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Totals of Expendititre from Ist September, 1896, to 31st March, 1902. £ s. d. Eweburn Nursery ... ... ... ... ... 4,891 12 3 Tapanui Nursery ... ... ... ... ... ... 5,849 18 4 Whakarewarewa Nursery ... ... ... ... ... 5,848 1 6 Starborough Nursery ... ... ... ... ... 1,649 13 0 Wellington Nursery (proposed) ... ... ... ... 11 3 11 Naseby Survey Plantation... ... ... ... ... 1,043 14 10 Naseby Domain ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 0 0 Gimmerburn Eeserve ... ... ... ... ... 382 6 2 Dusky Hill Plantation ... ... ... ... ... 4,203 18 7 Albury Estate Plantations ... ... ... ... ... 72 4 11 Whakarewarewa Plantation ... ... ... ... 1,751 8 10 Waiotapu Plantation ... ... ... ... ... 473 1 10 Kaingaroa Plains Plantation ... ... ... ... 262 1 6 Baincliff Plantation ... ... ... ... ... 922 6 9 Hanmer Springs Plantation ... ... ... ... 709 5 6 Torea Neck Eeserve ... ... ... ... ... 141 16 5 Supervision of thermal-springs and other reserves ... ... 336 16 9 £28,559 11 1 Value of Improvements, Trees, &c. £ s. d. Eweburn Nursery ... ... ... ... ... 4,116 14 7 Tapanui Nursery ... ... ... ... ... ... 9,224 14 7 Whakarewarewa Nursery ... ... ... ... ... 8,224 6 11 Starborough Nursery ... ... ... ... ... 2,119 16 4 Survey Paddock Plantation ... ... ... ... 1,793 0 0 Gimmerburn Eeserve ... ... ... ... ... 482 5 8 Naseby Domain ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 10 0 Dusky Hill Plantation ... ... ... ... ... 7,401 0 11 Whakarewarewa Plantation ... ... ... ... 2,872 16 6 Waiotapu Plantation ... ... ... ... ... 1,125 7 2 Kaingaroa Plantation ... ... ... ... ... 449 16 3 Hanmer Springs Plantation ... ... ... ... 969 13 6 Baincliff Plantation ... ... .. ... ... 964 10 6 Albury Estate Plantation ... ... ... ... ... 93 12 9 Torea Neck Eeserve ... ... ... ... ... 141 16 5 £39,995 2 1 Trees grown, and their Values, from Ist September, 1896, to 31st March, 1902. Number. Value. £ s. d. Eweburn Nursery ... ... ... ... ... ... 984,000 1,896 14 0 Tapanui Nursery ... ... ... ... ... ... 3,327,505 7,39117 8 Whakarewarewa Nursery ... ... ... ... ... 2,910,161 7,136 12 3 Starborough Nursery , ... ... ... 626,800 542 17 0 7,848,466 £16,968 011

Schedule A.— One-year-old Trees.—Details of Trees grown at Eweburn Nursery, 1901-2. (Sixth Crop.)

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Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. il II fcoo I a "Sg Sg £5 Value raLs s ™ per Total Value. ■Sg §■§ Thousand. Bemarks. Pinus austriaea Pinus benbhamiana .. Pinus ponderosa Pinus. strobus Larix europea Sorbus auouparia Austrian pine Bentham's pine .. Yellow pine Weymouth pine .. European larob .. Mountain ash Europe .. America .. 307,000 5,500 ! 19,500 8,500 32,000 i i 14,500 -2 2 2 1 i 8 Lb. 20 5 7 5 56 40 £ s. d. 0 15 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 £ s. d. 230 5 0 5 10 0 19 10 0 8 10 0 32 0 0 7 5 0 Very good. Pair. Tyrol Europe Good. Total 387,000 303 0 0