8.—7 [PT. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY —continued.

(а) Contemplated works curtailed owing to shortage of labour and machinery. (б) Underexpenditure duo to rate commitments provided for but not paid during the financial year, (c) Rate commitments for 1942-43 overestimated.

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Number 1942-43. of Persons. 1943-44 VOTE—LANDS AND SURVEY —continued. Voted . Expended. Subdivision No. II.—Miscellaneous Services—continued. £ £ £ Charges fob and Incidental to— continued. Drainage-works expenditure —continued. Constructing and carrying on works, acquisition of land for the more effective carrying-out of drainage operations, and compensation for works on private lands •• •• •* * * Kaitaia Drainage Area . fillMaintenance of completed works .. .. 3 >100 Purchase of plant Enlarging main drains (on account, £1,600; expended £1,082) .. •• •• •• •• 018 618 Outlet to Waipapakauri (on account, £6,000 ; expended £4,693) 600 600 12 Poukawa Drainage Area : Maintenance of completed works 525 525 96 Rangitaiki Drainage District— AAA a <vtk m kik Maintenance of completed works .. .. •• 10,000 'rnn Purchase of plant 500 oUO Orini Dredge Cut: Floodgate (on account, £5,229; expended, £4,026) ■■ •• 100 00 Willow-extermination, Rangitaiki River (on account, £1,600; expended, £1,133) 400 400 Swamp Land Drainage : General .. .. • • 1°° Waihi Drainage Area— , mn 1 Q7r . 7 , , Q Maintenance of completed works .. •• ' ,'22 ?nn Purchase of plant .. •• •• *00 100 Main Drain improvement .. .. • • • • Exchange of Crown lands for private lands, equality of .. 60 60 New Plymouth Harbour Board Endowment Account: One-fourth of proceeds of sales, &c. payable to Harbour Board .. .. •• ■■ •• •• 2 ' 200 Z '' m 4 ' Uliy Orakei Block, Auckland — £ Payment of commission on sales of land .. 80 Water rates and other incidental charges .. 20 100 151 lib Otamakapua Block: Rent .. .. • • • • 883 8 ®0 883 Payment for improvements effected .. ;. •. 1,WU I,UUU 600 Payment of costs arising out of motor accidents, including administration .. .... . . • 200 100 Payment of rents, &c., of properties leased from owners under small farms plan .. .. • ■ • • 0 Payment of sustenance to occupiers of small farms .. 50 Payment to dependants of monetary equivalent of leave due ' to deceased officers •• 100 50 162 Payment to Maori Land Board in respect of unpaid sellers of Ngatipuaa Block .. .. , , A ,l ,,, 0 ™ 0 Rates to local authorities .. •• •• •• 1,400 .1,400 ( ) Rates (drainage) on unoccupied Crown lands under — Hauraki Plains Act, 1926 500 42o 4Jo Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910 • ■ .. 175 175 Swamp Drainage Act, 1915 925 92o (c) 731 Reclamation of sand dune and dune areas and purchase of marram-grass (part recoverable) .. • • • 5o0 500 Refunds of amounts credited in previous years to Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Account (abolished) .. .. 50 100 Repairs and alterations to buildings on Crown lands .. 500 500 oib Repairing stop-banks (part recoverable)— Hauraki West Drainage Board Area .. 2,000 2,000 1,888