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LANDS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT. GENERAL ACCOUNT. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ g. d. Territorial revenue—Rents, royalties, &c. .. 186,935 4 8 Territorial revenue—Refunds of rents, royalties, &c. 7,599 10 5 Lands and Survey vote —Credits-in-aid under Lands and Survey vote—Salaries, contingencies, section 22, Appropriation Act, 1923 .. 114,139 9 3 and expenses of the Lands and Survey DepartRegistration and other fees — £ s. d. ment .. .. .. .. .. 291,026 19 7 Crown-grant fees .. .. 742 8 3 Registration and other fees—Refunds of CrownFees under Timber-floating Act, grant fees .. .. .. . . 10 0 1908 .. .. .. 61 10 0 Miscellaneous ordinary revenue — Refund of 803 18 3 amount received in previous year on account Miscellaneous ordinary revenue— of repayment of advances .. .. . . 12 0 0 Salaries —Miscellaneous .. 30 0 0 Unauthorized expenditure—Payment of cornRefund of loan for lime, grass- pensation to lessees .. .. .. 246 2 2 seed, &c. .. .. .. 0 9 0 Disbursements under special Acts of the General Rates under Hauraki Plains Assembly—Reserves and other Lands Disposal Amendment Act, 1922, section and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1925, 5(3) .. .. .. 210 5 sections 15 and 16 (2) .. .. .. 1,258 15 0 Repayment of principal, village- Balance transferred to Treasury Adjustment homestead settlement .. 75 0 0 Account .. .. .. .. .. 5,819 7 9 107 19 5 Interest on public moneys— Interest on advances for lime and grass-seed .. .. .. 8 0 9 Interest on advances under villagehomestead settlement scheme 42 11 8 Interest on advances for roading Hauraki pastoral area .. 9 6 8 59 19 1 Recoveries on account expenditure of previous years — Sale of surplus and obsolete stores, &c. .. .. .. 175 17 0 Sale of motor, &c. .. .. 49 8 9 Sale of typewriters .. .. 6 6 0 Repayment of advances for purchase of lime and grass-seed .. 27 5 4 Refund from State Forest Account of cost of survey .. .. 3,478 13 3 Hire of tractor, Hauraki Plains .. 101 8 11 Recovery of value of stores destroyed by fire .. .. 15 10 0 Recovery of cost of improvements, Otago University Reserve 24 6 0 Recovery of cost of improvements, Hedgehope Settlement .. 38 9 0 3,917 4 3 £305,963 14 11 £305,963 14 11 Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ B . d. To Administration charges— By Accrued interest on sales of Crown land .. 13,171 11 10 Advertising .. .. .. .. 2,909 19 0 Accrued rents .. .. .. .. 222,187 12 8 Costs of inspection of Crown and settlement Accrued royalties .. .. .. 14,423 9 8 lands .. .. .. .. 10,041 17 0 Administration expenses from other funds .. 66,906 511 Costs of surveys .. .. .. 22,809 18 3 Crown-grant fees .. .. .. .. 804 18 3 Depreciation .. .. .. .. 2,881 0 3 Interest under section 3 (5), Education Reserves Grants and subsidies — Miscellaneous ex- Amendment Act, 1924 .. .. .. 177 14 4 penses incidental to the administration of Lease, license, transfer, and other fees .. 2,717 16 7 Crown lands .. .. .. .. 20,957 15 1 Miscellaneous office fees .. .. .. 4,438 6 6 Land Board fees and expenses .. .. 4,501 6 6 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. 142 6 4 Losses, departmental property .. .. 138 18 10 Miscellaneous services, &c., for other DepartMaintenance and upkeep, instruments, ma- ments .. .. .. .. 43,017 8 0 chinery, and plant .. .. .. 130 6 9 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. .. 1,232 13 10 Office expenses .. .. .. 5,787 15 9 Office fittings and requisites .. .. 4,155 10 5 Postages, telegrams, &c. .. .. 4,171 0 2 Rent of offices .. .. .. •• 10,800 611 Salaries and allowances .. .. .. 185,022 7 6 Telephone services .. .. .. 1,255 12 4 j Travelling-expenses and allowances .. 6,011 3 1 Charges on rents, &c. — Interest under section 20, Discharged Soldiers Settlement Amendment Act, 1923 .. 754 8 5 Irrecoverable rents .. .. .. 2,328 4 9 Loan repayments —Principal and interest — Local bodies'loans .. .. .. 13,711 11 5 Section 47, Land for Settlements Act, 1925 7,861 11 4 Rebates .. .. .. .. 9,611 15 7 Remissions of rent and interest .. .. 1,877 5 9 Special roading districts .. .. 1,160 9 5 " Thirds," " fourths," and " halves " .. 13,034 111 Balance carried down .. .. 34, 840 910 j £367,987 10 1 ! £367,987 10 1 £ s. d. £ s . tl. To Interest on invested capital .. .. 1,859 2 0 By Balance brought down .. .. .. 34,840 910 Balance .. .. •• •• 32,981 7 10 £34,840 9 10 £34,840 9 10 Note. —The above account includes charges for assessed rent on Government buildings and interest on capital for which the Department has no parliamentary appropriation.

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