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Table C.—Output of Trees from Nurseries.

Table D.—Minimum and Maximum Readings of Thermometer (Fahrenheit) and Rainfall at Various Stations for the Year.

Table E.—Average Number of Workmen Employed Daily at the Various Nurseries and Plantations during the Year 1906-7.

H. J. Matthews, Chief Forester. The following are the reports of various stations : — Eweburn Nursery, near Naseby, Otago. (Area, 49 acres ; altitude, 1,400 ft.) The rainfall during the year has been very slight, the total being 13 - 38 in., which fell on ninety-four days, the maximum fall being 2-27 in. in December. This has been the lowest rain since the year 1897-98. ..., ,'.. ........ , , The highest Teading of the thermometer was 89 deg., on the 24th of December, 6 deg. (26 deg. of frost), on the*night of the 26th June. Frost occurred on 166 nights. Owing to the season being'Jvery dry the general growth of nursery stock has not been too good, although the strike of has been very good. The crop of seedlings is fair, with the exception of larch, which is very poor. The number of trees lined out was 400,900, at e a cost of 2s. lQ£d. per thousand. The number of trees sent to Government plantations was 250,000, their total value being £732 3s.

'ui-ing 1' iinoe li Nursery. Number. Value. Number. Number. Value. Value. Bweburn Hanmer Springs Tapanui Eocorua Rtiatangata ... Star borough 250,000 496,000 709,733 3,282,361 177,245 1,292,175 £ s. 732 3 1,158 1 2,090 17 7,000 17 389 11 2,329 R a. o 6 3 9 4 9 ! i 1,022,562 936,026 4,832,063 12,987,932 461,005 1,923,850 I £ s. d. 2,989 12 5 2,445 0 7 15,734 1 8 28,510 9 2 6 8 4,113 16 6 Totals 6,207,514 13,700 19 7 22,163,438 55,060 7 0 i

Station. Temperature. Rainfall. Minimum. Maximum. Inches. Number of Days, . Eweburn Nursery Tapaniii Nursery Ku row Nursery ... Hanmer Springs Nursery... Scarborough Nursery Botorua Nursery Ruatangata Nursery Waiotapu Plantation Puhipuhi Plantation Deg. Deg. 6 89 13-38 94 21 ... 88 30-37 134 19 97£ 13-97 80 18 82 34-71 117 21 95 21-28 102 19 84 6903 174 28 88 73-97 134 16 85 58-22 137 28 88 92-28 158

Free Prison Labour. Labour. Free Labour. Prison Labour. No. iiwebiirn Nursery ... 5-15 ?apanui Nursery ... ... 13-00 lanmer Springs Nursery ... 6-00 [urow Nursery ... ... 7-00 itarborough Nursery ... j 8-00 lotorua Nursery ... ... 29'49 j luatangata Nursery ... 10-00 rimmerburn Reserve Planta- ' 2-05 tion Survey Jaseby Paddock Plantation : 0-45 No. 6-00 17-00 0-25 2-00 21-79 20-52 2-00 0-25 10-16 0-25 No. Dusky Hiil Plantation Conical Hills Plantation Waitaki Plantation Hanmer Springs Plantation Dumgree Plantation Whakarewarewa Plantation Waiotapu Plantation Kaingaroa Plains Plantations Puhipuhi Plantation Waitahuna Plantation 14-50 17-28 11-50 35-62 161-36 78-90