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Dusky Hill Plantation £ s. d. Amount at 31st March, 1902 ... ... ... ... 4,203 18 7 Digging 612,950 pits for trees ... ... ... ... 791 2 0 Planting 624,383 trees ... ... ... ... ... 782 15 9 Planting 181,855 acorns in situ ... ... ... ... 143 811 Acorns —Purchase of, and railage ... ... ... ... 551 Cutting and burning scrub ... ... ... ... ... 38 10 8 Cartage of trees from Tapanui Nursery ... ... ... 50 14 0 General maintenance ... ... ... ... ... 216 4 7 Fencing horse-paddock ... ... ... ... ... 396 Tools 10 18 6 Miscellaneous works ... ... ... ... ... 38 10 9 Supervision ... ... ... ... ... ... 66 6 2 £6,351 4 6 Conical Hills Plantation. £ s. d. Clearing gorse and scrub ... ... ... ... ... 12 10 9 Fencing-material and freight ... ... ... ... 11 14 0 Tools, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 11 0 Eoad-formation ... ... ... ... ... ... 326 Miscellaneous (insurance on building) ... ... ... 079 Supervision (laying off roads, &c.) ... ... ... ... 15 2 0 £44 8 0 Ramcliff Plantation. £ s. d. Amount at 31st March, 1902 ... ... ... ... 922 6 9 Clearing gorse ... ... ... ... ... ... 69 15 2 Fencing .. ... ... ... ... ... ... 63 10 0 Pruning trees ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 4 0 Travelling-expenses of workmen ... ... ... ... 2 9 11 Supervision ... ... .. ... ... ... 11 1 7 £1,091 7 5 Hanmer Springs Nursery and Plantation. £ s. d. £ s. d. Amount at 31st March, 1902 ... ... 709 5 6 Less amount received for party fence ... 57 11 5 651 14 1 Digging pits for 64,206 trees ... ... ... ... 103 18 6 Planting 6,900 trees ... ... ... ... ... 10 14 3 Planting 90,500 acorns in situ ... ... ... ... 22 1 1 Lining out 106,250 trees in temporary nursery ... ... 32 17 0 General maintenance ... ... ... ... ... 59 14 0 Tree-growing (sowing tree-seed, &c.) ... ... ... ... 13 1 0 Fencing, labour, and material ... ... ... ... 92 18 6 Clearing scrub and ploughing ... ... ... ... 95 19 4 Tools ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 25 12 7 Buildings... ... ... ... ... ... ... 27 15 6 Miscellaneous works ... ... ... ... ... 581 Supervision ... ... ... ... ... ... 39 0 0 £1,180 13 11 Whakarewarewa Plantation. £ s . a. Amount at 31st March, 1902 ... ... ... ...1,751 8 10 Clearing and burning 88f acres ... ... ... ... 59 5 0 Digging 196,933 pits for trees ... ... ... ... 144 5 3 Planting and sowing 196,933 trees ... ... ... ... 163 1 3 Carting trees to plantation ... ... ... ... ... 732 General maintenance ... ... ... ... ... 167 17 4 Tools ... ... ... ... . ... ... ... 2 8 0 Eepairs ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 17 9 Horse-feed ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 15 9 Tree-seeds ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 10 0 Nurseryman's salary (proportion) ... ... ... ... 60 0 0 Supervision ... ... ... ... ... ... 30 10 3 £2,401 2 7