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STATE FOREST SERVlCE—continued. STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1937. General Revenue Account. Expenditure. _ Income. Salaries and contributions to Public Service £ s. d. Timber • £ s. d. £ s. d. Superannuation Fund .. .. 12,994 13 9 Royalties .. .. _ 9,269 011 General management of indigenous Sales .. .. .. 118,400 17 9 forests— £ s. d. Trespass .. .. .. 87 18 1 Postages, cables, stationery, &c. 794 10 4 127,757 16 9 Payments to other Departments Leases— for services rendered.. .. 115 18 8 Grazing .. .. •• j, 5 Forest reconnaissance, timber Sawmill sites .. .. 107 0 b cruising, &c. .. ..9,506 3 9 Industrial .. .. 327 19 8 Legal expenses, &c. .. .. 48 16 1 Miscellaneous .. .. 783 19 0 Office rent, heating, lighting, and ' It „ „ cleaning .. .. •• 1,014 10 0 Permits, miscellaneous .. .. .. lb 10 0 Transportation expenses and up- License and transfer fees .. .. .. 315 5 6 keep of motor-vehicles ..1,326 4 11 Interest on promissory notes 0 5 10 Travelling and transfer and re- Fees for inspections .. .. .. .. 1,988 311 moval expenses .. ..1,554 5 8 Rents of departmental houses .. .. 249 19 3 Maintenance of buildings and other Kauri-gum collection .. .. .. departmental property .. 591 8 0 Administration expenses (Forests Amendment * 14 951 17 5 Act, 1926) .. .. •• •• 1,495 4 8 Forest-fire prevention — Miscellaneous revenue .. .. .. 214 8 6 Communications and control, loco- Travelling-expenses motion and travelling-expenses ' 148 4 5 Fire-fighting wages .. .. 570 8 4 8 718 12 9 Educational — Photographic records and materials 23 12 1 Preparation of service bulletins, &c. 131 12 9 155 4 10 Forest research — ; Forest entomology .. ■ • 12 4 0 Silvicultural-management studies 174 2 3 Utilization .. .. • • 206 6 6 Timber-products testing .. 13 2 10 Travelling expenses and allowances 133 17 10 ■ 539 13 5 Afforestation — Work for other Departments .. 911 10 Tree-seed operations .. .. 37 15 3 47 7 1 Miscellaneous — Annual rental, Otanewainuku .. 74 0 0 Rebates of royalty on timber exported .. ■ • • • 174 4 0 Unauthorized expenditure .. 30 0 0 278 4 0 Bad debts 12 9 8 Depreciation .. •• 1,341 0 4 Balance carried forward .. 104,028 9 6 £135,067 12 9 £135,067 12 9 Allocation of Revenue Account. Consolidated Fund — £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. National Endowment Account Balance from General Revenue Account .. 104,028 9 6 revenue : Forests Act, section 39(2) .. •• •• 16,457 10 1 Local bodies (fifths of revenue): Finance Act, 1924, section 17 .. 14,113 16 8 General Reserve Account (indigents forests > •' 73 ' 457 2 9 104,028 9 b £104,028 9 b £104,028 9 b Nurseries and Plantations. £ s. d. Interest on — £ s. d. Interest on loans .. .. •• •• 78,747 6 9 Investments .. .. •• 2b 19 8 Recoupment of management charges .. .. 794 b 1 Nurseries and plantations .. .. .. 158,881 3 8 Free trees to local bodies, &c 12b 2 6 Land rentals 12,698 5 1 Trees and tree-seed destroyed 555 14 8 Profit on Hanmer Nursery 12 15 11 Loss on Westland Nursery .. .. .. 297 17 9 Profit on Rotorua Nursery .. .. .. 379 18 10 Premium on loan conversion .. .. •• 7,353 10 0 Charges and expenses of loan conversion .. 7,625 15 9 General Reserve Account (afforestation) .. 76,498 9 8 £171,999 3 2 £171,999 3 2

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