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Scenery Preservation Account.

SCENERY PRESERVATION ACCOUNT.

By Authority : Marcus F. Marks, Government Printer, Wellington, -1917.

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1917-18. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ 390 £ 10,873 £ 11,263 Scenery Preservation Account TOTAL ... 390 10,873 11,263 I tern. SCENERY PRESERVATION. 191 1917-18. 1917-18. Total number of officers .. 2 * £' 6" Salaries — Professional Division. Class D — 1 at £365 ... ... ... i 365 365 Clerical Division. Class III — 1 at £25 (also Chief Clerk, Lands Department, £400) 25 25 Other Charges for and incidental to — Administration of reserves and historic spots (including fencing and other works) ... ... Compensation, kc, in connection with lands taken under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908 ... 1,1 Compensation for lands acquired along the Wanganui River ... ... ... j i Compensation for Native lands taken for scenery purposes (including historic spots) under the Public Works Act, 1908, and the Native Land Act, 1909 j Contribution towards purchase of scenic reserve, Kaituna, Banks Peninsula (subsidy, £2 for £1) ... Coronation Hill Scenic Reserve: Subsidy towards construction of tea-house ... Day's Bay Bush, purchase of ... ... 3,1 Expenses of Boards 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 ... ... j 3,1 Orari Gorge Scenic Reserve— Contribution towards improvement and fencing ... Payment of capital value of Section 9, Greystoke ! Settlement, to be reserved for scenic purposes ... I ( Purchase price of Section 77, Parish of Manaia Surveys, valuations, and incidental expenses ... I Wanganui River ami Scenic Reserves Commission ... i 390 390 750 000 500 500 31 100 000 20 37 675 20 680 30 300 230 2 750 8 1,000 4 5 500 500 6 31 7 100 3,000 20 8 9 10 11 37 3,675 12 20 13 680 30 300 230 14 15 16 10, i Total ... ... ... 10,873 873 11,263 SCENERY PRESERVATION ACCOUNT £1. L,263