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Graph 1. —State Plantations established from 1896 to 1929, Forecast for Year 1930 (47,000 Acres), and Forest Service Treeplanting Objective.

3. Afforestation Operations in General. A total area of 57,406 acres was planted during tie year, which makes a grand total of 190,000 acres established to date and leaves 110,000 acres of the 1925 objective of 300,000 acres to be completed by 1935. The accompanying graph shows at a glance the progress in State afforestation. This substantial advance over the programme has occurred by reason of the fact that afforestation has again been utilized by the Government to assist in reducing unemployment during the winter months, and has involved large nursery programmes and extensive plantation operations, which are illustrated by appendices hereto. The progress made to date and the areas established in each conservation region are analysed in Table 4. An" approximate five-year programme is also included, which is based upon the assumption that a gradual improvement in the labour conditions of the Dominion will be experienced .

TABLE 4.

Balance of Area Approximate Planting Programme (estimated only). R( « ion - Plantation. plated.* i I i including lg29 1930 1931 I 1932 1983 Firebreaks. ! i Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Auckland .. .. Kiverhead .. 5,938 3,765- 2,650 750 Maramarua 3,163 10,796 2,650 2,000 2,000 2,000 1,000 Minor areas . . 1,357 Rotorua .. •• Whakarewarewa .. 7,677 84 Waiotapu .. 7,352 700 050 Kainsaroa .. 111,382 84,000 23,000 20,000 17,000 10,000 5,600 Wellington .. Karioi .. .. 6,956 17,980 2,500 4,000 4,000 3,000 2,800 Nelson-Marlborough Golden Downs .. 2,959 7,900 3,500 2,000 1,200 Minor areas .. 347 Westland .. .. Westland .. 1,488 220 200 Canterbury-Otago — North Canterbury Hanmer Springs .. 7,365 280 : 280 Balmoral.. .. 17,504 1,330 | 1,200 .. .. Eyrewell .. 3,135 13,750 5,320 3,000 2,500 1,560 Central Otago .. Naseby .. .. 2,560 2,990 2,750 Greenvale, Dusky, 7,944 160 and Conical Hills Blue Mountains .. 8,318 1,700 1,530 Minor areas . . 867 Southland.. .. Longwood . . 268 New scheme .. .. 8,000f .. 1,000 1,500 2,000 1,500 Total .. 196,580 | 153,655 46,230 32,750 28,200 18,560 10,900 » Includes 7,042 acres established by direct seeding. t Approximate.