17 6 55 56,986 17 6 i 55 52,075 6 8 2,075 6 8 304,911 10 10 Land for Settlements Account Rangitaiki Land Drainage Account (Section 7, Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910) Hauraki Plains Settlement Account (Section 93, Reserves, &c, Act, 1916) Swamp Land Drainage' Account (Section 95, Reserves, &c, Act, 1916) - £ s. d. Kaitaia .. .. .. 17,095 4 4 Waihi • .. .. .. 6,710 17 4 Poukawa .. .. 101 9 0 General Expenses.. .. 250 0 0 33,308 3 6 29,22! 3 11 27,325 3 0 33,308 3 29,221 3 1 27,325 3 6 1 0 197 0 929 16 J 197 0 7 929 16 10 97 0 i29 16 : 7 10 7 10 33,308 3 6 29,024 3 4 26,395 6 2 National Endowment Account Native Land Settlement Account Special Acts, Deposit Account, Refunds, &c. Waimarino Bush-lire Relief Account Discharged Soldiers Settlement Account . . ! 24,157 10 8 6,239 2 7 28,6.82 1.4 3 10,191 15 9 52,548 1 II 594,920 19 8 5 5 1 3i 24,157 10 6,239 2 28,6.82 14 10,191 15 52,548 1 1 94,920 19 1 7 3 9 1.1 8 32 17 1 24,124 13 7 6,239 2 7 28.682 14 3 10,191 15 9 52,548 1. 11 594,920 19 8 Totals .. .. .. .. i 806,594 15 3 8' 06,594 15 3 1,159 14 1,159 14 6 6 805,435 0 9 Grand totals .. . . ,, • 1, 1,163,581 12 ,1 1 163,581 12 9 9 5; 53,235 3,235 1 1 2 11,110,346 11 7