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ofPersona. VOTE—LANDS AND SURVEY—continued 1944-45 1945-46. 1945-4ojl944-45 Subdivision No. II. —Miscellaneous Services—continued Voted Expended Charges fob and Incidental to —continued Drainage-works expenditure (part recoverable) —continued £ £ £ Kaitaia Drainage Area —- £ Maintenance of completed works .. .. 2,400 Purchase of plant .. .. .. 100 2,500 2,200 2,227 Enlarging main drains (on account, £1,600 ; expended £1,275) .. .. .. .. .. 325 518 193 Outlet to Waipapakauri (on account, £6,000 ; expended £4,693) .. .. .. .. .. 500 500 Stop-bank, Puckey's Drain (not recoverable) .. 350 350 Poukawa Drainage Area : Maintenance of completed works .. .. .. .. .. 400 400 344 Rangitaiki Drainage District— £ Maintenance of completed works .. .. 14,550 Purchase of plant .. .. .. 500 15,050 13,325 16,143 Orini Dredge Cut: Floodgate (on account, £5,229 ; expended, £4,026) .. .. .. .. 100 100 Willow-extermination, Rangitaiki River (on account, £1,600; expended, £1,282) .. .. .. 318 250 15 Swamp Land Drainage: General .. .. .. 100 100 Waihi Drainage Area— £ Maintenance of completed works .. .. 1,550 Purchase of plant .. .. .. 100 1,650 1,650 1,226 Main Drain improvement.. .. .. .. 600 600 Exchange of Crown lands for private lands (adjustments) 100 150 110 New Plymouth Harbour Board Endowment Account: One-fourth of proceeds of sales, &c. payable to Harbour Board .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,000 2,100 1,947 Orakei Block, Auckland— £ Payment of commission on sales of land .. 30 Water rates and other incidental charges .. 80 110 90 119 Otamakapua Block: Rent .. .. .. ., 883 883 883 Payment for improvements effected .. .. .. 500 500 423 Payment of costs arising out of motor accidents, including administration .. .. .. .. .. 100 100 132 Payment of rents, &c., of properties leased from owners under small farms plan .. .. .. .. 500 600 456 Payment of sustenance to occupiers of small farms .. 10 10 Payment to dependants of monetary equivalent of leave due to deceased officers .. .. .. .. 300 200 307 Rates to local authorities .. .. .. .. 1,000 1,000 834 Rates (drainage) on unoccupied Crown lands under— Hauraki Plains Act, 1926 .. .. .. .. 550 500 541 Rangitaiki Land Drainage Act, 1910 .. .. 250 175 158 Swamp Drainage Act, 1915 .. .. .. 1,000 925 899 Reclamation of sand dune and dune areas and purchase of marram-grass (part recoverable) .. .. .. 800 770 1,052 Refunds of amounts credited in previous years to Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Account (abolished) .. .. 10 10 Repairs and alterations to buildings on Crown lands .. 500 500 86 Repairing stop-banks (part recoverable)— Hauraki West Drainage Board Area .. .. 3,200 3,700 3,518 Hauraki United Drainage Board .. .. .. 1,000 100 Stewart Island —Interest on £2,000, part purchase-money : Annual payment .. .. .. .. .. 128 128 125 Subsidies — Kawhia Harbour Board .. .. .. .. 250 250 250 Koromatua Outlet Drain —reconditioning .. .. 100 100 Wanaka-Minaret mail service .. .. ,. 20 20 20 Pipiriki-Retaruke mail service .. .. .. 286 287 286 Rangitaiki Land Drainage : Subsidy on maintenance rates (10s. for £1) .. .. .. .. 5,400 3,300 3,300 Rangitaiki Land Drainage : Subsidy on Rangitaiki River improvement (£3 for £1) .. .. .. .. 1,875 1,875 Tangowahine Settlement: Maintenance of drains (£1 for £1) 240 240 Thames Valley Drainage Board area: Awaiti pumping scheme (£1 for £1) .. .. 2,000 |