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Schedule D.—One-year-old Trees. —Details of Trees grown at Starborough Nursery, 1901-2. (First Crop.)

Schedule D1.—Two-year-old Trees.—Details of Trees transferred from Whakarewarewa and other Nurseries to Starborough Nursery, 1901.

APPENDIX V.—SANCTUARIES FOR WILD ANIMALS.

' GAME FAEM EESERVE, NEAR PARAPARADMU. The following report was received from the Wellington Acclimatisation Society : — From the statement below it will be seen that £88 15s. Id. has been expended on the reserve for the year ending the 31st March, 1902, the chief items of expenditure being fencing and salary of caretaker. The fencing-work remaining to be done this year comprises the completion of the boundary-fences, for which a contract has already been let. This will enclose the whole of the reserve with a substantial eight-wire fence. The deer liberated on the reserve continue to thrive and increase, there being now a herd of eighteen, which are to be found sometimes on the reserve, frequently on the grass lands fronting the reserve, and often in the bush spurs leading up to Manganui trig, station. A few Californian quail have settled down on the reserve, and one or two pheasants have been seen. These latter were not liberated on the reserve. The society has not been able as yet to make any satisfactory arrangement for the breeding of game birds at this locality. Memorandum showing Receipts and Expenditure from Ist April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902. Beceipts. Expenditure. 1901-2. £ s. d. 1901-2. £ s. d. Amount received from Government Salary of caretaker ... ... 20 0 0 on account fencing, 1900-2 ... 70 13 9 Amount expended on account of Government voce for fencing ... 68 15 4 £70 13 9 £88 15 4

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Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. Estimated Number in Seed-beds Height in Inches. Seed sown. Value per Thousand. Total Value. Remarks. Pinus austriaoa Pinus benthamiana Pinus ponderosa Pinus strobus Pinua insignis Larix europea.. Berberis vulgaris Alnus glutinosa Austriau pine .. Europe Bentham's pine.. America Yellow pine .. j „ Weymouth pine.. ! „ Remarkable pine ! „ European larch .. Tyrol Barberry .. ' Europe Common alder .. i Britain 275,000 16,000 5,000 25,000 30,000 215,000 60,000 800 2 2 1-i 14 4 2 6 2 lb. 28 104 n 44 56 2* 2 £ B. d. 0 15 0 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 £ a. d. 206 5 0 16 0 0 5 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 215 0 0 45 0 0 0 12 0 Good sturdy trees. Good growth. Good sturdy trees. Good crop. Fine trees. Germinated well. Very strong. Fine. Total ' 626,800 542 17 0 * Bushels.

Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. Height Value Number. in per Inches. Thousand. Total Value. Kemarks. >inus insignis 'upressus lawsoniana .. lorlms aueuparia, ierberis vulgaris taphiolepis ovata !ordyline australis 'ittosporum (varieties)., llearia (varieties) r eronioa (varieties) Remarkable pine Lawson's Cypress Mountain ash Barberry Indian hawthorn Cabbage-tree Matipo Daisy-tree Koromiko America Europe India New Zealand 8,000 1,500 2,250 300 150 3,000 2,250 25 375 Iβ 9 24 15 4 20 12 9 9 £ s. d. 2 5 0 3 0 0 2 15 0 15 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 0* 3 15 0* £ s. d. 18 0 0 4 10 0 6 3 9 0 7 6 0 18 0 6 0 0 4 10 0 0 7 6 14 1 3 Very fine stuff. Very fine. Good. Does well here. Fair. Strong and healthy. Very good. Fair growth. Have done well. Total .. 17,850 54 18 0 * Per hundred.