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NEW ZEALAND STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT— continued.

Appropriations for State Forests Account.

Number of Persons. Item. STATE FOREST SERVICE— continued. 1921 -22. 1921-22. 1 VOTE No. 09— continued. £ £ Subdivision No. III. — Forest Fire Fighting and Prevention : Indigenous Forests. 27 28 29 30 * Othrr Charges fob and incidental to — Equipment Locomotion Protection improvement Wages 475 575 200 2,175 3,425 Total — Subdivision No. Ill Subdivision No. IV. — Education. National Forestry School, Ranger Instruction School, Working Reference Library, Departmental Publications, and Statistical Data. 31 32 33 Other Charges for and incidental to — Forest exhibits and Technological Museum Photographic records and material Preparation and publication of Departmental bulletins Rangers Instruction School... Reference library School of Forestry, grant for 100 310 200 300 580 3,020 4,540 34 35 36 Total — Subdivision No. IV Subdivision No. V. — -Forest Research : Silvicultural Ecological Utilization and Forest Management. 37 38 39 Other Charges fob and incidental to Forest Ecology Silvicultural management studies Utilization 1,000 590 820 1,410 Less amount not required 2,410 1,000 Total — Subdivision No. V Subdivision No. VI. — General Afforestation : Building, Tree - planting, Maintenance and Protection of Plantations, Operations of Nurseries, and Collateral Activities. 40 4 1 42 43 Other Charges for and incidental to — Nurseries— Hanmer Ranfurly Rotorua Tapauui Plantations— Balmoral Conical Hills Dumgree Dusky Hill Gimmerburn Greenvale ... 4,480 2, 105 7,985 5,645 44 4 5 46 4 7 48 49 3,045 1,650 50 385 25 5,400