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Expenditure and Rates.—Maintenance expenditure charged against the Rate Account for the year amounted to £5lO. Rates struck : Special, £1,002 : general, £312. Rates collected, including arrears : Special, £630 ; general, £l9O. Applications for charging-orders for outstanding Maori rates came before the Maori Land Court at Napier towards the close of last year, and charging-orders were granted in most cases.The amounts shown in this report as expenditure on maintenance may be subject to slight variation on completion of accounts. I have, &c., E. Taylor, Chief Drainage Engineer. The Director-General of Lands, Wellington. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS A statement of accounts is published in parliamentary paper B-l [Pt. IV].

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (583 copies), £7.

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