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Advances made to Crown Tenants for the Development and Stocking op their HoldingsAmounts advanced for the year ended 31st March, 1942 £ Improvements .. .. .. . . .. . . 5,202 Stock .. .. .. .. .. ■ • •■ 637 Number of advances made .. .. .. .. .. 57 DISCHARGED SOLDIERS SETTLEMENT ACT, 1915. Owing to the necessity of conserving paper, and in view of the fact that operations under the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, are now extremely limited, a separate report on this subject which has in previous years been published as parliamentary paper C.-9, is not being presented. The following particulars are supplied pursuant to section 14 of the Act mentioned : — Total Area proclaimed since Inception of the Scheme. Class of Land. Area (Acres). Ordinary Crown lands .. .. .. .. 1,048,361 Land, for settlements land .. .. .. .. 404,307 Cheviot Estate land . . .. .. . . ■ . 3,356 1,456,024 Proclamations have been issued revoking the setting-apart of 257,936 acres of Crown land and 107,412 acres of land for settlements land. From the inception of the soldier-settlement scheme in 1915 the total applications received number 15,180 and the allotments made number 4,111, covering a total area of 1,444,422 acres. The Discharged Soldiers Settlement Account was abolished by section 6 of the Finance Act, 1937. Provision for the settlement of discharged servicemen returned from the present war was made in the Small Farms Amendment Act, 1940.

EXPENDITURE. Summary of Expenditure approved during the Year ended 31st March, 1942.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (605 copies), £35.

By Authority: E. V. Paul, Government Printer, Wellington. —1942.

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' Net Amount Gross Net ' Name ol Vote or Account. vote(h Expenditure. recoveries. Expenditure. Voted Expenditure. £ £ £ £ Vote " Lands and Survey " — Subdivision I .. 238,165 286,387 67,993 218,394 Subdivision II 156,256. 138,396 .. 138,396 Subdivision III 15,785 5,158 .. 5,158 Total, vote " Lands and Survey" .. .. 410,206 429,941 67,993 36],948 Vote " Land for Settlements" .. .. .. •• 449,900 200,787 191 200,596 Vote " Small Farms Development" .. .. 388,200 463,746 260,064 203,682 Total voted expenditure .. .. .. 1,248,306 1,094,474 328,248 766,226 Other Expenditure. Land for Settlements Account: Expenditure from capital proceeds of sales 8,404 .. 8,404 of Orown and national-endowment lands Refunds of revenue: Deposits Account expenditure and miscellaneous 30,687 .. 30,687 expenditure —— Total, departmental expenditure .. .. .. .. 1,133,565 328,248 805,317

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