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Appropriations for Land for Settlements Account.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT.

1(11 H 1Q 1917-18. 1917-18. Salaries. Other Charges. £ £ Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ Si •» ote No. 120. — Land for Settlements 1,175 8,583 Expenses 1,175 8,583 9,751 TOTAL ... ... 1,175 8;583 9,758 Item. ;em. i 17-18. LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS EXPENSES. 1917-18. £ Total number of offioers .. 3 £ VOTE No. 120. 1 i Salaries— Clerical Division. £ 1 at £725 ... ... 725 Class III— 1 at £390 ... ... 390 Class VIII— lat£60 ... ... 60 1,1. 1,175 1,1. Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 ' Newspapers ... ... •■• 1 3 ' Office equipment 4 | Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... i 5 Preliminary expenses, including temporary services and expenses under the Land Settlement Finance Act ... ... ... 1,3( 6 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 1 7 Refund of proportion of land-tax and rates upon estates purchased for settlements ... ... 2£ 8 Telephones ... ... ■■■ 1 9 War bonus to officers of the Department 10 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... ] 2 3 4 5 1,175 10 5 50 1,300 20 6 7 250 13 8 8 9 10 10 Lands Department — Reading, drainage, improvements, &e, for the benefit or protection of settlements under Section 77 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908:— 11 Annan: River protective works to Section 23 (subsidy) ... ... ... I 12 Barnego: Protective works ... ... 25 13 Beaumont: River protective works (subsidy, £1 for£l) ... ... ... 8( 14 Bickerstaffe Settlement: Roads in 15 Kauroo Hill— Providing bridge at Raupo Crossing, Kakanui River (balance) ... ... ... 3! 16 Lindsay— Irrigation and drainage (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... II 17 Lake Settlement: Rabbit-proof fencing ... ( 18 MillsStraightening Hook River ... ... 1( 11 12 13 14 15 25 222 300 9 390 16 113 94 17 18 100