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Schedule ll. — Statement of Expenditurt For Year. To Date. Planting operations and maintenance — £ s. d. £ s. d. Tree-planting ... ... JJ94 16 2 Pitting ... ... ■■• ■•■ ■■■ - ! ' 619 2 ' Clearing g6 5 11 Cartage of trees ... ... •■• 216 1.2 8 General upkeep of plantation ... ... i2J 16 6 2,696 1 2 General repairs ... ... ■• 9 H 6 70 r> 5 Horse-feed 3 18 2 130 16 6 Permanent works — Fencing 2»8 2 3 Formation ... ... ... ••■ ■•• 6bb ' i Buildings 30 1 8 403 11 6 Stock, implements, &c. —Tools, implements ... ■ • • 1 ■'■' ' 2 6 Supervision and clerical — Salaries — Supervision of free labour ... 160 0 0 1,270 10 0 Superintending Nurseryman's proportion of find clerical assistance 20 0 0 -108 14 2 £346 10 10 £18,185 8 0 Schedule 111. — Trees Account. Number. Trees received during year ... ... ■■■ ■■■ ■• 1.1,500 Less to replace blanks ... ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ 11,500 Planted on new area Previously planted ... ... • ■• ■■■ • •• 2,180,837 Total number planted on 845 acres (average age, nine years) ... * ... ... ... ... 2,180,837 Schedule IV. — Property Account. £ s _ d Land (845 acres) : Crown land not charged to Forestry Account Buildings ... .: •• ■ ■ 403 II 6 Live-stock Improvements ... ... ■• ■■• ■■■ •■■ 366 7 2 Fencing ... ... ... • • ■ ■ • • • • ■ 258 2 3 Stores inhand ... ... ... ... ... •■• 24 7 11 £1,052 8 10 Balance-sheet. £ g d Total expenditure ... ... ... ... ... 13,185 8 0 Less Property Account ... ... ... ... 1,052 810 Cost of operations ... ... ... ... ... £12,132 19 2 845 acres planted (average age, nine years). Estimated value of plantation per acre ... ... ... .£ll 15 0 F. Bekfbll, Plantation Foreman. R. G. Robinson, Superintending Nurseryman ** in

Waitahuna Plantation, Otago. (Dredged area, 11 acres; altitude, 331 ft.; commenced operations, 1906.) Sufficient data has now been secured from this experimental area to permit, without apprehension for the results, the furtherance of any projected extension tree-planting work being carried on under similar conditions. Although exceedingly rapid growth is being made by several varieties of trees, such progress is surpassed by the alarming vigour, within the reserve, of the noxious plants, gorse and broom, which, although annually attended to, have spread so rapidly as to necessitate the allocation of a greater expenditure in this direction with each succeeding year since commencing operations. The secret of success, then, lies in the fact of operating solely with the fast-growing trees, or those that create early density. Prior to planting, all traces of the noxious plants were removed; but this did not prevent thousands of seedlings from springing up almost immediately after, and, where such comparatively slow-growing trees as Pinus strobus, Pseudo-tsuga taxifolia, Picea excelsa, and Fraximus excelsior are situated, much expense is necessary in protecting the leaders from injury.