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RETURNS. (Made pursuant to section 18 of the Act.) (a.) The Moneys expended during the Preceding Financial Year in acquiring Land under the Act, in preparing the Same for Workers' Dwellings, and in erecting such Dwellings. £ s. d. Amount expended in acquiring land for workers' dwellings.. .. 7,547 0 7 Amount expended in preparing land for workers' dwellings.. .. 1,353 9 1 Amount expended in erecting dwellings .. .. .. 59,440 12 1 Amount expended in administration and travelling .. .. 396 5 5 Total £68,737 7 2* * As shown, on page 4, there wore also seventy-seven dwellings in-course of erection at the 31st March, 1915, the bulk of the expenditure for which will appear in next year's aocounts. The above return does not include the sum of £603 13s. incurred for maintenance, fire insurance, rates, &c, upon the dwellings erected and leased to occupants under the Act of 1905 (which amount is charged for in the rents collected), nor the sum of £4 10s. paid for clearing noxious weeds from vacant sections. The total expenditure in connection with workers' dwellings during the year was thus £69,345 10s. 2d.—viz., £68,341 is. 9d. out of Public Works Fund and £1,004 Bs. sd. out of Labour Department's vote. (b.) The Number of Dwellings erected during the Year and the Number disposed of. The number of dwellings erected .. .. .. .. 172 The number of dwellings disposed of .. .. .. .. 172

(c.) The Weekly or other Payments contracted for, the Amount of such Payments received, and the Amount of Arrears outstanding.

Settlement. Weekly r other Payments contracted for (Total for Year). Total Amount received for Year. Arrears outstanding as at 31/3/15. Auckland — La wry Eccleston Wellington — Taitville Island. Bay Coromandel Street .. Heretaunga (Petone) Christehuroh — Camelot Walker Chancellor Street Dunedin — Windle Wanganui — Ballance Willis Palmerston North — Loughnan Greymouth — •Cobden Temnka — Buxton Waimate — Willowbridge £ s. d. 2,683 10 4 750 14 4 98 2 6 921 6 1.0 437 9 8 814 10 9 1,091 2 1 532 15 6 228 11 0 701 8 7 £ s. d. 2,666 10 10 756 6 10 90 3 5 934 0 7 429 8 5 812 5 4 1,069 17 7 516 10 4 204 7 3 688 15 0 £ s. d. 268 6 9 112 1 3 7 19 1 39 15 8 21 3 11 60 15 10 47 8 0 67 13 10 27 13 1 61 5 10 254 9 0 235 15 0 259 17 0 232 0 2 4 5 11 22 4 3 198 1 0 198 6 0 2 10 10 379 13 0 329 8 3 82 16 0 296 16 10 287 9 6 46 6 1 408 9 2 309 15 0 98 14 2 Timaru — Craigie Melton Road Invercargill — Seaward Bush Masterton — Kuripuni Hamilton — Laurenson Westport— Leaver 298 9 8 290 18 9 429 11 4 290 14 5 189 18 3 418 6 11 173 5 2 19 18 3 100 19 8 20 3 0 193 3 10 19 18 8 70 15 9 64 4 7 6 11 2 306 4 3 122 16 0 301 1 1 94 19 6 5 3 2 27 16 (i Patea