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Land reserved for various Purposes. Under the provisions of section 360 of the Land Act, 1924, and section 71 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, various areas of Crown and settlement land were permanently reserved during the year. The reservations made totalled seventy-four, covering an area of approximately 4,951 acres. A summary of work carried out under the heading is given below. Purpose of Number of Area. Reserve. Reservations. a. e. p. Aerodrome .. .. .. .. 5 587 0 39 Aerodrome reserve, addition to .. 1 28 0 23 Cemetery . . . . .. .. 2 3 3 36 Gravel .. .. .. .. .. 5 18 0 23 High-school site .. .. .. .. 1 6 20• 30 Landing reserve .. .. . . . . 1 9 10 Plantation .. .. .. .. 20 1,080 2 18-60 Public-hall site .. .. .. .. 3 1 1 39 •60 Public-pound site . . . . .. .. 1 0 0 30 Public-school site .. .. .. .. 7 18 1 22 Public-school site, addition to .. .. 3 1 2 07-01 Railway afforestation .. .. .. 1 2,773 1 24-10 Recreation .. .. .. .. 21 386 2 31-92 Resting-place for travelling stock .. .. 3 35 2 25 •50 74 4,951 1 0-03 The above does not include areas that have been vested in the Crown as public reserves in town subdivisions pursuant to the provisions of section 16 of the Land Act, 1924.

Expenditure. Summary of Expenditure approved during the Year ended 31st March, 1937.

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Name of Vote or Account. Net Amount ! Gross Recoveries I * et voted. | Expenditure. recoveries. Expenditure. Vote, Lands and Survey— £ £ £ £ Subdivision I .. .. .. .. .. 188,900 276,921 90,869 186,052 Subdivision II .. .. .. .. .. 205,558 208,834 40 208,794 Subdivision III .. .. .. .. .. 12,820 7,106 52 7,054 Total, Vote. Lands and Survey .. .. 407,278 492,861 90,961 401,900 Vote, Land for Settlements .. .. .. .. 400,000 169,983 95 169,888 Discharged Soldiers Settlement Account: Vote, Expenses 91,500 73,008 .. 73^008 of Management Vote, Swamp Land Drainage — Hauraki Plains District .. .. .. .. 25,710 30,505 7,919 22,586 Swamp Land Drainage Districts .. .. .. 4,290 2,705 326 2 379 Vote, Settlement of Unemployed Workers .. .. 425,000 305,621 213,605 92^016 Vote, Dairy Industry Loans ' .. . . . . . . 90,000 30,510 !. 30^510 Totals •• •• •• 1,443,778 1,105,193 312,906 792,287 Other Accounts. Land for Settlements— Expenditure from capital proceeds of the sale of Crown and National 8,633 8,633 Endowment lands Interest and other charges .. .. .. .. .. 87,120 .. 87,120 Expenditure under special Acts of Legislature—Section 295 (2) Land Act, 6,853 . . 6^853 1924 : Administration expenses of national-endowment lands Discharged Soldiers Settlement Account . . .. .. .. 541 s 646 . . 54] 646 General Purposes Account : Ellesmere Land Drainage Act, 1905, section 6 439 . . '439 Expenditure approved by the Hon. the Minister of Finance from Unauthorized 147 .. 147 Expenditure Account Refunds of revenue,'Deposit Account expenditure, expenditure under special 25,451 .. 25,451 Acts of the Legislature Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,775,482 312,906 1,462,576