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APPENDIX IV—- continued. State Foeests Account— continued. Receipts and Pa/ments Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1929— continued. Receipts— continued. Payments— continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward .. .. .. .. 383,746 6 7 Brought forward .. .. .. 251,194 19 3 51,657 16 8 By Capital charges— continued. To Contributions received from local authorities Sub. IV.— Educational— in respect of the administration expenses Forest exhibits .. .. .. 13 17 10 of the Akatarawa Reserve— Photographic records, &c. .. .. 353 0 8 Upper Hutt Borough Council .. .. .. .. 0 ,3 3 Departmental bulletins and professional publications .. .. .. 504 10 5 Equality of Exchange (Forest Amendment Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 4 9 10 Act, 1925, section 4) .. .. .. 320 0 0 875 18 9 Reimbursement purchase-price of Hukinga , Sub. V.— Forest Research— and Forest No. 26 (Appropriation Act, Forest ecology ... .. .. 423 8 6 1928, section 14) .. .. .. .. 12,034 12 0 Silvioultural management studies .. 665 0 6 12,354 12 0 Utilization and timber - testing and travelling-expenses .. .. 3,884 2 0 Forest entomology .. .. .. 263 10 10 5,236 1 10 Sub. VI.— General aiforestation— Preparation of planting-plans and forestextension.. .. .'i .. .. 331 5 3 Experimental machinery .. .. 325 14 2 Tree-seed collection .. .. .. 2,938 0 0 Travelling allowances and expenses .. 1,549 19 7 Work for other Departments .. .. 225 9 0 5,370 8 0 Sub. VII.— Acquisition of indigenous forests— Yearly rent, Otanewainuku S.D. .. .. 74 0 0 Sub. VIII.— Grants and subsidies— Payments to local authorities, &c. .. 7,284 7 3 Expenses of Forest Officers going overseas, &c. .. .. .. .. 1,143 11 4 Empire Forestry Conference .. .. 4,003 1 9 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 722 18 0 13,153 18 4 275,905 6 2 Cash balances at 31st March, 1928— In Post Office .. .. .. .. 1,290 13 8 In Public Account .. .. .. •• 16,314 4 5 Imprests outstanding in the Dominion .. .. 933 0 11 18,537 19 0 £346,101 1 10 £346,101 1 10 Note.—The receipts include amounts received by the Post Office before the close of the financial year, but not paid into the Public Account until after the. 31st March, 1929. E. Phillips Tuenee, Director of Forestry. W. Riach, A.R.A.N.Z., Accountant. I hereby certify that the statement of receipts and payments has been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly states the position as disclosed thereby.— G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.