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Table D. — Revenue received during the Year ended 31st March, 1910.

Kioisatks of Rent.

The lessees of ordinary Crown land have received rebates of rent to the amount of £9,688, and the tenants under the Land for Settlements Act and Cheviot Estate to a total of £22,149. It is open to doubt whether the system of granting rebates of rent for prompt payment is based upon sound business principles. It is not carried out by private persons, and. considering the low rentals paid as a rule by oidinary Crown tenants, and, moreover, taking into consideration the fact that in regard to another class of tenants under the Land Act. 1908—viz.. pastoral licensees- where the Act directs thai a fine shall be imposed if the rent, when due, is not promptly paid, it seems difficult to understand why differential treatment should be meted out to the ordinary Crown tenants. Payments of " Thirds " and " Fourths " to Local Bodies. The various local bodies have had paid over to them, in accordance with the provisions of t he Land Act. 1908. no less a sum thai} £29.727, the several Land Boards having approved of the roadworks upon which this money is to be spent. Timber and Flax Koyalties. Owing to the falling-ofl in the amount of timber available for sale from ordinary Crown lands, and also to the demand for such timber having abated considerably during the past year, and further, in the case of flax, on account of the lesser production thereof, local bodies have only received "halves" amounting to £9,456. It is not expected that any large amount will be either received or payable (hiring the coining year. Medical Assistance in Sparsely Settled Districts. The Lands Department has continued its contributions in the form of subsidies to assist the medical clubs in sparsely settled districts to maintain medical men. and the amounts so paid are set forth in the following table : — >. 'Mi Amount ol Amount paid Nam, "" M ' ■'■'- Subsidy. 1909 1C E . d. Clevedon .. .. .. .. . . 25 12 10 0 Kaitaia .. .. .. .. .. 50 50 0 0 fcawakawa .. .. .. .. .. 50 50 o o Kawhia .. .. .. .. .. 50 50 0 0 Little River .. .. .. .. .. 50 50 0 0 Ohura .. .. .. .. .. 100 100 0 0 Owaka .. .. .. .. .. L5O L5O 0 0 Preservation Inlet . . . . . . . . 50 5(1 O 0 Raetihi .. .. .. .. .. 100 100 0 0 Raglan .. .. .. .. .. 50 50 0 Q Morrinsville .. .. .. .. .. 30 22 10 •0 Taumarunui .. .. .. .. .. 50 50 o o Tinui .. .. .. .. .. 50 37 10 0 Tolago Bay .. .. .. .. .. 75 75 0 0 Waian .. .. .. .. .. 25 25 0 0 Wanaka .. .. .. .. .. 100 Weber .. .. .. .. .. 50 50 0 0 Whangaroa .. .. .. . . .. 0 50 0 0 '£1,105 6972 10 0

I list riot. Territorial Revenue. N °Re™ al *<™ Auckland Hawke's Bay Tarauaki Wellington .. Nelson Maryborough Westland .. Canterbury . . Otago Southland .. £ 13,789 31,340 11,923 27,32(1 6,555 11, 5-1 9 3,843 24,917 28,786 11,329 £ £ 108,045 (57,651 98,9!) I 18,336 30,259 52,322 79.648 23,264 29,819 26,027 37,576 9,478 13,321 113,972 138,889 76,523 105,259 21,771 33, loo Totals 201,257 473,650 674,907