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Appropriations for Land for Settlements Account.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT.

1925-26. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Vote No. 68. —Land for Settlements Expenses— £ £ £ GROSS TOTAL .. .. .. 1,192 5,328 6,520 CREDITS-IN-aid .. .. * .. 590 170 760 NET TOTAL .. .. .. 602 5,158 5,760 ofpetons. 1925-26. I VOTE No. 68.—LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS 1925-26. EXPENSES. 1 *Salaries— £ £ Clerical Division. 1 1 at £767 ... ... ... 767 Class IV— 1 1 at £425 ... ... ... -125 2 1,192 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Advertising, photographs, books, newspapers, and other publications ... ... ... 5 3 Audit fees ... ... ... 30 4 Grant to J. D. Eitchie, Land Purchase Controller, on retirement, in lieu of leave of absence ... 413 5 Office fittings and requisites ... ... 10 6 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 50 7 Preliminary expenses, valuations, and expenses under the Land Settlement Finance Act ... ... 200 8 Printing and stationery .... ... ... 25 9 Refund of proportion of land-tax and rates upon estates purchased for settlements ... ... 25 10 Services rendered by other Departments ... 50 11 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) ... ... 25 12 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 250 13 Typewriters: Purchase and upkeep ... ... 5 14 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 10 Lands Department — Roading, drainage, improvements, &c., for the benefit or protection of settlements under Section 77 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908 :— 15 Flaxbourne Settlement: Erection of river protective works ... ... ... 30 Grants— 16 Eradication of noxious weeds ... ... 500 17 For purpose of extinguishing a fire in the Albury Coal-mine, situated on Section 1, Block II, Chamberlain Settlement .. 140 18 To Vincent County Council for road formation and metalling, Earnscleugh Settlement ... 100 * For particulars of salaries see " Public Servioe Classification List." Note.—Scale salaries or wages include cost-of-living increase.