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Appropriations for State Forests Account.

NEW ZEALAND STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT— continued.

Number if Persons. Item. VOTE No. 76.—STATE FOREST SERVICE— contd. 1924-25. 1924-25. Subdivision No. II. — General Development and Management of State Forests, Provisional State Forests, and Forested Reserves. Capital Charges— Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Buildings 3 Demarcation 4 Field equipment, tools, instruments, and tents 5 Forest Atlas 6 Office equipment 7 Motor vehicles 8 Roads, tracks, and fences 9 Telephone lines (forest) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2,400 930 540 715 590 935 1,405 220 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act* 1910 (see end of vote) ... ... £125 Total—Capital Charges 7,735 Operation and Maintenance Charges— Other Charges for and incidental to — 310 590 10 Advertising 11 Communication expenses 12 Destruction of wild pigs (£200 also provided under each of votes " Departments of Lands and Survey " and " Agriculture "), (£400 recoverable) 13 i Fiscal management expenses 14 Forest reconnaissance 15 Grazing reconnaissance 16 Kauri-gum, collection of 17 Legal expenses ... 18 Maintenance field equipment, tools, &c 19 Maintenance office equipment 20 Maintenance roads, tracks, and fences ... 21 Maintenance telephone lines (forest) 22 Office rent, heating, lighting, and cleaning 23 Overtime and tea-money 24 Policing, patrol and maintenance 25 Printing and stationery 26 Settlement land examination 27 Special forest investigations 28 Supervision of current operations 29 Temporary assistance 30 Timber cruising, valuation, and appraisal 31 Transfer and removal expenses 32 Transportation expenses and upkeep of motor vehicles 33 Travelling expenses and allowances 34 Contingencies Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 (see end of vote) ... ... £500 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 600 100 2,800 600 50 280 140 160 155 50 2,580 45 1,630 810 275 690 350 2,894 3,200 200 1,330 2,150 100 Total—Operation and Maintenance Charges ... 22,089 Total — Subdivision No. II 29,82 Subdivision No. III. — Forest Fire Fighting and Prevention : Indigenous Forests. Capital Charges— Other Charges for and incidental to — 35 Equipment 36 Protection improvements 35 30 215 250 Total—Capital Charges 465