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APPENDIX VIII Sawmills Registered Under the Sawmill Registration Regulations 1942

APPENDIX IX Forest Offences, 1947-48

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Conservancy. Number of Sawmills Registered as at 31st March, 1948. Sawmills Cutting Mainly Indigenous Timber. Sawmills (Jutting Mainly Exotic Timber. Auckland Rotorua Wellington Nelson Westland Canterbury .. Southland Totals 148 82 101 83 66 59 69 94 59 53 58 66 2 51 54 23 ■ 48 25 57 18 608 383 225

nffVktif»a Law Under Which Number of JPi ! nnc , Costs ai id VflclUjt/. Proceedings were Taken. Convictions. ff 1 mes. Dai nage IS. £ S. d. £ S. d. Lighting fire in a fire district, Section 44 (1) (c), Forests 10 27 10 0 77 9 3 contrary to the provisions Act, 1921-22 of the Act Aiding and abetting an offence Section 51 (1), Forests Act, 1 5 0 0 0 10 0 1921-22 Operating engine without Regulation 6 (1), Forest (Fire4 22 0 0 22 18 4 efficient spark-arrester prevention) Regulations 1940, as amended by Amendment No. 1 Failure to take proper steps to Regulation 15 (1), Forest (Fire5 22 0 0 14 16 6 suppress a fire in State forest prevention) Regulations or in a fire district or 1940, as amended by privately owned forest Amendment No. 1 Unlawful cutting and removal Section 43, Forests Act, 10 81 0 0 277 11 10 of forest produce 1921-22 Lighting fire without lawful Section 44 (1) (a), (b), (c) .. 0 * authority in a State forest Unlawfully entering State Regulation 12 (1), Forest (Fire1 forest prevention) Regulations >10 10 0 30 15 8 1940, as amended by Amendment No. 1 Unlawfully hunting in State Section 47 (a), Forests Act, •> j forest 1921-22 Totals 45 174 0 0 424 1 7