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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

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Number 19'39 40 of Persons. VOTE —NATIVE —continued. 1940-41. ' 1940-41 1939-40 „ _ . Voted. Expended. Miscellaneous services— Charges tor and incidental to— £ ~ £ Advertising, photographs, books, newspapers, and other publications .. .. • • • • • • 80 100 98 Agent's commission .. .. .. • • • • 15 30 10 Ahuwhenua Trophy—Expenses of presentation, &c. .. 20 30 20 Audit fees .. .. .. • • • • • • 250 250 250 Board of Native Affairs : Expenses of members and of District Committees .. .. . • • • 60 130 64 Centennial Exhibition —Maori participation .. .. (a) 1,500 5,000 (a) 7,237 Clearing Native lands of noxious weeds, under Section 16 of Noxious Weeds Act, 1928 (b) 5,000 5,000 5,000 Compensation to Natives for Taranaki lands .. .. 5,000 5,000 5,000 Confiscated and other Native lands (on account) .. 5 10 Consolidation of Native lands — . Administration expenses (including expenses of Native meetings) .. • • t - • ■ • • ■ 235 2,000 (c) 692 Valuation fees .. .. ■ • • • • • 5 10 Contribution towards cost of memorials to representative Maoris .. .. • • • • • ■ • • 10 100 50 Contribution towards cost of New Zealand Gazette and printing Court and Board Panuis .. .. .. 1,200 1,350 1,236 Destruction of rabbits on Native lands : Wages and other expenses .. .. ■■ •• ■•(b) 1,000 2,000 1,098 Fees to Supervisors, Native Interpreters' examination .. 5 5 Freight, cartage, and transport charges .. .. 150 300 195 Fuel, light, power, water, and cleaning .. .. .. 600 600 675 Hawke's Bay floods : Temporary accommodation for and permanent restoration of homes of Natives affected .. 500 3,000 (d) 895 Law-costs .. . ■ • • • • • • • • 150 150 153 Maori Purposes Fund Board — Grant towards administration expenses .. .. 350 500 500 Grant for carving material, tools, and equipment, and for accommodation of carvers and pupils .. .. 25 100 100 Motor-vehicles —• Maintenance and repairs of .. .. .. .. 3,000 3,200 2,961 Purchase of .. •• •• 500 1,400 8191 Native housing: Special fees or expenses .... 5 5 26 Office fittings, buildings, &c.— Maintenance and repairs of .. .. .. .. 150 150 423 Purchase of . .. • • ■ • • • • • 150 650 211 Overtime and meal allowances .. ,. .. 1,000 1,000 (e) 1,551 Postages, telegrams, rent of boxes, telephones, and bank exchange and charges .. .. .. .. 4,550 4,500 5,402 Post and Telegraph Department: Payment for services .. 950 1,000 947 Printing and stationery (part recoverable) .. .. 2,000 2,500 1,898 Public Service Superannuation Fund: Native Trustee's contribution towards .. .. • • • • 80 77 77 Refund of fees paid in stamps to Maori Land Boards and to Native Land Courts .. .. •• •• 15 15 12 Rent (part recoverable) .. .. •• 2,100 1,900 2,088 Services of Lands and Survey Department for supervision of the South Island development schemes .. .. (/) 650 470 (/) 166 Transfer to Public Works Fund, vote " Native Land Settlement" 350,000 400,000 400,000 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. . . 200 200 : 502 Travelling allowances and expenses (part recoverable) .. 11,700 13,975 (g) 12,922 Water supplied by Ohinemuri County to Native settlements on the banks of the Ohinemuri River .... 50 50 50 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote .. .. .. 5 40 (h) 47 Centennial Pageant Float: Representative of Maori Race for procession .. .. ■ ■ • • ■ ■ I • • 150 (») Contribution towards cost of Carroll Memorial, carved meeting-house at Wairoa .. .. .. .. | .. 250 250