§ Captain GARRO-JONESasked the Minister of Agriculture if he will issue a summarised return showing the building and repairing operations carried out in connection with Crown lands in 1913, 1923, and 1924, respectively; and the estimated totals for 1925?
Mr. WOODThe greater part of the expenditure on building operations on the Crown estate is incurred by lessees pursuant to building agreements entered into by them, which stipulate for a minimum outlay. No record of the total actual outlay made is available. Repairs are also, to a large extent, carried out by and at the expense of lessees. The amounts expended by the Commissioners of Woods (now the Commissioners of Crown Lands) in connection with Crown lands (excluding Windsor and forestal lands), as shown in the Commissioners' Annual Reports to Parliament for the years in question are as follow:
The completed accounts for the year to 31st March, 1925, are not yet available, and it is not possible to make in advance an annual estimate with regard to outlay of the kind in question, which is made from time to time as necessity arises.
£ s. d. Year to 31st March, 1913 29,310 3 0 Year to 31st March, 1923 46,287 12 1 Year to 31st March, 1924 44,623 14 8