B—7 [Ft. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

PERMANENT APPROPRIATIONS— continued

(a) The Act provides for the payment to the Taranaki Maori Trust Board of an annual sum of £5,000 as compensation for confiscation of certain Maori lands. (b) The Act provides for the following payments to the Tainui Maori Trust Board in settlement of all claims and demands in respect of, or arising out of, the confiscation of certain lands in the Waikato District: (1) an annual payment of £5,000; (2) an additional annual payment of £l,OOO for a period of forty-five years and no longer.

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1947-48. UNDER SPECIAL ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE— ctd. 1948-49. Estimated. Expended. OTHER SPECIAL ACTS — C07lti7l%Ccl MISCELLANEOUS— continued £ £ £ Public Service Amendment Act, 1946 (Section 4) Salaries of Public Service Commission 5,050 5,050 5,041 Public Service Amendment Act, 1946 (Section 24 (2)) — Salaries of Assistant Commissioners 1,400 921 Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943 (Section 5) — Salary of Judge of the Land Sales Court 2,250 2,250 2,250 Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Amendment Act, 1946 (Section 4 (3) )— Refunds of excess consideration 2,500 2,838 Taranaki Maori Claims Settlement Act, 1944 (Section 2) — Annual payment to Taranaki Maori Trust Board , (a) 5,000 5,000 5,000 Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Act, 1910 (Section 17) (4) (d), and Appropriation Act, 1916 (Section 27)— Contribution towards interest and cost of administration and maintenance of Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Works —On account of year 1947-48 .. 1,670 1,670 1,667 Waihato-Maniapoto Maori Claims Settlement Act, 1946 (Section 3) —- :• Payments to the Tainui Maori Trust Board— Annual payment under section 3(1) (6) 5,000 5,000 5,000 Annual payment under section 3 (2) (6) (6) 1,000 1,000 1,000 Total —Miscellaneous 218,100 430,971 438,569 TOTAL—OTHER SPECIAL ACTS 2,958,100 639,971 2,607,189