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NEW ZEALAND STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT.

Minister of Lands.

Appropriations for State Forests Account.

1904-5. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. ote 116.—State Forests Branch of the Lands and Survey Department £ £ £ 1,560 26,407 27,967 TOTAL 1,560 26 ,407 27,967 !tem. 19 4-5. STATE FORESTS BRANCH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY. 2 a 4 5 6 7 S 1904-5. Total number of officers .. 10 VOTE No. 116. Salaries— Chief Forester 9 Assistant Foresters and Nursery Overseers : 1 at £190, 1 at £170, 1 at £160, 3 at £150, 2 at £145 ... Other Charges— Fencing, Buildings, Planting, Material, &c. — Nurseries — Eweburn ... ... ... £1,175 Rotorua and extension ... ... 4,780 Starborough ... ... ... 1,525 Tapanui and extension ... ... 2,320 Wellington ... ... ... 1,200 Hanmer ... ... ... 540 Ruatangata ... ... ... 905 Plantations — Survey Paddock, Naseby ... ... 105 Gimmerburn Reserve ... ... 585 Dusky Hill ... ... ... 418 Conical Hills ... ... ... 2,515 Hanmer Springs ... ... ... 205 Whakarewarewa ... ... ... 2,000 Waiotapu and extension .. ... 699 Kaingaroa (maintenance) ... ... 75 Duuigree ... ... ... 455 Dumgree: Purchase of land ... ... 3,600 £ 300 1,260 1,560 £ i) 10 LI 12 18 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Management and contingent expenses : State forests ... Planting reserves, Mackenzie County (from rents of reserves) Purchase of 50,000 trees for planting reserve at Lake Tekapo Travelling allowances and expenses Extension of nurseries and additional plantations Albury Estate plantations: clearing, &c. ... Clerical assistance Trees for distribution to Local Bodies and others Contingencies 23,102 600 310 21 175 325 500 70 175 1,000 150 22 23 24 25 26 27 27,967 Total —Vote No. 116 26,407 STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT £2 ,967