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Rebates. For prompt payment of rent 16,648 Crown tenants were granted the usual rebate iti terms of section 116 of the Land Act, 1908 (now section 123 of the Land Act, 1924), and section 55 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908. These rebates amounted to a total of £50,783.

Expenditure. Summary of Expenditure approved during the Year ended 31st March, 1925.

Net | Gross Name of Vote or Acoount. Amount i ... Recoveries. Net Expenditure. voted. ! " ' £ £ s. d. I £ s. d. £ s. d. Vote Lands and Survey (Subdivision 1) 150,719 245,323 17 3 106,879 19 8 138,443 17 7 Vote Lands and Survey (Subdivision II) 35,354 30,225 15 3 227 4 4 29,998 10 11 Vote Land for Settlements expenses .. 8,185 8,323 6 8 731 19 1 7,591 7 7 Land for Settlements Account (Dis- 8,652 6,377 2 10 20 17 7 6,356 5 3 charged Soldiers Settlement Account) : Vote Lands for Settlement of Discharged Soldiers' expenses Vote Scenery-preservation .. .. 11,470 2,981 3 3 0 6 0 2,980 17 3 Discharged Soldiers Settlement Account: 57,500 77,462 12 0 15,696 10 9 61,766 1 3 Vote Expenses of management Totals .. .. 271,880 370,693 17 3 123,556 17 5 247,136 19 10 Public Works Fund. Roads to open up land for settlement .. 51,250 23,169 5 11 25 6 11 23.143 19 0 Totals .. .. 51,250 23,169 5 11 25 6 11 23,143 19 0 Other Accounts. Land for Settlements Account.. .. .. 15,654 3 9 231 15 9 15,422 8 0 Land for Settlements Account (Discharged Soldiers 14,212 13 8 1,419 3 5 12,793 10 3 Settlement Account) Rangitaiki Land Drainage Account (section 7, 29,912 1 1 1,568 17 9 28,343 3 4 Rangitaiki. Land Drainage Act, 1910) Hauraki Plains Settlement Account (section 5, 11,370 3 3 74 1 6 11,296 I 9 Hauraki Plains Amendment Act, 1922) Hauraki Plains Settlement Account (section 93, 67,490 8 9 2,253 19 7 65,236 9 2 Reserves, &c., Act, 1916) Hauraki Plains Settlement Account (section 4 (2), 20 0 0 .. 20 0 0 Finance Act, 1924) Swamp Land Drainage Account (section 95, Reserves, &c., Act, 1916) Kaitaia .. .. .. .. 12,411 13 1 82 19 11 12,328 13 2 Waihi .. .. .. .. .. 11,653 3 10 48 15 3 11,604 8 7 Poukawa .. .. .. .. 103 3 9 .. 103 3 9 Hikurangi .. .. .. 18,682 7 6 57 9 1 18,624 18 5 General .. .. .. .. 2,352 18 4 556 18 2 1,796 0 2 Swamp Land Drainage Account (section 2, Swamp 1,173 13 11 .. 1,173 13 11 Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1922) Kauri-gum Industry Account .. .. .. 16,743 15 0 27 12 0 16,716 3 0 National Endowment Account.. .. .. 6,197 13 7 .. 6.197 13 7 Native Land Settlement Account (Surveys) ,. 26,070 19 7 476 10 0 25,594 9 7 Native Land Settlement Account (section 19, Land 4,718 9 8 .. 4,718 9 8 Laws Amendment Act, 1922, and section 21, Land Act, 1924) Cheviot Estate Account (section 19, Land Laws 872 8 8 .. 872 8 8 Amendment Act, 1922, and section 21, Land Act, 1924 Hunter Soldiers' Assistance Trust Account .. 28 1 5 .. 28 1 5 Discharged Soldiers Settlement Account .. 751,583 18 0 .. 751,583 18 0 Refunds, deposits, &c. .. .. .. 32,021 12 1 .. 32,021 12 1 Expenditure under section 14 (1) of Appropriation 1,960 18 3 884 6 1 1,076 12 2 Act, 1924 : Unauthorized expenditure Totals .. .. .. .. 1,083,866 19 5 7,682 8 6 1,076,184 10 11 Grand totals .. .. .. 1,477,730 2 7 131,264 12 10 1,346,465 9 9