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APPENDIX VIII Sawmills registered under the Sawmill Registration Regulations 1942

APPENDIX IX Forest Offences, 1946-47

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Conservancy. Number of Sawmills registered as at 31st March, 1947. Sawmills cutting mainly Indigenous Timber. Sawmills cutting mainly Exotic Timber. Auckland 133 92 41 Rotorua 72 53 19 Wellington .. 89 49 40 Nelson 72 50 22 Westland 54 54 Canterbury.. . . 44 4 40 Southland .. .. 63 49 14 Totals 527 351 176

Offence. Law under which Number of Fines. Costs and Proceedings were taken. Convictions. Damages. £ s. d. £ s. d. Presenting firearm Threatening to intimidate Section 13, Firearms Act, 1920 1 0 10 0 Section 41 (a), Forests Act, 2 1 0 0 forest officer 1921-22 Unlawful cutting and removal Section 43, Forests Act, 9 5 0 0 159 1 3 of forest 1921-22 Lighting fire without lawful Section 44 (1) (a), Forests Act, 11 45 0 0 181 11 0 authority in State forest 1921-22 Lighting fire in a fire district, Section 44 (1) (c), Forests Act, 12 32 10 0 46 8 8 contrary to the provisions 1921-22 of the Act Hunting in State forest unSection 47 (a), Forests Act, 5 8 0 0 10 11 6 lawfully 1921-22 Negligent failure to extinguish Regulation 10 (1), Forest 1 14 9 0 lighted cigarette dropped (Fire-prevention) Regulawithin a fire district tions 1940 Operating engine without Regulation 6 (1), Forest (Fire1 17 10 0 14 1 0 efficient spark-arrester prevention) Regulations 1940, as amended by Amendment No. 1 Fire set in terms of permit left Regulation 11 (2), Forest 1 2 0 0 2 9 6 unattended (Fire-prevention) Regulations 1940, as amended by Amendment No. 1 Unlawfully entering State Regulation 12, Forest (Fire6 15 0 0 12 13 0 forest prevention) Regulations 1940, as amended by Amendment No. 1 Totals 49 125 0 0 442 14 11