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Table A.—Return of Forest Lands in New Zealand.

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Gol. 3. Col. 4. Gol. 5. Gol. 2. Crown Forests (Crown Land, State Forests, and Forest Reserves). Permanent Forests (National Park, Scenery and Climatic Reserves, &c). Alienated Forests (Private and Native Lands). Got. 6. Totals. Gol. 1. Land District. Area of Area. Estimated Quantity of Timber. Area. Estimated Quantity of Timber. Area. Estimated Quantity of Timber. j Area under Estimated Quantity Forest. of Timber. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Marlborough Nelson Westland Canterbury . . Otago Southland Acres. 13,858,000 6,063,000 2,417,299 6,810,953 2,768,000 4,686,000 3,894,887 9,604,045 8,882,800 7,583,892 Acres. 371,514 536,680 358,702f 1,215,796 338,000 1,936,073 1,477,660 301,780 213,860 1,158,540 Sup. ft. 1,425,873,144 1,014,465,000 39,178,000 7,055,700,000 97,720,000 3,495,631,600 4,475,000,000 24,955,000 927,862,000|[ 354,482,000 Acres. 109,644 3,500 116,915 70,125 102,000 133,308 700,000 17,261 2,364 855,600 Sup. ft. Unknown Unknown 192,000,000 Unknown Unknown 242,143,000 250,000,000 Unknown 4,728,000 610,000,000 Acres. ! . 3,188,842* 491,360 959,900$ 1,320,000 146,000 353,649 140,000 11,920 52,110 390,900 Sup. ft, 4,799,240,713 1,220,748,000 559,120,000 5,772,000,000 73,882,000 835,112,180 900,000,000 6,590,000 290,645,000«|| 330,098,000 Acres. 3,670,000 1,031,540 1,435,517 2,605,921 586,000 2,423,030 2,317,660§ 330,961 268,334 2,405,040 Sup. ft. 6,225,113,857 2,235,213,000 790,298,000 12,827,700,000 171,602,000 4,572.886,780 5,625,000,000 31,545,000 1,223,235,000 1,294,580,000 Totals 7,054,681 14,621,960,813 35,101,699,757 66,568,876 7,908,605 19,179,867,944 2,110,717 1,299,871,000 17,074,003 Percentage of land under forest, 25'6. Percentage under permanent forests, 3-1. * Milling-timber grows on only 1,200,000 acres of this area. f Milling-timber grows on only 7,763 acres of this area. J Milling-timber grows on only 102,950 acres of this area. § The timber on about 800,000 acres of this area is unsuitable for sawmilling. ][ Only 442,400,000 sup. ft. is milling-timber ; balance is miro, tawhai, rata, kowhai, broadleaf, &c. % Only 138,687,800 sup. ft. is milling-timber ; balance is miro, tawhai, rata, kowhai, broadleaf, &c. (See maps at end of report, illustrating this table.)