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4. Educational Publications and other Literature printed during the Year. 2,000 copies Bulletin No. 5 : " Properties and Uses of Insignis Pine." 1,000 copies Circular No. 8 : " Forest Fire Districts." 2,000 copies Circular No. 20 : " Eucalypts in New Zealand." 1,500 copies Circular No. 21 : " The Drying of Timber." 3,000 copies Circular No. 23 : " Butter-box Tests." 2,000 copies Circular No. 24 : " Cheese-crate tests." 1,000 copies Leaflet No. 1 : " Properties and Uses of Pukatea." 1,000 copies Leaflet No. 2 : " Properties and Uses of Kohekohe." 500 copies Leaflet No. 3 : " Acacia Gall-fungus." 1,000 copies Leaflet No. 4 : " Properties and Uses of Kawaka." 1,000 copies Leaflet No. 5 : " Preservative Treatment of Fence-posts." 1,000 copies Leaflet No. 6 : " Butter-box Tests." 26,000 copies " North Island Price List of Trees and Seed, 1927." 5. Reference Library. The central library is now equipped with modern steel shelving, which enables books and other publications to be shown to more advantage than has hitherto been possible. New works issued from time to time have been procured, and by the system of exchange with Forest Services throughout the world numerous pamphlets and reports are obtained, so that it may now be confidently asserted that as a source of reference on forestry and tree-planting technique, utilization of timber, and all the various matters pertaining thereto, the library is unsurpassed in the Southern Hemisphere. Additional standard works have also been secured for the libraries in the various conservation regions throughout the Dominion, and these reference books are much appreciated and referred to by officers whose location in the field prevents their making full use of the central library. Since last report 432 new books and pamphlets and reports have been added, making a grand total of 3,767.

APPENDICES.

APPENDIX I. State and Provisional State Forest and Forest Reserves. Areas in Acres at End of Fiscal Year, 1927.

Area in Acres at End ot Fiscal Cha w&rlf vff?*i no?'97 Area in Acres at End of Fiscal Year °(S p g t Y - rl92 «- Net Increase in Acres. f-S^i .2 ® Land District. : , o S § « | OJ p +0 33 g State Forest- ! Provisional forest State Pr0 s V tate nal F «rest State Forest 1 Provisional Forest -g "3 1 "g State iorest. state Forest. Reserves. Forest. Vmeet Reserves. State Forest. Reserves. § J g.gs • ! I & N.Auckland 105,701 59,242 .. 465* .. 116,469 58,777 .. 3-9 Auckland .. 235,904 470,504 2,316 18,204 .. 305, 488,708 2,316 9-7 Gisborne .. 87,696 208,609 11.160 .. 915 .. 87,696 209,524 11,160 8-79 Hawke's Bay 113,128 1,500 5,254 509 .. .. 113, 1,500 5,254 4-14 Taranaki .. 69,496 46,388 40,594 261 210* 139* 69,757, 46,178 40,455 6-51 Wellington .. 456,668 143,106 14,007 424 1,796 .. 457,092, 114,902 14,007 8-75 Nelson .. 19,196 1,984,684 8,470 5 9,767* .. 1,974,917 8,470 42-5 Marlborough 89,497 120,625 12,062 .. .. .. 89,497 120,625 12,062 8-04 Westland .. 2,190 1,711,543 119 .. 2,111 .. 2,190 1,713,654 119 44-5 Canterbury .. 320,021 .. 319 9,038 .. .. 329,059 .. 319 3-48 Otago .. 133,657 335,123 2,108 5 77 133,662 335,200 2,108 5-24 Southland .. 137,427 605,376 .. .. .. .. 137,427 605,376 .. 9-44 Totals .. 1,770,581 5,686,700 96,409 90,632 12,661 139*1,861,213 5,699,361 96,270 v v / (7,656,844) * Net decrease.