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DETERIORATED LANDS ACCOUNT. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1929. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. To Balance—Cash in Public Account at Ist April, By Advances under section 11, Deteriorated Lands 1928 .. .. .. .. .. 15,413 910 Act, 1925 .. .. .. .. 4,927 13 0 Credits in reduction of expenditure under sec- Interest recouped to Consolidated Fund under tion 12 (4) (d), Deteriorated Lands Act, 1925 2,487 14 1 Section 139, Public Revenues Act, 1926 .. 600 0 0 Repayment of advances .. .. .. 83 12 10 Balance —Cash in Public Account .. .. 13,324 17 0 Interest on advances .. .. .. 268 19 11 Adjustment of amount erroneously charged in previous year .. .. . . . . 141 6 1 Interest on investments .. .. .. 457 7 3 £18,852 10 0 £18,852 10 0 Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1929. Dr. £ ■s. d. Cr. £ s. d. To Interest on loans .. .. .. 878 2 9 By accrued interest on advances .. .. .. 392 2 0 Interest on investments .. .. .. 378 9 1 Balance carried forward .. .. .. 107 11 8 £878 2 9 £878 2 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought forward from previous year .. 637 910 By Balance carried forward .. .. .. 745 1 6 Balance brought down .. . . . . 107 11 8 £745 1 6 • £745 1 6 Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1929. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Loan Account .. .. .. 22,000 0 0 Advances on mortgages —Advances under secSundry creditors for— £ s. d. tion 11 of Deteriorated Lands Act, 1925 .. 9,139 310 Interest accrued on loans .. 436 7 8 Sundry debtors for interest on advances .. 250 5 5 Consolidated Pund, for interest paid Revenue Account —Balance carried forward .. 745 1 6 on debentures .. .. 686 2 9 Cash in Public Account .. .. .. 13,324 17 0 Consolidated Fund, for interest paid on temporary transfers .. 78 18 2 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 257 19 2 1,459 7 9 £23,459 7 9 £23,459 7 9 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. —J. H. Fowler, Deputy Controller and Auditor-General.

TABLES.

Table 1. —Return showing (approximately) Position of Lands in the Dominion at 31st March, 1929.

Total Area of Land unfit Tntnl Arpi Tot.nl Area Crown Lands Total Area of for Settlement sold or reserved leased under Crown Lands Total Area (including Total Area District. and held on for Public all Tenures available of Area occupied in Land Freehold Piirooses (exclusive of for Future Native Land. by Rivers, District, ireenoia. i-urposes. Reserves leased Disposal. Lakes, Roads, by Crown). <fec.). Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. North Auckland :. 2,492,474 452,170 464,250 253,562 598,316 217,428 4,478,200 Auckland .. .. 2,560,023 1,092,556 924,710 1,376,356 1,654,803 612,125 8,220,573 Gisborne .. .. 1,129,615 428,154 511,400 137,973 1,058,485 253,864 3,519,491 Hawke'sBay.. .. 1,541,427 200,776 599,036 96,273 394,389 82,420 2,914,321 Taranaki .. .. 1,124,766 340,505 596,179 96,966 176,811 69,204 2,404,431 Wellington* .. .. 3,555,012 1,020,372 821,456 159,069 1,335,409 159,751 7,051,069 Nelson .. .. 640,076 2,360,893 853,928 227,249 30,051 602,803 4,715,000 Marlborough .. .. 786,659 355,081 1,516,251 8,132 .. 101,877 2,768,000 Westland .. .. 160,926 2,006,064 785,516 441,588 .. 469,284 3,863,378 Canterbury .. ... 3,552,462 1,432,102 3,978,888 32,086 i .. 482,892 9,478,430 Otago .. .. 1,991,969 958,340 '5,441,167 50,748 .. 651,898 9,094,122 Southland .. .. 1,847,357 4,245,318 1,533,375 172,600 .. 84,597 7,883,247 Totals .. 21,382,766 14,892,331 18,026,156 3,052,602 5,248,264 3,788,143 66,390,262 * Includes Chatham Islands.