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APPENDIX VIII Sawmills registered under the Sawmill Registration Regulations 1942

APPENDIX IX Forest Offences, 1945-46

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Conservancy. Number of Sawmills registered as at 31st March, 1946. Sawmills cutting mainly Indigenous Timber. Sawmills cutting mainly Exotic Timber. Auckland .. .. Rotorua Wellington Nelson Westland Canterbury Southland Totals 106 56 77 64 50 40 52 73 45 50 51 50 3 38 33 11 27 13 37 14 445 310 135

Offence. Law under which Number of Fines. 1 Costs and Proceedings were taken. Convictions. j Damages. £ £ s. d. Operating an engine which Regulation 6, Forest (Fire- ? 7 16 13 8 is not provided with effiprevention) Regulations cient means of preventing 1940, as amended by : the escape of dangerous Amendment No. 1 sparks, &c. Failure to report or to fight a Regulation 8, Forest (Fire2 2 5 1 6 fire caused by sawmilling prevention) Regulations operations or leaving a fire 1940 before it is suppressed Lighting a fire in State forest Section 44 (1) (a), Forests 1 6 2 0 unlawfully Act, 1921-22 Lighting a fire in a fire district Section 44 (1) (c), Forests 3 12 1 14 0 contrary to the provisions Act, 1921-22 of the Act Entering a State forest withRegulation 12, Forest (Fire14 21 29 5 5 out a permit prevention) Regulations 1940, as amended by Amendment No. 1 Hunting in a State forest Section 47, Forests Act, 8 11 6 18 6 unlawfully • 1921-22 Unlawfully cutting and Section 43, Forests Act, 7 226 535 2 6 removing forest produce 1921-22 from a State forest Failure to comply when a Seiction 45 (3), Forests Act, 1 2 ' 4 1 0 requisition is made for assist-1921-22 ■ ance in extinguishing a fire Totals 39 281 604 I 18 7