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APPENDICES.

APPENDIX A. Statement of Expenditure, &c., for the Year ended 31st March, 1888.

Genebal Remarks. —Payments to agents, labour, material purchased, and other contingencies not included in this expenditure. It is impossible to give the number of skins from each district; but the total export for the whole colony from tho Ist April, 1887, to the 31sfc March, 1888, is shown herein, as exported from the different ports. The number of rabbit-skins exported during the year ended 31st March, 1887, was 8,900,692, of the value of £GG,246. The number of ferrets released on Crown lands by Government during last financial yoar was 3,000, and over 4,000 ferrets are known to have boon released by private owners.

APPENDIX B. Sir,— The Minister's Office (Live Stock Branch), Wellington, 9th March, 1888. I have to request that you will be good enough to furnish replies to the following questions with as little delay as possible. The period to which these questions refer is between the Ist April, 1887, and the 31st March, 1888. I have, &c., B. P. Bayly, Eabbit Inspector . Superintending Inspector. (1.) What means have been adopted for destroying rabbits ? (2.) Have you any recommendations to make ? (3.) What progress has there been made ? (4.) How many tenders have been accepted ! (5.) What did the whole of them amount to? (6.) Number and description of reserves you will require to deal with, and the approximate area of such available for grazing purposes? (7.) What quantity of phosphorus was used for Government purposes? (8.) What quantity was sold to private individuals ? (9.) What was the quantity on hand on the 31st March, 1888 ? (10.) Number of prosecutions ? (11.) Number of convictions? (12.) Number of dismissals? (13.) Names of owners of properties dealt with under section 11 ? (14.) Number of ferret-breeders ? (15.) Have any ferrets been turned out by Government; if so, how many, and with what results ? (16.) Have any ferrets been turned out by private owners; if so, about how many, and with what results ? General Bemarks : From Eabbit Inspector Dkummond, Auckland. (1.) Shooting, hunting with dogs, digging out burrows, clearing bush, scrub, and rough lands, burning, &c. (2.) The turning out the natural enemies in as large numbers as possible on Crown and Native lands. (3.) I believe on the whole there has been fair results made. (4.), (5.) Nil. (6.) None, as far as lam aware. (7.), (8.) None. (9.) 91b. (10.), (11.), (12.), (13.) None. (14.) Not aware of any. (15.) None. (16.) Not aware of any.

District or Port. a kg <U O > TJ U O Sfc3 fi3 a «w ° m O .t^ | Sid Amounting to 1>3 Quantity sold. o ■A _J la W <D U " n .a os • rH jj CJ O in *" =3 o qj Q o r-t Value. "3.2 g .SI'S Auckland Wellington kVairarapa kelson 31enheim laikoura Lyttelton liake Ohau 1 £ s. a. 11 is 0 lb. lb. lb. 34 1,468 337,988 £ 12 3,428 Acres. 10,000 21 311* 3 0 10 55 55 29 16 80 15 87,716 "972 20,000 3,000 10,000 4,000 60 21 19 762,556 6,147 52,700 9,986,752 896,691 440 85,842 11,388 66,000 Damaru 3unedin (Otago) "59 2,160" 9 8 889 280 474 1,187,560 Totals 81 2,473 10 8 1,030 369 638 12,125,871 108,229 2,300,560