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Schedule lll. — Trees Account. Number. Trees received during year ... ... ... ... , ... 1,236,350 Less to replace blanks ... ... ... ... ... 557,775 Planted on new area ... ... ... ... ... 678,575 Previously planted ... ... ... ... ... ... 12,008,451 Total number planted on 5,749 acres (average age, five years and a half) ... ... ... ... 12,687,026 Schedule IV.- — Property Account. ■ ■ . £ a. d. Land (9,580 acres) : Crown land not charged to Forestry Account Buildings ... ... ... ... ..." ... 919 2 5 Improvements ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,588 4 9 Fencing . ... ... ... ... ... ... 756 1 6 Stores in hand ... ... ... ... ... 319 15 3 ,£3,583 3 11 Balance-sheet. £ s. d. Total expenditure ... ... ... ... ... 40,810 12 2 Less Property Account ... ... ... ... 3,583 311 Cost of operations ... ... ... ... ...£37,227 8 3 5,749 acres planted (average age, five years and a half). Estimated value of plantation per acre ... ... ... £900 Schedule V. — Statement showing Cost of Operations. ■ For Year. To Date. £ s. d. £. s. d. Total expenditure ... ... ... 3,335 8 6 33,256 13 5 Deduct cost of buildings, fencing, &c. ... 380 2 3 3,902 18 1 2,955 6 3 29,353 15 4 Add proportion total cost buildings, &c. ... 226 19 8 1,299 0 9 3,182 5 11 30,652 16 1 Deduct cost of maintenance ... ... 1,737 0 3 8,424 15 10 Cost of planting 299 acres ... ...£1,445 5 8 Cost of planting 5,749 acres ... ... ... £22,228 0 3 Average cost per acre for planting ... £4 16 8 £3 17 4 Average cost per acre per annum for maintenance .. ... ... ... 060 020 Statement showing Cost of Operations (with Value of Work done by Prison Labour treated as an Expenditure). For Year. To Bate. £ a. d. £ s. . Total expenditure ... ... ■ ... 3,335 8 6 33,256 13 5 Prison labour, value of .- ... ... 931 3 2 7,553 18 9 4,266 11 8 40,810 12 ■ 2 Deduct cost of buildings, fencing, &c. ... 416 17 8 4,138 0 2 3,849 14 0 36,672 12 0 Add proportion of cost of buildings, &c. ... 288 15 11 1,637 511 4,138 9 11 38,309 17 11 Deduct cost of maintenance ... ... 2,111 11 8 10,496 2 5 Cost of planting 299 acres ... .. £2,026 18 3 Cost of planting 5,749 acres ... ... ... £27,813 15 6 Average cost per acre for planting ... £6 15 8 £4 16 9 Average cost per acre per annum for maintenance ... ... ... ... 0 7 4 0 2 6