B—7 [PT. ll]

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1947-48

STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT —continued

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For Services chargeable on the State Forests Account —continued £ £ £ VOTE—STATE FOREST SERVICE —ctd. Subdivision No. I. —Salaries and General Administration, &c.—-continued Other Charges for and incidental to — Expenses of officers travelling overseas (additional) Field, office, and experimental equipment: tools, furniture, instruments, tents, &c., purchase of (additional) Printing and stationery (additional) Transfer and removal expenses (additional).. (a) 500 (b) 1,700 (c) 900 {d) 1,650 Total—Subdivision No. I 4,750 17,050 Subdivision No. II. —General Forestry; Building, Tree-planting, Maintenance and Protection of Forests, Extraction of Timber for Sale, Roading, Operation of Nurseries, Compensation to Employees, and Collaterial Activities Charges for and incidental to — Forestry projects within conservancies: works expenditure— Rotorua (additional) Wellington (additional) Nelson (additional) Westland (additional) Southland (additional) 60,400 2,300 21,500 2,000 6,800 Less amounts provided on main estimates not required— Auckland Conservancy £ (works) .. .. 16,000 Canterbury Conservancy .. 2,000 (e) 93,000 18,000 Payment of increased costs for materials, equipment, stores, wages, &c., consequent upon the Arbitration Court pronouncement and cessation of subsidy payments (e) 75,000 (/) 15,500 Total—Subdivision No. II 90,500