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Summary of Reserves. District. Number. A . r!"f. Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 239 J. 22 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. .. .. 1 44 3 4 Taranaki .. .. ~ .. ,„ .. 4 4,287 3 0 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 2,869 2 30 Nolson .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 878 319 Marlborough .. .. .... .. 2 5,888 0 0 Canterbury... .. .. ;v .. .. 1 152 1 30 Otago .. .. .. .'. .. .. 1 0 3 3.1 Totals .. .. .. ..24 14,361, 3 22 Reserved up to 31st March, 1923 .. .. ..725 430,596 1 1 749 444,958 0 23 Less reservations revoked .. .. .. .... 33 0 38 Grand totals .. .. ..749 444,924 3 25 KM i 1 — MM 1 Scenery Preservation Account. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ended 31st March, 1924. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure, £ s. d. Cash in Public Account, Ist April, 1923 .. 4,139 19 0 Salaries .. .. .. .. 25 0 0 Bents, &o. .. .. .. .. 2,175 18 4 Compensation, etc., in connection with Recoveries on account of expenditure of lands taken under the Scenery Preservaprevious years .. .. .. 48 10 9 tion Act .. .. 7 .. 49 0 0 Compensation for Native lands taken for scenery-preservation purposes .. 80 0 7 Compensation for amount paid to previous Native owners for timber rights over area in Rotoiti Native Township . . 100 0 0 Maintenance of Trounson's Kauri Forest.. 384 14 8 Erection of caretaker's cottage, Trounson's Kauri Forest .. . . .. 093 4 0 Parr's Park, Swanson, acquisition of .. 412 0 0 Shakespeare Cliff, Cook's Bay, acquisition of .. .. .. .. .125 0 0 , Purchase price of 874 acres of Tapu Estate, to be exchanged for 22,000 acres of land at Lake Waikarcmoana (balance) .. 361 19 3 Yneyca Bay Scenic Reserve, acquisition of 280 0 0 Section. 13, Block IV, Puketapu S.D., capital value of . . .. .. 182 16 8 Ruapekapeka Pa, renovation of .. 208 0 0 Surveys, valuations, and incidental expenses .. .. .. .. ' '!8 1 2 0 Administration of reserves — £ s. d. Salaries' of caretakers and allowances .. .. 10 0 0 Travelling-expenses .. 0 2 4 Advertising, &c. .. .. 0 17 0 Eradication of noxious weeds 132 10 0 Erection and upkeep of fences, &c. .. . % 118 2 9 Law-costs .. . . 5 10 2 Printing and stationery .. 4 7 0 Wages paid to fire-lighters 4 4 0 282 0 3 3,328 8 5 Less recovery from Public! Works Department, representing one - third cost of acquisition of land at Lake Waikaremoana Watershed (balance) .. .. 108 8 9 3,219 19 8 Balance at end of year —Cash in Public Account, 31st March, 1924 .. ... 3,144 8 5 £0,304 8 1 £0,304 8 1 J. H. O'DONNELL, Chief Accountant, Lands and Survey Department. 17th June, 1924.