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Appropriations for Land, for Settlements Account.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT.

1924-25. Salaries. Othe Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Vote No. 70.—Land for Settlements Expenses — £ £ £ £ Gross Total .. .. .. 1,187 1,187 7,808 8,995 Credits-in-aid .. .. .. 590 590 220 810 NET TOTAL .. .. .. 597 [ 7,588 8,185 i Number It I of Persons. 124-25. i VOTE No. 70,—LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS 1924-25. EXPENSES." 1 *Salaries— £ £ Clerical Division. 767 1 1 at £767 Class IV— 1 1 at £420 420 2 1,187 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Advertising, photographs, books, newspapers, and other publications 3 Audit fees 4 Eradication of noxious weeds Grants— 5 For purpose of extinguishing a fire in the Albury Coal-mine, situated on Section 1, Block II, Chamberlain Settlement 6 To J. D. Ritchie, Land Purchase Controller, on retirement, in lieu of leave of absence 7 Office fittings and requisites 8 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... 9 Preliminary expenses, valuations, and expenses under the Land Settlement Finance Act 10 Printing and stationery 11 Refund of proportion of land-tax and rates upon estates purchased for settlements 12 Revaluation Boards, expenses of 13 Services rendered by other Departments 14 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) 15 Travelling allowances and expenses 16 Typewriters: Purchase and upkeep 17 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 6 7 8 9 2 3 4 5 5 15 250 140 41.3 10 50 100 25 10 11 12 13 14 25 5,000 25 15 16 17 10 250 5 10 Lands Department — Roading, drainage, improvements, &c, for the benefit or protection of settlements under Section 77 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908 : — 18 Flaxbourne Settlement: Erection of river protective works 18 300 * For partioulars of salaries see " Publio Servioe Classification Lisi . »» i. Note, —Scale salaries or wages include cost-of-living inorease.