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ADVANCES MADE TO CROWN TENANTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND STOCKING OF HOLDINGS Amounts advanced for the year ended 31st March, 1948 : £ For improvements .. .. .. .. .. 6,056 For stock .. . . .. .. .. .. 306 Readvances from sales of farm produce .. .. 4,878 Total .. .. .. .. .. £11,240 Number of Crown tenants to whom new advances made.. . . 26 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, 1948

* Includes value of Crown lands transferred to Small Farms Account, £3,657, and Interest on proceeds of sales of Crown lands under section 13 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1926, £83,702,

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Name of Vote or Account. Amount voted. Gross Expenditure for Year ended 31st March, 1948. Gross Expenditure for Year ended 31st March, 1947. Voted Expenditure Vote " Lands and Survey " — Subdivision I .. Subdivision II .. . • .. Subdivision III .. . . .. £ 761,151 361,503 73,010 | £ 729,091 402,041 53,126 £ 636,471 79,333 10,539 Total, vote " Lands and Survey " .. Vote " Land for Settlements " .. .. Vote " Small Farms Development " .. 1,195,664 76,090 5,678,150 1,184,258 47,128 4,039,625 726,343 49,234 3,516,744 Total voted expenditure 6,949,904 5,271,011 4,292,321 Other Expenditure. Land for Settlements Account: Expenditure from capital proceeds of sales of Crown lands Deposits Account expenditure and miscellaneous expenditure 214,045* 32,553 184,212 25,635 5,517,609 4,502,168