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Appropriations for State Forests Account.

STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT—continued

Number item. 1925—2(5 of Persons. VOTE No. 71—STATE FOREST SERVICE —contd. ° u< 1925-26. Subdivision No. III.—Forest Fire Fighting and Prevention : Indigenous Forests. £ £ Capital Charges— Charges for and incidental to — 38 Equipment ... ... ... 355 39 Protection improvements ... ... 210 Total—Capital Charges ... ... 565 Operation and Maintenance Charges— Charges for and incidental to — 10 Communication and controls ... ... 160 41 Locomotion ... ... ... 580 42 Maintenance of equipment ... ... ... 50 43 Wages ... ... ... 1,880 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 (see end of vote) ... ... £5 Total—Operation and Maintenance Charges ... 2,670 Total—Subdivision No. Ill ... 3,235 Subdivision No. IV.—Education. Ranger Instruction School, Working Reference Library, Departmental Publications, and Statistical Data. Capital Charges— Charges for and incidental to — 44 Reference library and text books ... ... 215 45 Photographic equipment ... ... ... 85 Total—Capital Charges ... .... 300 Operation and Maintenance Charges— Charges for and incidental to — 46 Forest exhibits and Technological Museum ... 280 47 Photographic records and material ... ... 230 48 Professional trade and current publications ... 170 49 Rangers Instruction School... ... ... 240 50 Service bulletins, preparation and publication of .. 1,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 (see end of vote) ... ... £14 Total —Operation and Maintenance Charges ... 1,920 Total —SubdwisionNo.IV ... 2,220 Subdivision No. V. —Forest Research : Silvicultural Ecological Utilization and Forest Management. Capital Charges— Charges for and incidental to— 51 Aboretum, Rotorua ... ... 500 52 Forest Ecology, Equipment and instruments for ... 140 53 Forest Experiment Stations (Westland) ... 4,005 54 Forest Experiment Station (Rotorua) ... ... 500 55 Timber-testing equipment and apparatus ... 2,658 Total—Capital Charges ... ... 7,803