B—7 [PT. ll]

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1947-48

LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT

(a) Advances to occupiers of farms, £3,000; development expenditure on land, £2,000; equipment and chattels for blocks being developed, £5OO ; seasonal expenditure on blocks being farmed, £2,000 ; wages—development £3,000, farming operations £3,000 : total, £13,500. (b) Labour subsidies, £3OO. (c) Advances to Natives under Native Housing Act, 1935, and amendments, £3,000. (d) Building-materials, &c, purchase of (including freight and other charges), £3,000; storage charges, including purchase or erection of store-sheds, workshops, &c, and wages and expenses—works £lOO, other expenditure £lOO ; wages incidental to erection of cottages and other buildings (works expenditure), £2,500; sub-total, £5,700 ; less chargeable to other items of the vote, £5,000 : total, £7OO. (e) Loans and/or advances for farms, £5OO ; houses, £500; total, £l,OOO.

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— Salaries. Other Charges. Total. VOTE—NATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT .. £ £ 18,500 £ 18,500 For Services chargeable on the Land for Settlements Account —continued £ £ £ VOTE—NATIVE LAND SETTLEMENT Payment of increased costs for materials, equipment, stores, &c., consequent upon the Arbitration Court pronouncement and cessation of subsidy payments — Native land development schemes Development of Natives' lands not included in development schemes Native housing Sundry bulk building expenditure adjustable with other items of the vote (part recoverable) Rehabilitation of Maori ex-servicemen (a) 13,500 (6) 300 (c) 3,000 (d) 700 (e) 1,000 18,500 TOTAL .. 18,500