8.—7.

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY—continued.

Number it eln of Persons. ' V0TE No 33._dbPARTMENT OP LANDS AND 1927-28. SURVEY —continued. 1927-28. Subdivision No. II.—Miscellaneous Services. £ £ Chabges fob and incidental to — 37 Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late G. E. T. Tuck, Mechanical Engineer, Lands and Survey Department, Auckland ... ... 106 Compensation for— 38 Injuries to employees while in discharge of their duties, medical and other attendance during illness, and contingent expenses in connection with same ... ... ... 100 39 Shortage in area, Lots 17, 38, and 39, Parish of Whangape ... ... ... 50 40 Crown lands draining, &c. (general) ... ... 50 41 Destruction of rabbits on Crown lands : Wages and other expenses ... ... ... 6,500 42 Destruction of the kea, contribution to Department of Agriculture towards cost of ... ... 375 43 Destruction of wild pigs (also votes Department of Agriculture, £400, and State Forests Service, £400) 400 44 Deteriorated Lands Account, administration expenses of ... ... ... 7,000 45 Digest of the Land Laws (new edition) : Cost of copyright, printing, and publishing (part recoverable) 400 46 Exchange of Crown lands for private lands, equality of 50 47 Experimentation on grass-seed mixtures and flaxgrowing, La Fontaine Swamp, Harihari, Westland 125 48 Fees to examiners, draughtsmen's examinations ... 10 Grants — 49 Egmont National Park Board ... ... 500 50 Egmont National Park Board : Grant towards cost of destruction of wild goats in Park ... 203 51 Royal Geographical Society, England ... 10 52 Surveyors' Board ... ... ... 250 53 Tongariro National Park Board: Administration expenses ... ... ... 270 54 Grass-seed for Crown lands ... ... ... 600 55 Gum lands, experiments in connection with the development of ... ... ... 1,000 56 Kaitaia land-drainage area rates — £ Subsidy on capital rates ... ... 4,340 Subsidy on maintenance rates ... 1,325 5,665 Kapiti Island — 57 Expenses of supervision, maintenance of oil-launch, and maintenance and furnishing of cottage ... 300 58 Fencing and improvements ... ... 50 59 Kauri-gum Control Board, advance to cover preliminary expenses of (recoverable) ... ... 1,000 60 Noxious weeds on Crown land, eradication of ... 2,500 61 Parengarenga 5b 3p Block : Refund of survey lien . .. 5 62 Protective Works : Erection of river-protective works to protect adjoining Crown lauds ... ... 50 63 Refunds for improvements effected ... ... 100 64 , Repairs and alterations to buildings on Crown lands 50 65 River protective works, Waitangi River, South Westland ' ... ... ... 100 Road Access— 66 Kumara-Kapitea Road : Payment of compensation and erection of fencing ... ... ... 160 67 Run 15a, Cloudy Range, Marlborough ... 63 68 Road access to Section 24, Block III, Aroha Survey District ... ... ... 165 69 Special rates to local authorities ... ... 10 70 Stewart Island: Interest on £2,000, part purchasemoney; annual payment, £160 ... ... 160