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Table 11. —Reported Production of Rough-sawn Timber, by Species.

Table 12.—Reported Production of Rough-sawn Timber by Provincial Districts.

CHAPTER V.~GENERAL. I. Legislation. The only legislation affecting this Service which was passed during the 1938 session is contained in section 55 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1938. This section amends the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and provides that on the joint recommendation of the Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation and the Commissioner of State Forests the Governor-General may, by Proclamation, declare land subject to the Forests Act, 1921-22, to be a reserve under the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908. The Export Butter-box Pool Regulations 1938, Amendment No. 1, includes amended provisions placing certain responsibilities pn the Director of Forestry regarding the value of timber used by licensees —i.e., persons licensed under the regulations to manufacture export butter-boxes or cheese-crates, or both.

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(From information supplied by the Government Statistician. All figures refer to the years ended 31st March, 1933-38.) j r ' Species. 1 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938. Ft. b.m. Ft. b.m. Ft. b.m. Ft. b.m. Ft. b.m. Ft. b.m. Rimu .. .. 76,193,000 96,125,000 125,488,000 157,631,000 174,779,000 184,588,000 White-pine .. 47,998,000 47,949,000 52,294,000 52,075,000 46,959,000 43,662,000 Matai .. .. 8,161,000 10,760,000 13,880,000 19,069,000 20,295,000 21,255,000 Kauri .. .. 5,410,000 4,946,000 5,553,000 7,332,000 7,791.000 11,575,000 Totara .. .. 6,347,000 7,197,000 8,867,000 11,778,000 11,444,000 12,794,000 Beech .. .. 5,781,000 6,972,000 7,725,000 8,855,000 8,809,000 8,825,000 Insignia pine . . 14,676,000 21,494,000 27,311,000 34,104,000 31,484,000 36,359,000 Miro .. .. 441,000 671,000 915,000 772,000 1,777,000 1,495,000 Tawa .. .. 290,000: 214,000 746,000 25,000 4.39,000 454,000 Rata .. .. 72,000 97,000 92,000 126,000 155,000 56,000 Other .. .. 900,000 1,230,000 911,000 1,308,000 1,957,000 1,703,000 Total .. 166,269,000 197,655,000 243,782,000 293,075,000 305,889,000 322,766,000

(From information supplied by the Government Statistician. All figures refer to the years ended 31st March, 1933-38.) Provincial District, j 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938. Ft. b.m. Ft. b.m. Ft. b.m. Ft. b.m. Ft. b.m. Ft. b.m. Auckland .. 74.261,000 83,915,000 100,780,000 118,538,000 128,602,000 131,467,000 Hawke's Bay .. 7,647,000 9,683,000 11,867,000 12,781,000 12,746,000 13,456,000 Taranaki ' .. 1,980,000 1,839,000 2,291,000 4,330,000 4,967,000 5,991,000 Wellington .. 15,157,000 21,312,000 22,731,000 22,937,000 21,696,000 29,527,000 Mar! borough .. 3,374,000 4,041,000 2,954,000 2,511,000 1,817,000 2,164,000 Nelson .. .. 5,651,000 6,461,000 11,198,000 17,322,000 14,700,000 13,679,000 Westland .. 38,773,000 42,316,000 57,543,000 73,921,000 77,726,000 77,293,000 Canterbury .. 2,817,000 4,391,000 5,085,000 6,085,000 7,357,000 7,383,000 Otago .. .. 2,969,000 5,682,000 5,489,000 6,476,000 7,143,000 9,479,000 Southland .. 13,640,000 18,015,000 23,844,000 28,174,000 29,135,000 32,327,000 Totals .. 166,269,000 Il97,655,000 243,782,000 1293,075,000 305,889,000 322,766,000 I 1 I