B—7 [PT. ll]

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1947-48

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY—continued

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For Services chargeable on the Consolidated Fund —continued £ £ £ ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT—ctd. VOTE—LANDS AND SURVEY—continued Subdivision No. II. —Miscellaneous Services—ctd. Charges for and incidental to—continued j Drainage-works expenditure (part recoverable) —continued Rangitaiki Drainage District: works expenditure —Thornton pumping area : improvement to old channel Rangitaiki River (not recoverable) Repairing stop-banks (part recoverable): works expenditure : Hauraki West Drainage Board Area (additional) Transfer to Land for Settlements Account: subsidy on wages expenditure on development of marginal lands and for ascertained and anticipated losses on developing land for rehabilitation (additional) (а) 1,500 (б) 2,000 200,000 Total —Subdivision No. II , 206,910 TOTAL .. 255,080 (a) Provision is made for the cost of improvements to the old channel of the Rangitaiki River for the more efficient drainage in the Thornton Area. (b) £2,200 provided on main estimates. An additional length of stop-banking requires repair to prevent the danger of flooding of farm lands.