B—7 [Pt. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY— continued

(a) Work has been completed, but expenditure not brought to charge in 1946-47. (b) Provision for the cost of construction of new pontoon at Kaihere Ferry. (c) Willow-clearing along the banks of the Piako River and Puhunga Canal was discontinued during the war, and the removal of the regrowth is now necessary. Cost is recoverable from the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Council.

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VOTE—LANDS AND SURVEY—continued 194R-4.7 1947-48. Subdivision No II —Miscellaneous Services Voted. Expended. Charges for and incidental to — Access road to Ahipara Gumfields : main- £ £ £ tenance 1,000 1,000 (a) Advances for protection of buildings on Crown leasehold properties 100 100 . . Aranui 1b Block : rent 48 32 16 Commission on purchase of Native lands .. 10 10 Compassionate grants to widows of deceased officers 100 200 62 Compensation for injuries to employees while in discharge of their duties, and contingent expenses in connection with same 100 100 100 Crown lands : protecting, clearing, grassing, draining, &c. (general), (part recoverable) .. 3,000 3,650 822 Destruction of rabbits on unoccupied Crown lands : wages and other expenses 6,000 6,400 5,864 Destruction of noxious weeds on unoccupied Crown land 7,000 10,000 5,803 Drainage-works expenditure (part recoverable) — Hauraki Plains Drainage District — Works expenditure — Central outlet drain : widening 1,100 1,100 Clearing Poa aquatica from main canals and improved river channels (on account, £7,000 ; expended, £1,726), (part recoverable) 2,300 2,500 1,726 Kaihere Ferry pontoon : renewal (■b) 1,650 Maintenance of completed works 3,700 3,200 2,987 Willow-clearing, Piako River and Puhunga Canal (recoverable) (c) 2,000 Constructing and carrying on works, acquisition of land for the more effective carryingout of drainage operations, and compensation for works on private lands (part recoverable)— £ Works .. .. 7,250 Other expenditure .. 5,600 12,850 12,250 7,006 Kaihere Ferry expenses 650 650 692