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Appropriations for Scenery Preservation Account.

SCENERY PRESERVATION ACCOUNT.

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1915-16. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ 11,372 £ 11,762 ote No. 118.—Scenery Preservation ... 390 TOTAL ... 390 11,372 11,762 Item. 15-16. SCENERY PRESERVATION. 1915-16. Total number of officers .. 2 VOTE No. 118. Salaries — £ Professional Division. 365 Class D — lat £365 Clerical Division. Class III— 1 at £25 (also Chief Clerk, Lands Department, £400) 25 Other Charges for and incidentaij to — Administration of reserves and historic spots (including fencing and other works) Compensation, &c, in connection with lands taken under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 Compensation for lands acquired along the Wanganui River Compensation for Native lands taken for scenery purposes (including historic spots) under the Public Works Act, 1908, and the Native Land Act, 1909 Contribution towards purchase of scenic reserve, Kaituna, Banks Peninsula (subsidy, £2 for £1) Day's Bay Bush, purchase of Expenses of Boards Government Loans to Local Bodies Account — Payment of capital value, land reserved, East Puketoi Loan Block Kennedy's Bush — Extension of caretaker's cottage (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... - Kaituna Valley Scenic Reserve : Erection of caretaker's cottage Mokau River Scenic Reserve — Compensation for land acquired on south bend of Mokau River for scenic purposes ... Orari Gorge Scenic Reserve — Contribution towards improvement and fencing ... Parkinson's Bush, Canterbury, purchase of (subsidy, £lfor£l) Road reserve at Ohura Falls, Wanganui River: Purchase and fencing Surveys, valuations, and incidental expenses 390 2 750 3 1,000 4 500 5 1,000 (i 31 3,000 20 7 8 9 47 10 100 11 200 12 3,675 13 I I 20 464 15 65 500 16 Total—Vote No. 118 11,372 11,762 SCENERY PRESERVATION ACCOUNT £11,762