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of a further area of about 75,700 acres, part of which is State forest. The control is now vested in the Tourist and Health Resorts Department. Sounds National Park. —The Sounds National Park was set apart under sections 321 and 322 of the Land Act, 1908. The area is 2,524,300 acres, and part is under year-to-year lease. Authority was made in 1916 to give coal leases and licenses over the area. Waimakariri National Park. —This was set apart under sections 321 and 322 of the Land Act, 1908. The area gazetted is 150,000 acres, and includes forest reserves of 48,000 acres, or 102,000 net. Forest Reserves. Reserves for the growth and preservation of timber, timber reserves, &c. These are all made under the Land Act, and are administered by the Lands Department. Their total area is about 521,365 acres.

APPENDIX III.—CROWN AREAS AFFECTING THE WATER-SUPPLY OF MUNICIPALITIES.

APPENDIX IV.—TIMBER OUTPUT, EXPORT, AND IMPORT. The following table gives the output, export, and import in thousands of feet (superficial) of sawn timber for the years shown. These figures exclude all timber not sawn (i.e., posts, laths, shingles, &c), the consumption per head being in feet (superficial). Export is mainly confined to Australia and outlying islands; import is mainly from Australasia. A. certain quantity of Oregon was imported previous to the war (practically all from the United States of America). In the earlier years — i.e., before 1900 —a certain amount was imported from Europe. This has been negligible since 1900.

Quantities in Superficial Measure.

Centre of Population. Acreage. Population influenced. Romarks. Whangarei Luckland 'hamea 'c Aroha Ipotiki 'aumarunui Vanganui lasterton )annevirkc Voodville 'eatherston ievin 'ahiatua larterton Wellington lelson Vcstport rreymouth lokitika loss .. I J 2,200 4,400 20,000 4,600 30,000 1,300 4,000 138,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 14,000 Crown lands and forest reserves. Forest reserves. Crown lands. State forests. Crown lands and national endowment. National endowment. National Park (Tongariro). 250,000 138,000 State forests and forest reserves. 31,000 80,000 100,000 10,000 6,000 6,000 1 > National-endowment lands. J 20,000 3,000

Year. Output. * Import.* Total.* Export.* Home Consumption. * Population.* Consumption in Feet per Head. 1880 1885 1890 1895 1900 1905 1907 1908 1910 1915 1916 1917 1918 143,146 163,741 162,116 191,054 261,584 336,471 432,032 413,869 296,033 251,097 245,568 247,980 227,803 4,058 3,727 4,729 3,624 10,839 14,136 20,030 51,828 25,519 27,569 19,112 12,864 9,588 147,204 167,468 166,945 194,678 272,423 350,607 450,062 465,697 321,552 278,666 264,680 260,844 237,391 13,180 29,350 42,824 40,385 57,517 75,370 75,529 84,554 81,940 76,797 77,516 70,748 68,697 134,024 138,118 124,121 154,293 214,906 275,237 374,533 381,143 239,612 201,763 187,164 190,096 168,688 490 578 627 703 773 889 929 961 1,004 1,102 1,101 1,098 1,108 273-5 238-9 197-9 219-5 278-0 309-2 409-8 396-6 328-6 183-1 170-0 173-1 152-1 * In thousai ids.