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Statement showing Expenditure on Scenery-preservation for t&e Year ended 31st March, 1935. £ s. d. Acquisition of scenic reserves .. . • • • • • • ■ • • • • ® ® Summit Road Scenic Reserves : Ranger . ■ • • • • • • • • Surveys, valuations, and incidental expenses .. • • • • • ■ • • Trounson Kauri Forest, charges in connection with protection of . . . • ■ ■ 'o Waitangi Endowment: Planting, &c. (on account of £8,200) ■ • • • • • 617 71U Waitangi Historic Reserve : Clearing, ploughing, grassing, internal roading, and compensation, &c. .. ■ • • • • • • • • • • ■ '' ' Administration of reserves (including fencing, &c.)— £ s. elEradication of noxious weeds and destruction of rabbits .. • ■ 50 8 9 Fencing, &c 3 1 Fire-fighting expenses .. .. • ■ • • • • «an Ranger: Lake Wakatipu .. • • ■ • • • • • 88 0 Travelling-expenses (including travelling-expenses of departmental officers supervising fire-fighting operations) . . ■ • ■ • 46 1 7 ZoU o o Gross expenditure for year .. •• •• •• •• 3,145 9 9 Less Credits-in-aid, &c., received — Waitangi Historic Reserve : Wages subsidy from Unemployment Board, 473 5 0 Other reserves — Payments by adjoining owners for half-share of cost of boundaryfencing erected, &c. .. . • • • • * • • H ® Public donations received for improvement works to be effected next year at White Pine Scenic Reserve, Tangoio . . . . 50 0 0 fJoO u o Net expenditure for year .. •• £2,610 7^o

Comparison of Expenditure. It is interesting to note how money raised under the Act or provided from other sources has been expended. It will be seen that the cost of administration has been reduced to a very small proportion of the total expenditure.

It must be noted that the above expenditure does not include expenses of raising loans and recoupment of interest, &c. «

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r ~jr J- __ „ . , „ : Compensation Fencing and Surveys, Board's Salaries. Total. * ear - for Land. Maintenance. Valuations, &c. Expenses. £ £ £ £ £ £ 1904-5 .. .. 216 Nil 52 1,822 * 2,090 1905- 6 .. 3,336 „ 527 1,221 * 5,084 190 6-7 .. .. 7,856 304 801 185 9,14-6 1907-8 .. .. 4,286 382 555 86 175 5,484 1908-9 .. .. 3,813 1,063 540 24 325 5,765 1909-10 .. 1,688 1,159 2,603 Nil 325 5,775 1910-11 .. 1,066 685 1,643 U 325 3,730 1911-12.. .. 2,619 715 2,237 22 345 5,938 1912-13.. .. 12,997 798 2,697 6 345 6,843 1913-14 .. 10,467 627 1,547 3 365 13,009 1914-15 :: .. 6'253 758 476 12 388 7,887 1915-16 .. 1,530 698 104 6 390 2,728 1916-17.. .. 252 836 76 1 390 1,555 1917-18 .. .. 428 602 114 3 390 1,537 1918-19 .. •• 1,295 l,964f 49 1 280 3,589 1919-20 .. .. 510 188 12 .. 40 750 1920-21 .. .. 3,031 471 299 .. 25 J'^5 1921-22 .. .. 57,768 227 224 .. 25 08,244 1922-23.. -. 6,306 377 290 .. 25 6,998 1923-24.. .. 1,488 118 1,589 .. 25 3,210 1924-25.. .. 1,158 1,565 240 .. 18 J.',.I 1925-26.. .. 17,923 2,310 305 9 •• 20,547 1926-27.. .. 2,617 1,182 75 17 .. 3,891 1927-28.. .. 5,182 1,342 58 17 .. 1928-29.. .. 11,642 1,810 538 1 150} 1929-30 445 1,548 108 6 300} -j,407 1930-31.'. 574 1,335 92 2 300} 2,303 1931-32 .. .. 2,373 838 1,099 16 279} 4,605 1932-33.. .. 7 476 15 .. 200} 698 1933-34.. .. 92 1,221 21 .. 156f 1,490 1934-35 .. .. 750 1,804§ 18 ... 38} 2,610 Grand total .. .. •• •• •• " 224,459 ~ * Included in Board's TIncludes £1,750 paid to Summit Road Scenic Reserve Board. t Ranger for Summit Road Scenic Reserves. § Includes £1,344 expended on Waitangi Endowment and Historic Reserve.