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Appropriations for State Forests Account.

NEW ZEALAND STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT.

INISTER lANDS. 1906-7. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ ote 116.—State Forests Branch of the Lands and Survey Department 2,471 28,960 31,431 TOTAL 2,471 18,960 31,431 Item. STATE FORESTS BRANCH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY. 19 '6-7. 1906-7. Total number of officers ... 15 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 VOTE No. 116. Salaries — Chief Forester Assistant Forester 13 Assistant Foresters and Nursery Overseers : 1 at £210, 1 at £190, 1 at £180, 1 at £170, 1 at £165, 2 at £155, 3 at £150, 1 at £140, 1 at £135, 1 at £125 (three months) Other Charges— Fencing, Buildings, Planting, Material, &c. — Nurseries — £ Eweburn ... ... ... 950 Rotorua ... ... ... 3,800 Tapanui ... ... ... 1,400 Hanmer ... ... ... 1,080 Ruatangata ... ... ... 1,420 Kurow ... ... ... 1,485 Starborough ... ... ... 1,440 Plantations — Survey Paddock, Naseby ... ... 75 Gimmerburn Reserve ... ... 710 Dusky Hill ... ... ... 340 Conical Hills ... ... ... 2,260 Hanmer Springs ... ... ... 750 Whakarewarewa ... ... ... 2,850 Waiotapu and extension .. ... 550 Kaingaroa (maintenance) ... .., 75 Dumgree ... ... ... 2 545 Dumgree: Purchase of land and buildings 500 Puhipuhi ... ... ... 1,985 £ 340 150 1,981 2,471 £ 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Clerical assistance Extension of nurseries and additional plantations Fencing State Forest Reserve, Kaiparoro ... Management and contingent expenses : State forests ... Management and contingent expenses of State forests (standing timber) Planting reserves, Mackenzie County (from rents of reserves) Travelling allowances and expenses Trees for distribution to local bodies and others Contingencies 24,215 175 500 200 600 25 2,000 26 27 28 295 325 500 150 Total —Vote No. 116 ... 28,960 31,431 STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT £3 ,431