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Kaingaroa Plains Plantations (Four). £ s , d. Amount at 31st March, 1902 ... .... ... ... 449 16 3 Improvements by labour ... ... ... ... ... 44 6 0 Tools and tents ... ... ... ... ... ... 650 Increased value ... ... ... ... ... ... 2299 £522 17 0 Ruatangata Plantation. £ s . d. Improvements ... ... ... ... ... ... £8 3 0

Summary of Expenditure and Values.

Number of Trees grown in Nurseries and Plantations, and Area planted, from 1896 to 1903.

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Expenditure for Year ended 31st March, 1903. Expenditure from September, 1896, to 31st March, 1903. Value of Improvements, Trees, &c, for Year ended 31st March, 1903. Values of Improvements, Trees, &c, from September, 189G, to 31st March, 1903. " £ a. d. £ s. d. Amount at 31st March, 1902 28,559 11 10 £ s. d. Less refund on Torea 140 8 11 Neck Reserve Less refund on party 57 11 5 fence, Hanmer Springs 198 0 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 28,361 11 6 Eweburn Nursery .. .. .. .. 746 7 3 Tapanui Nurserv .. .. .. .. 1,418 18 8 Rotorua Nursery .. .. .. .. 1,739 19 9 Starborough Nursery .. .. .. 958 16 9 Naseby Survey Paddock Plantation .. .. 321 14 7 Gimmerburn Plantation Reserve .. .. 5 12 6 Dusky Hill Nursery .. .. .. 2,147 5 11 Conical Hills Nursery .. .. .. 44 8 0 Raincliff Nursery .. .. .. .. 169 0 8 Hanmer Springs Nursery .. .. .. 528 19 10 Whakarewarewa Plantation .. .. .. 649 13 9 Waiotapu Nursery .. .. .. 310 9 1 Kaingaroa Plains Nursery .. .. .. 50 11 0 Wellington Nursery (proposed) Naseby Domain Albury Plantation Torea Neck Reserve Ruatangata Plantation .. .. .. 8 3 0 Clerical assistance (two years) .. .. 180 0 0 Supervision thermal reserves, &c. .. Contingencies: Photographic material, stationery, 49 2 0 works on forestry, fidelity insurance premiums, &c. Value at 31st March, 1902 5,637 19 7 7,268 17 0 7,588 1 3 ] 2,608 10 5 I 1,365 9 5 387 18 8 6,351 4 6 44 8 0 1,091 7 5 1,180 13 11 2,401 2 7 783 10 11 312 12 6 11 3 11 10 0 0 72 4 11 17 6 8 3 0 180 0 0 336 16 9 49 2 0 2,212 4 7 7,627 0 7 7,770 10 2 1,761 9 8 718 7 1 90 12 0 4,947 19 3 44 0 3 225 9 3 1,269 7 2 1,671 5 11 2,353 13 8 73 0 9 5,117 9 8 12,239 1 4 9,681 2 0 3,204 4 2 2,511 7 1 572 17 8 12,349 0 2 44 0 8 1,189 19 9 1,921 1 3 4,544 2 5 3,479 0 10 522 17 0 10 0 0 72 4 11 1 7 6 8 3 0 8 8 0 45 17 0 *45 17 0 30,819 0 4 26,694 15 8 Total .. .. .. .. 37,690 14 3 37,690 14 3 57,513 16 0 57,513 16 0 * Instruments, books, , &c.

Eweburn Nursery Tapanui Nursery Rotorua Nursery Starborough Nursery Hanmer Springs Nursery Naseby SurveyPlantation Dusky Hill Plantation Rainoliff Plantation Hanmer Springs Plantation Whakarew a r e w a Plantation Waiotapu Plantation Kaingaroa Plantation Government domains, reserves, &o. Total Number in Nurseries, 31st March, 1903. | [ II . __ " 'fl I | Number a . \ xa Number raised in | Number , Total |«rf Values raised in „..„„ Nurseries ; _?'"? e d?n |8 NumberinMff values. Nurseries, values. an(J planted m as Hantations.j -3 §~ 1896 to 1903. Plantations,] lw " *• g a I 1903. ' So, 2 1902-3. 5 'h i L_ L ** I ' ! ! I £ s. d. U b. d.l Acres. ! Acres 1,527 15 11 1,463,811 2,26118 9' 488,811 4,798 12 9 4,299,505 8,269 10 2 972,000 4,201 3 4i 4,566,481 8,502 14 2 1,656,320 1,030 2 0' 862,150 1,030 2 0 361,500 593 12 Oi 54,O0OJ 51 15 0 54,000 Values. j' Number raised in Nurseries, 1896 to 1903. 964,671 2,531,640 2,770,294 862,150 265,450 81,125' 29} 288,505 105} 181,855 .. 181,855 624,383 296 1,228,588 552 50,000 206} 90,500 .. 90,500 6,900J 28J 97,400 28-J-48,000 .. 48,000 159,933 88} 615,423 317} 83,121 .. 83,121 293,063; 177 450,333' 207 i 44.275J 21 133,632 .. 12,151 6 0 11,649,42320,116 0 1 8,986,107 1,165,404' 619} 2,908,1561,4884 ii i I I - 7,394,205