DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY—continued.

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Nil m ber of Persons. 1938-39. 1939-40, 1939—401938-39 _ Vntffl EYnpnHpH _______ VOTE No. .—LANDS AND SURVEY—continued. Expended. I . | £ £ ! £ Subdivision No. II.-—Miscellaneous Services —continued. Charges foe and incidental to —continued. Maintenance of completed drainage works, law-costs, &c.— J Hauraki Plains .. .. .. .. .. (a) 2,000 1,800 1,712 Rangitaiki Drainage District .. .. .. (a) 10,000 10,000 9,562 Swamp Land Drainage District .. .. .. 3,250 3,000 2,742 New Plymouth Harbour Board Endowment Act, 1874 : One-fourth of proceeds of sales, &c., payable to Harbour Board .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,300 2,300 2,280 Noxious weeds on unoccupied Crown land, eradication of 7,000 9,000 9,000 Orakei Block, Auckland— £ Payment of commission on sales of land .. 80 Water rates and other incidental charges .. 70 — 150 370 111 Otamakapua Block: Rent .. .. .. .. 477 477 477 Payment of costs arising out of motor accident .. .. (b) 100 Payment of rents, &c., of properties leased from owners under Small Farms Plan .. .. .. .. 1,150 2,760 1,334 Payment of sustenance to occupiers of small farms .. (c) 1,500 Rangitaiki Land Drainage— Floodgate for Omeheu Canal .. . . .. 100 350 | 272 Floodgate, Orini dredge cut (on account £3,200, expended £1,777) 1,300 1,910 1,287 Strengthening stop-banks, Tarawera River (on account £5,376, expended £3,484) .. .. .. .. 1,850 2,433 918 Rates to local authorities .. .. .. .. 1,500 1,000 (d) 1,491 Rates on unoccupied Crown lands under— Hauraki Plains Act, 1926 .. .. .. .. 220 210 213 Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910 .. .. 300 (e) 50 130 Swamp Drainage Amendment Act, 1928 .. .. 1,150 (e) 480 1,435 Reclamation of sand dune and dune areas and purchase of marram-grass (part recoverable) .. .. .. 580 630 573 Refunds for improvements effected .. .. .. 530 50 (f) Refunds of amounts credited in previous years to Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Account (abolished) .. .. 10 50 117 Repairs and alterations to buildings on Crown lands .. 1,100 1,000 1,094 Remittance by Crown tenant lost in office . . .. (</) 1 Stewart Island : Interest on £2,000, part purchase-money ; i annual payment . . .. .. .. .. 128 128 128 Subsidies— Hauraki United Drainage Board .. . . .. 450 520 170 Kawhia Harbour Board .. .. .. . . 250 250 250 Lake Wanaka mail-service .. . . .. .. 20 20 20 Pakihi lands, soil survey .. .. .. . . 250 250 Pipiriki-Retaruke mail service .. .. .. 287 287 i 286 Rangitaiki Land Drainage : Subsidy on maintenance rates (10s. for £1) .. .. .. .. 3,000 3,330 2,409 Road access to Section R. 15373, part Section R.S. 15373, and part Section R.S. 2160, Blocks VIII, XII, and XVI, Orey Survey District .. .. .. 45 45 Tangowahine Settlement: Maintenance of drains (£1 for £1) (h) 120 Wanganui River improvement .. .. . . 300 300 Uneconomic holdings : Payment to outgoing lessees .. 2,000 2,000 150 Value of settlement lands reserved for public purposes .. 10 10 Ex gratia payment to D. Kitchen as compensation for shortage in area of Sections 13, 22, 23, Block XI, Takahue Survey District .. .. .. .. .. .. 50 50 Hauraki Plains : Repairing flood damage, including refunds to local authorities of expenditure incurred .. . . .. 625 548 Investigation of arsenical deposits on Reporoa Settlement . . 170 169 Rangitaiki Land Drainage: Willow-extermination, Rangitaiki River (on account £2,000, expended £2,080) .. .. 1,040 (i) 1,120