(ii) the Factory and Shop Unit which surveys and screens all eligible businesses, including squatter shops, workshops, factories, pigsties, poultry farms, etc., and arranges for their resettlement or payment of the appropriate ex-gratia allowances;
(iii) the Cultivation Unit which surveys cultivation in a clearance area. It is also responsible for assessing the amount of crop compensa- tion, land disturbance allowance payable to cultivators involved in a clearance.
35. Quite separate from these is the Investigation Section which comprises two further specialized units, namely:
(i) The Domestic Investigation Unit which checks the resettlement eligibility of families who, at first sight, do not appear to be really living in the clearance area. This involves checking alter- native addresses and details recorded in documents. Generally speaking, when clearance procedures start, the population in a clearance area increases by about 10%; these newcomers move in in the hope of getting resettlement.
(ii) The Business Investigation Unit which investigates businesses whose eligibility is doubtful or which may have appealed against a decision not to offer ex-gratia shop allowance or factory resettlement.
CLEARANCE DURING THE YEAR
36. During 1971-72, the Sub-Division cleared about 294 acres of land in 159 operations, including 26 which involved 11 acres of cultiva- tion and for which $482,293.69 was paid in compensation. These clearances were undertaken for the following purposes:
(a) Resettlement estates
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(b) Private and Government Low Cost Housing (c) Roads, drainage and reservoirs
(d) Schools, playgrounds and parks
(e) Public buildings
(f) Land sales and development
Total
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11.
Acres Cleared
92
6
36
4
20
136
294
37. The figures showing the numbers of person rehoused or other- wise reaccommodated in the various resettlement categories are given in paragraph 11 above.
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