67

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CLASS XV.—DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

Item 18' '3-94. DEPAETMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY—continued. 12 18 14 15 Iβ 17 18 VOTE No. QQ-kontinued. Othee Chaeges— Equipment and Wages of Survey Parties ... Travelling-expenses Instruments Instruments (meteorological) .,, Native Surveys Additional Surveyors and Parties Contingencies and Materials £ 25,000 5,000 500 100 10,000 23,000 16,000 79,600 Less estimated credits under section 41 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1891" 134,660 15,000 Total—Vote No. 69 119,660 i 2 3 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES. VOTE No. 70. Toes to Members of Waste Lands Boards ... Interest on £2,000, part purchase-money of Stewart Island Rent of Endowments, Auckland and Parnell, opened under Village-settlement Regulations Hantner Hot Springs, subsidy to Doctor ... Gratuity to Ann Robertson Establishment of Forest Branch of Department — Salaries ... ... £1,100 Contingencies ... ... 1,000 1,100 600 175 100 250 4 5 6 7 8 g State farm Middle Island Native surveys ... Refund of deferred-payment instalments to widow of Emanuel Wade, in accordance with the recommendation of the Waste Lands Committee Foxhill Cemetery, solicitor's fee on conveyance to Crown Refund of deposit to W. McCauley, in accordance with . the recommendation of the Waste Lands Committee Maintenance of the Wairau Monument Mrs. Featon's " New Zealand Flora " Refund of rent, Ash burton Bridge Reserve, to be paid to County Law-costs, &c, Natives v. Lundon re Kaitaia Block Law-costs, Scott v. Ritchie Refund of costs to Joseph Bowman, as recommended by the Waste Lands Committee Gratuity to the widow o.f the late Joseph Morgan, road overseer, Stratford, Mangaroa Road Compensation to the widow and children of the late Rowland Maurice for loss of land in Canterbury Purchase of allotment to compensate W. Walters for road taken Valuation for improvements on the termination of Hearn and Kennedy's lease of lands taken for a State farm Purchase of Remission Certificate issued to William Porter under " The Naval and Military Settlers' and Volunteers'Land Act, 1892 " Subsidy towards purchase of agricultural lands—Agricultural and Pastoral Society old show - ground, Sydenham, — £ for &, to be paid by the Sydenham Borough Council Further compensation for loss of office to T. Kennedy, jun., draftsman, Lands Department, as recommended by the Public Petitions Committee 2,100 2,000 1,500 79 8 10 11 12 18 14 30 15 150 16 Iβ 17 26 312 204 214 IS 100 19 180 20 149 21 22 23 1,350 10 2,000 10,634 21. 82 Less recovery from the New Zealand State Forests Account Total—Vote No. 70 12,734 2,100 TOTAL OF CLASS XV. £130,294