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Land foe Settlements Account (Discharged Soldiers Settlement). Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 10,903 7 7 I'urchase-money .. .. .. 9,907 18 6 Debentures issued under New Zealand Incidental expenses .. .. .. 46,107 19 0 Loans Act, 1908 (Discharged Soldiers Vote—Land for Settlement of Discharged Settlement Loans Act, 1919) .. 164,000 0 0 Soldiers: Expenses .. .. 4,085 11 2 Receipts from settlements — Recoupment of interest and sinking fund Rents .. .. .. .. 43,132 8 4 under sec. 4, Finance Act, 1919 .. 148,434 3 0 Sales .. .. .. .. 864 1 0 BalanceRecoveries on account of settlements .. 300 10 9 Cash in Public Account 8,207 17 11 Imprests outstanding in (.lie Dominion 2,516 18 1 10,724 16 0 £219,260 7 8 £219,260 7 8 Note. —The above figures do not show tho position as regards Mount Pisa, Teviot, and Clifton. The expenditure was £40,040 9s. 9d., and the receipts £44,702 Us. lOd. The former includes the purchase of live and dead stook, and amounts expended upon permanent improvements. Land for Settlements Account (Opening up Crown L\nds). Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 42 9 9 Annual appropriation —Vote 80, Roads Revenue received under sec. 63, Land to open up lands for settlement .. 78,350 9 4 Laws Amendment Act, 1913 .. 18,427 7 8 Recoupment of interest Amount set aside from Land Settlements under sec. 4, Finance £ d. s. Account under sec. 63, Land Laws Act, 1919 .. 7,980 19 4 Amendment Act, 1913, and see. 42, Sinking fund .. 1,657 12 1 Appropriation Act, 1918 .. .. 70,000 0 0 9,638 11 5 Balance—Cash in Public Account .. 480 16 8 £88,469 17 5 £88,469 17 5 Examined and found correct. G. P. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

Table D.—Return of Land purchased and paid for from 1st April, 1922, to 31st March, 1923.

Table E. —Return of Land purchased and paid for from 1st April, 1922, to 31st March, 1923, under Discharged Soldiers Settlement Amendment Act, 1917.

Name of Owner. Estate. Locality. I Price per Acre. Acquisition Settlement. Area. Otago. £ Acres. I'elford, W. B. .. Clifton .. Waiwera S. .. ! 30 By agreement Clifton (additional) 60 I Amount paid. £ I 1,795 Add additional charges to settlements for accoss, &c. : — Auckland —Reporoa Whangapo Southland—Ardlussa I 350 225 Total 2,371

Spooner, M. Naino. Locality. Settlement. Wellington. Hihitahi .. .. Spooner Number of per'Tcre. Area. Amount. ™*»*« iparticipating. . _ £ Acres. { £ 13 760 9,88: 2 Add apportionment: Auckland—Orongo 25 9,908