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An Epitome of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs and Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand

Expense of the Courts

Expense of the Courts.

The total expenses of the Native Land Court since the passing of the Act of 1865 up to the end of the last financial year were £29,225 9s. 9d., and the receipts for the same period were £17,625 3s., being an excess of expenditure over receipts of £11,600 4s. 8d., from which, however, may be deducted the sum of £3,517, the amount of fees of Court as yet unpaid by the Natives, but which remain a lien on the land; so that the cost to the colony for the five years may be reckoned as little more than £8,000, and for this sum 2,600,000 acres of Native land have been invested with a Crown title and opened for sale to the settlers. The annual excess of expenditure has been reduced from £3,142 in 1865-66 to £293 in 1869-70; and, as sales of land have lately increased, it may be expected that the balance will be on the other side for the current year. I have not included the expense of the Survey Department, £10,497 for the five years, because I have already shown that the provinces have acquired, by means of this department, maps of much greater value at the expense of the Natives.