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ADVANCES MADE TO CROWN TENANTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND STOCKING OF HOLDINGS Amounts advanced for the year ended 31st March, 1947 : For improvements .. .. .. .. .. £2,546 For stock .. . . .. .. .. .. £471 Number of Crown tenants to whom new advances made .. 31 Amount readvanced from sales of farm produce .. .. £4,936 DISCHARGED SOLDIERS SETTLEMENT ACT, 1915 The following particulars are supplied pursuant to section 14 of the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915 : Total Area proclaimed since Inception of the Scheme Class of Land. Area (Acres). Ordinary Crown land .. .. .. .. 1,053,157 Land-for-settlements land .. .. .. .. 405,976 Cheviot Estate land .. .. .. .. 3,356 1,462,489 Proclamations have been issued revoking the setting-apart of 258,143 acres of Crown land and 108,419 acres of land-for-settlements land. From the inception of the soldier-settlement scheme in 1915 the total applications received number 15,181 and the allotments made number 4,114, covering a total area of 1,450,887 acres. The Discharged Soldiers Settlement Account was abolished by section 6 of the Finance Act, 1937.

EXPENDITURE Summary of Expenditure approved during the Year ended 31st March, 1947

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Name of Vote or Account. Amount voted. Grpss Expenditure for Year ended 31st March, 1947. Gross Expenditure for Year ended 31st March, 1946. Voted Expenditure Vote, " Lands and Survey " — Subdivision I .. Subdivision II .. ' .. Subdivision III Total, vote " Lands and Survey " .. Vote, " Land for Settlements " Vote, " Small Farms Development " Total, voted expenditure Other Expenditure Land for Settlements Account: Expenditure from capital proceeds of sales of Crown lands Deposits Account expenditure and miscellaneous expenditure £ 645,775 " 133,352 41,800 £ 636,471 79,333 10,539 £ 512,822 79,167 10,895 820,927 73,285 5,858,700 726,343 49,234 3,516,744 602,884 47,850 3,168,722 6,752,912 4,292,321 184,212* 25,635 3,819,456 176,604 71,937 4,502,168 4,067,997 * Includes value of Crown lands transferred to Small Farms Account, £45,917, and interest on proceeds of sales of Crown lands under section 13 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1926, £127,439.