8.—7 [Pt. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

State Forests Account.

COMMISSIONER OF STATE FORESTS.

AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1944, to defray the Salaries, Contingencies, and Expenses of the State Forest Service. Summary.

204

1943-44. 1942-43. Salaries. ! Other Charges. Total. Voted. Expended. Vote —State Forest Service' — £ £ £ £ £ Subdivision I.—Salaries and General Administration .. 83,000 67,865 150,865 135,460 154,152 „ II. —General Forestry .. .. 236,900 236,900 204,800 243,543 III.—Utilization and Industrial .. 97,750 97,750 143,800 100,720 GROSS Total 83,000 402,515 485,515 484,060 498,415 Credits-IN-AID .. 100 7,415 7,515 9,060 12,841 NET TOTAL .. 82,900 395,100 478,000 475,000 485,574 Number 1942 43 oiPerso " 3 - VOTE-STATE FOREST SERVICE. 1943-44. 1843 44 1042 43 g u^v^9n j—Salaries and General Administration (Develop- ° te pended. merit and Management of State Forests, Provisional State Forests, including Extraction of Timber for Sale, Plant, £ £ £ Buildings, Roading, &c., SilvieulturalSurveys, Forest Research, Compensation to Employees and Contingencies, Acquisition of Land and Timber, Grants and Subsidies to Local Bodies, and Miscellaneous). Salaries— Administrative Division. 1 1 1 at £1,000 (Director and Secretary) .. .. .. 1,000 1,000 Professional Division. Ill (£800) (6 months only) . . . . . . . . 400 600 Other Salaries. S* 79,793 260 275 260 (£65 to £765) .. .. .. .. .. 75,865 76,220 Cadets' lodging-allowances .. .. .. .. 210 250 262 277 Special allowances under Public Service Regulation 209 to officers performing special or higher duties .. .. 475 150 Cost-of-living allowances .. .. .. .. 5,050 6,630 83,000 84,850 79,793