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Appropriations for State Forests Account.

STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT—continued.

of N pe™ b on r s . Item - VOTE No. 74.—STATE FOREST SERVICE —contd. 1925-26. Q£)r — Subdivision No. II.—General Development and Manage- : —— o-ist>. ment of State Forests, Provisional State Forests, and „ „ Forested Reserves. Capital Charges— Charges for and incidental to — 2 Buildings ... ... ... 4,060 3 Demarcation ... ... ... 850 4 Field equipment, tools, instruments, and tents ... 505 5 Forest Atlas ... ... ... 575 6 Office equipment ... ... ... 995 J 7 Motor vehicles ... ... ... 710 8 Roads, tracks, and fences ... ... ... 1,600 9 Telephone lines (forest) ... ... ... 145 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 (see end of vote) ... ... £5 Total—Capital Charges ... ... 9,440 Operation and Maintenance Charges— Charges for and incidental to — 10 Advertising ... ... ... 340 j 11 Communication expenses ... ... ... 785 12 Destruction of wild pigs (recoverable from Department of Lands and Survey, £350; Department of Agriculture, £350) ... ... ... 1,050 13 Fiscal management expenses ... ... 200 14 Forest reconnaissance ... ... ... 2,750 15 Grazing reconnaissance ... ... ... 495 16 Kauri-gum, collection of ... ... ... 20 17 | Legal expenses ... ... ... ... 215 18 Maintenance buildings ... ... ... 70 19 Maintenance field equipment, tools, &c. ... 145 J 20 Maintenance office equipment ... ... 160 j 21 Maintenance roads, tracks, and fences ... ... 265 j 22 Maintenance telephone lines (forest) ... ... 25 23 Office rent, heating, lighting, and cleaning ... 3,463 24 Overtime and tea-money ... ... ... 25 25 Policing, patrol and maintenance ... ... 1,260 26 Printing and stationery ... ... ... 880 27 Public Service Superannuation Fund contribution ... 1,036 28 Railway Department : Lease of loading-site (recoverable) ... ... ... 32 29 Settlement land examination ... ... 195 30 Special forest investigations ... ... 480 31 Supervision of current operations ... ... 525 32 Survey charges, Sections 8 and 9, Block XV, Tutamoe 90 33 Timber cruising, valuation, and appraisal (part recoverable) ... ... ... 3,680 34 Transfer and removal expenses ... ... 330 35 Transportation expenses and upkeep of motor vehicles 1,395 36 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 2,100 37 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to other items of subdivision ... ... 100 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 (see end of vote) — Destruction of wild pigs—- £ Vote, Department of Lands and Survey ... ... 350 Vote, Department of Agriculture 350 Lease of loading-site ... ... 32 j'' Miscellaneous ... ... 100 832 Total —Operation and Maintenance Charges ... 22,111 Total—SubdivisionNo.il ... 31,551