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Appropriations for Land for Settlements Account.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT.

1927-28. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Vote No. 70.—Land for Settlements Expenses — £ £ £ GROSS TOTAL .. .. .. 1,425 3,398 4,823 CREDITS-IN-aid .. .. .. ... 50 50 NET TOTAL .. .. .. 1,425 3,348 4,773 Number Item 1Q27-Z8 of Persons. 1JA J VOTE No. 70.— LAND FOE SETTLEMENTS 1927-28. EXPENSES. £ £ 1 * Salaries — Clerical Division. 1 1 at £1,000 ... ... ... | 1,000 Cla-s IV— 1 1 at £425 ... ... ... 425 2 1,425 I Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Audit fees ... ... ... 30 3 Grant to J. D. Ritchie, Land Purchase Controller, on retirement, in lieu of leave of absence ... 413 4 Office fittings and requisites ... ... 10 5 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 50 6 Preliminary expenses : Valuations, &c. ... ... 250 7 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 30 8 Refund of proportion of land-tax and rates upon estates purchased for settlements ... ... 25 9 Services rendered by other Departments ... 50 10 Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, rent, and calls) ... ... 25 11 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 250 12 Typewriters: Purchase and upkeep ... ... 5 13 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 35 Lands Department— Roading, drainage, improvements, &a., for the benefit or protection of settlements under Section 77 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1908 :— 14 Bonus to former manager of Clifton Settlement on termination of engagement ... ... 100 15 Contribution towards purchase of fire-extinguishing plant for Albury Coal-mine, situated on Section 1, Block II, Chamberlain Settlement (part recoverable) ... ... ... 100 16 Pahurehure Domain : Purchase of land ... 350 17 Hadlow Settlement: Metalling access road ... 250 18 Maerewhenua Settlement: River protection works 10 * For particulars of salaries see " Publio Servioe Classification List." Note. —-Scale salaries or wages include cost-of-living increase.