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Summary. 973. We give hereunder a summary of the savings recommended in connection with vote Lands and Survey Department so far as they can be assessed : — Subdivision I. —Administration :— Item—' £ £ Hawke's Bay reconstruction, surveys, &c. .. .. .. 10,000 Map-printing . . .. .. .. .. . . 1,000 Motor-vehicles: Purchase; maintenance.. .. ■■ 1,100 Office fittings and equipment .. .. • ■ • • 550 Overtime and meal allowances .. . . .. ■ ■ ■ • 200 Postage, telegrams, &c. .. .. ■ ■ • - ■ 1 >493 Premiums to teaching-surveyors .. .. . • • 145 Printing and stationery . . .. . ■ • ■ ~ 1,000 Rent 590 Surveyors' equipment, camp gear, &c. .. .. . . • • 400 Typewriters and calculating-machines .. .. . ■ • ■ 100 Surveys .. .. ■ ■ • • • • ■ ■ .. 3,250 Telephone services, &c. .. .. .. • • • ■ 350 Tracing-cloth, &c. . . .. .. • • • • ■ ■ 400 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. . . . . 250 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. ■ . 435 21,263 Subdivision II. —Miscellaneous Services : — Item — Aranui Ib Block rent .. .. .. .. .. . • 41 Destruction of wild pigs, &c., Run 110, Marlborough .. ... 50 Fees to Examiners, Draughtsmen's Examinations.. . . .. 8 Egmont National Park Board : Destruction of goats . . .. 146 Late Under-Secretary, for special services rendered . . .. 625 Noxious weeds on Crown land, eradication of .. .. .. 1,000 Rangitaiki River improvement .. .. .. . . .. 600 Reclamation of sand-dunes .. .. .. .. .. 550 Recreation-grounds and domains subsidies .. . . .. 602 Road access, Kumara-Kapitea Road ~ .. .. .. 160 Hauraki West Drainage Board : Maintenance, &c. .. .238 Kaitaia Drainage Area .. .. .. . • ■. 980 Lake Wanaka mail-service subsidy .. .. .. .. 18 Rangitaiki land drainage: Maintenance of completed work .. 2,500 South Westland mail-steamer .. .. .. .. .. 300 Wanganui River improvement .. .. .. . . .. 600 8,418 Subdivision Hl.—Scenery Preservation : — ItemSection 3, Block VII, Tuahu Survey District, &c.~] Sections 9146 and 9147, Rosewill Settlement, &c. .. .. 543 Grant to Hawera Council, planting, &c. J Kirk's Bush : Fencing and drainage .. .. .. .. 150 Kumutoto Scenic Reserve (fencing) \ Mangamaunu Scenic Reserve (boundary-fence, &c.) J Ross Borough Endowment Exchange"] Ruapekapeka Pa improvements .. .. .. .. 370 Subsidy, scenic reserve, Bream Head J Summit Road Scenic Reserves : Ranger.. .. .. . . 270 Survey costs, Lake Okaitaina Reserves .. .. .. .. 1,061 3,104 Amalgamation of— North and South Auckland offices .. .. .. ... .. 5,000 Gisborne and Napier offices .. .. .. .. .. 2,500 Blenheim and Nelson offices .. .. .. .. .. 2,700 10,200 £42,985

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