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DETERIORATED LANDS ACCOUNT. Receipts and Payments Account for Period ended 31st March, 1928. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. To Balance in Public Account at Ist April, 1927 4,721 14 0 By Expenditure under section 12 (4) (d), DeterioCredits in reduction of expenditure under sec- rated Lands Act, 1925 .. .. .. 5,856 19 7 tion 12 (4) (</), Deteriorated Lands Act, 1925 10,401 0 0 Advances under section 1.1, Deteriorated Lands Repayment of advances .. .. .. 36 13 11 Act, 1925 .. .. .. .. 3,968 13 0 Interest on advances .. .. .. 16 19 2 Public Revenues Act, 1926, section. 40 — Interest on investments . . .. . . 141 13 6 Interest paid on temporary transfers from Public Revenues Act, 1926, section 40 —Tempo- other accounts .. .. .. .. 78 18 2 rary transfers from other accounts . . 8,000 0 0 I Temporary transfers from other accounts Debentures issued .. .. .. .10,000 0 0 j repaid .. .. .. .. 8,000 0 0 Balance—Cash in Public Account .. .. 15,4.13 9 10 £33,318 0 7 £33,318 0 7 Revenue Account for Period ended 31st March, 1928. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. To Interest on temporary transfers .. .. 78 18 2 By Accrued interest .. .. . . .. 143 5 0 Interest on loans .. .. .. .. 545 19 5 Interest on investments . . . . .. 141. 13 6 Balance carried forward .. . . .. 339 19 I £624 17 7 £624 17 7 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought forward from previous year .. 7,745 0 0 By Adjustment on account of previous year .. 7,447 9 3 Balance brought down .. .. .. 339 19 1 Balance carried forward .. .. .. 637 0 10 £8,084 1.9 1 £8,084 19 I. Balance-sheet as at 31st March; 1928. Liabilities. £ s. cl. Assets. £ s. d. Loan Account . . . . . . . . 22,000 0 0 Advances on mortgages—Advances under section Sundry creditors for — £ s. d. 11 of the Deteriorated Lands Act, 1925 .. 4,071 1 0 Interest accrued on loans . . 304 0 0 Sundry debtors for— £ s. d. Consolidated Fund, for interest paid Interest on advances . . . . 127 3 4 on debentures .. . . 540 7 8 Administration expenses—Amount Miscellaneous .. .. 38 16 6 to be recouped from Consoli878 4 2 datedPund .. .. .. 2,487 14 1 Miscellaneous .. .. . . 141 6 1 2,756 3 6 Revenue Account —Balance carried forward .. 637 910 Cash in Public Account .. .. .. 15,413 9 10 £22,878 4 2 | £22,878 4 2 J. B. Thompson, Under-Secretary for Lands. J. H. O'Donnell, Controller of Accounts. I hereby certify that the statements of Receipts and Payments, Revenue Account, and Balance-sheet have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state- the position as disclosed thereby.— G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

Table 1 . —Return showing (approximately) Position of Lands in the Dominion at 31st March, 1928.

District. Total Area sold or granted and held on Freehold. Total Area reserved for Public Purposes. Total Area of Crown Lands leased under all Tenures (exclusive of Reserves leased by Crown). Total Area of Grown Lands available for future Disposal. Land unfit for Settlement Total Area (including Total Area of Area occupied in Land Native Land. by Rivers, District. Lakes, Roads, &c). North Auckland Auckland Gisborne Hawke's Bay . . Taranaki Wellington* .. Nelson Marlborough . . Westland Canterbury Otago Southland Acres. 2,485,400 2,543.528 1,127,752 1,539,511 1,122,600 3,543,369 639,352 786,089 160,173 3,569,527 1,989,157 1,843,905 Acres. 446,699 1,004,173 428,1.97 200,682 339,9.17 1,021,086 2,336,195 354,219 2,025,475 1,409,307 951,827 4,245,303 Acres. 448,492 922,709 511,479 590,595 579,627 790,919 856,340 1.512,904 835,974 3,989,521 5,439,270 1.536.356 Acres. 280,855 1,478,554 129,793 106,441 115,833 127,576 227,152 12,923 372,472 26,236 61,970 173,087 Acres. Acres. Acres. 599,326 217,428 4,478,200 1,660,060 611,549 8,220,573 1,068,465 253,805 3,519,49! 394,672 82,420 2,914.321 177,250 69,204 i 2,404,431 1.335,409 232,710 7,051,069 30,051 625,910 4,715,000 101,865 2,768,000 469,284 3,863,378 483,839 9,478,430 651,898 9.094,122 84,597 7,883,247 Totals 21,350,363 14,763,080 18,014,185 3,112,892 5,265,233 5,265,233 3,884,509 66,390,262 3,884,509 * inelui cs Chatham lslai lids.