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SECTION VI.—APPENDICES. APPENDIX I.—STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT: RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS.

APPENDIX II.—SCENIC RESERVES, NATIONAL PARKS, AND FOREST RESERVES. Scenic Reserves. Up to the 31st March, 1920, there were 525 scenic reserves under the Scenery Preservation Act, with a total area of 312,076 acres. National Parks. National parks are under special Acts or under section 321 of the Land Act, 1908. Egmont National Park. —This park was made under the Egmont National Park Act, 1900. The area is 78,957 acres. The Act places the control and administration of the park in the Commissioner of Crown Lands for Taranaki (Chairman), two members appointed by the GovernorGeneral, and one to be appointed by each of the following bodies : The Hawera Borough Council, the New Plymouth Borough Council, the Taranaki County Council, the Hawera County Council, the Stratford County Council, and the Opunake Town Board. Tongariro National Park. —This park was created by the Tongariro National Park Act, 1894. The area gazetted is 63,132 acres, but the Government has under consideration the addition

'From New 'Zealand Government 'azeite. Receipts. Year. Debentures. Rents, &e. Consolidated Fund. Year. Debentures. Rents, &c. Consolidated Fund. £ 1,500 £ s. d. £ £ £ s. d. 12,784 2 8 14,385 7 3 20,426 1 4 18,258 0 3 32,619 5 9 15,425 10 4 14,870 1.9 7 35,1.98 2 5 11,525 4 0 11,354 11 11 14,372 14 3 20,611 7 10 12,881 11 8 13,299 2 2 7,529 9 8 8,513 15 10 £ 886 887 888 889 .890 .891 892 .893 894 .895 .896 .897 898 899 900 901 902 903 904 5,500 1,000 3,000 13 0 3.772 12 11 2,438 13 0 3,754 9 1 3,973 6 11 1,964 15 10 1,212 17 10 1,931 6 6 1,071 8 3 2,468 6 6 6,504 4 10 10,995 13 1 5,884 6 6 8,845 18 10 14,915 5 3 17,188 11 5 3,870 14 10 16,726 3 5 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 10,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 6,000 9,000 4,250 10,000 28,100 26,900 65,000 10,000 Totals 138,000 374,534 14 11 59,250 I Pay: ents. Year. Annual Expenditure. Interest on Debentures. Redeemed. || Year. Annual Expenditure. Interest on Debentures. Redeemed. £ s. d. 1,01.2 7 4 7,671 13 0 3,793 0 0 2,783 15 4 £ H. d. £ £ s. d. 18,675 5 5 20,1.88 5 3 24,951 2 11 25,831 6 4 26,962 0 0 22,1.87 0 6 23,446 3 10 22,810 13 8 22,169 3 8 28,442 9 11 30,318 2 4 30,312 15 0 27,089 10 8 41,851 13 7 41,343 10 1 66,819 2 6 £ s. d. £ 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1.896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 428 15 4 25 0 0 15 4 8 22 13 6 481 17 1 2,472 7 10 5,802 1 4 3,340 6 10 4,002 9 7 6,857 9 2 10,334 13 7 11,017 19 6 15,584 2 2 196 17 200 0 391 0 400 0 8 0 7 0 7,000 1,000 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 4,000 902 6 9 3,577 0 3 1,861 10 11 Totals 549,044 1 11 7,528 16 2 12,000