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Appropriations for State Forests Account.

NEW ZEALAND STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT— continued.

Number Item _ Dt Persons. VOTE No. 76—STATE FOREST SERVICE— contd. 1924-25. 1924-25. I | Subdivision No. III. — Forest Fire Fighting and Prevention : Indigenous Forests —continued. £ Operation and Maintenance Charges— - 37 38 39 40 37 38 39 40 Other Charges for and incidental to — Communication and controls Locomotion Maintenance of equipment ... Wages 140 730 47 1,895 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 (see end of vote) ... ... £30 Total—Operation and Maintenance Charges ... 2,812 Total — Subdivision No. Hi 3,277 Subdivision No. IV. — Education. Ranger Instruction School, Working Reference Library, Departmental Publications, and Statistical Data. Capital Charges— 41 42 41 42 Other Charges for and incidental to — Reference library and text books Photographic equipment 315 75 Total—Capital Charges 390 Operation and Maintenance Charges— 43 44 45 46 47 43 44 45 46 47 Other Charges for and incidental to — Forest exhibits and Technological Museum Photographic records and material Professional trade and current publications Rangers Instruction School... Service bulletins, preparation and publication of 155 215 130 270 500 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 (see end of vote) ... ... £14 1,660 Total—Operation and Maintenance Charges 1,270 Total — Subdivision No. IV Subdivision No. V. — Forest Research : Silviculture I Ecological Utilization and Forest Management. Capital Charges— 48 49 50 51 48 49 50 51 Other Charges for and incidental to— Forest Ecology, Equipment and instruments for Forest Experiment Stations (Westland) Forest Experiment Station (Rotorua) Timber-testing equipment and apparatus 100 1,500 1,500 2,607 Total—Capital Charges 5,707