8.-7 [PT. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1944.

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY—continued.

(a) Number of officers, 80. Motor hire, £186 6s. lOd. ; motor mileage £1,043 17s. 4d.; travelling-expenses, £2,729 10s. sd. ; travelling-allowances, £1,729 os. lid. (ft) Firewatchers' expenses, £41 13s. 7d.; exchange on dishonoured cheques, £1 19s. 7d. ; medical fee, £1 Is, ; custody of paokets, 10s.; compensation for loss due to acoident, £5 13s. : total, £50 17s. 2d. (c) Commitments carried forward —work delayed on account of shortage of labour and materials.

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Number of Persona 1942 -43 _ 1_ VOTE—LANDS AND SURVEY—continued. 1943-41 ; 1943 441942 43 ... . . , , Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. 1. —Administration —continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. £ £ £ Travelling allowances and expenses— £ Motor-hire .. .. , . .. 200 Motor-mileage allowances .. .. .. 1,300 Travelling-allowances .. . 1,900 Travelling-expenses .. ,. ,. 2,600 6,000 6,000 (a) 5,689 Typewriters and calculating-machines, &c.— £ Purchase .. .. .. .. ., 100 Maintenance .. .. . . .. 300 —- 400 600 324 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the vote (part recoverable) .. .. .. 50 30 (b) 51 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Administration expenses of— £ Education Reserves .. .. .. 6,000 Hunter Soldiers' Assistance Trust Deposit Account , , .. .. .. 50 Land for Settlements Account— Development expenditure on Crown and settlement lands .. .. .. 1,500 Hutt Valley Settlement .. .. .. 500 Settlements .. .. .. .. 9,500 Education reserves .. .. .. 400 Marine Department for computation of tidetables .. .. .. .. .. 550 Miscellaneous credits representing charges for surveys, draughting work, &c., performed for other Departments, survey fees, search fees, &c. 30,500 Land and • Deeds Department for services rendered .. .. .. .. 9,000 58,000 84,220 86,526 75,169 Total—Subdivision No. I.. .. .. 305,285 313,591 292,169 Subdivision No. II.—Miscellaneous Services. Charges for and incidental to — Access road to Ahipara Gainfields : Maintenance .. 50 50 Advances for protection of buildings on Crown leasehold properties .. ., .. .. .. 500 500 Aranui 1b Block: Rent .. .... ... 33 50 48 Commission on purchase of Native lands .. .. 10 10 Compensation for injuries to employees while in discharge of their duties, and contingent expenses in connection with same .. .. .. .. .. 100 100 114 Crown lands : Protecting, clearing, grassing, draining, &c. (general) (part recoverable) .. .. .. .. 5,000 5,000 (c) 804 Destruction of rabbits on unoccupied Crown lands : Wages and other expenses .. .. .. 4,500 4,500 4,287 Destruction of noxious weeds on unoccupied Crown land .. 7,000 7,000 6,375 Drainage-works expenditure (part recoverable) — Hauraki Plains Drainage District— Maintenance of completed works .. .. .. 3,150 3,150 2,431 Central Outlet Drain: Widening .. .. 1,100 1,100 Perry expenses .. .. .. .. .. 450 350 i 465