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The establishment of the prison camp necessitated a considerable amount of laFour in finishing the buildings and the water-service system, in laying drains, carting huts, &c. Most of this work was satisfactorily performed by prison labour. The water-supply has so far proved adequate and otherwise satisfactory. In addition to the supply from the spring, a concrete cistern, with a capacity of 14,000 gallons, was built to collect the rain-water off the roofs of the buildings, and this supply goes a long way towards satisfying the requirements of the camp. An average daily number of 15 - 20 prisoners was employed throughout the year. R. Macßab, Assistant Forester.

Schedule I.

Schedule ll. — Statement of Expenditure. .-...■'. For Year. To Date. Planting operations and maintenance — £ s. d. £ s. d. Tree-planting ... ... ... 61 3 1 706 19 3 Pitting ... ... ... ... 64 15 6 700 11 6 Clearing ... ... ... ... 33 8 3 694 4 9 Cartage of trees ... ... ... 25 5 6 606 10 8 General upkeep of plantation ... ... 523 19 2 2,064 10 2 General repairs ... ... ... 134 9 4 340 6 5 Horse-feed ... ... ... ... 189 13 0 1,019 6 9 Permanent works — Fencing ... ... ... ... 14 12 9 1,761 10 0 Formation ... ... ... ... 299 18 2 1,081 2 4 Buildings ... ... ... ... 242 10 11 2,087 6 4 Water-service' ... .'..' ... 208" 18 10 378 2 7 Stock, implements, &c.—Tools and implements 48 6 2 910 10 0 Supervision and clerical— Supervision of free labour ... ... 420 0 Q\ ~ prison labour ... ... 290 0 0[ 4,640 10 9 Clerical assistance ... ... ... 80 0 (lj £2,637 0 8 ,£16,991 11 6 Statement of Valve of Prison Labour. For Year. To Date. Planting operations and maintenance — £ s. d. £ s. d. Tree-planting ... 287 16 7 G,520 4 11 Pitting ... ... ... ... 139 15 0 6,857 2 4 Clearing ... ... ... ... 74 3 0 5,724 7 3 General upkeep of plantation ... ... 453 4 2 3,905 0 8 General repairs ... ... ... 13 5 0 180 0 0 Horse-feed \.. ... ... ... 2 15 0 9 18 0 Permanent works — Fencing ... ... ... ... 1 12 6 400 15 2 Formation ... ... ... ... 48 14 0 482 14 0 Roadmaking ... ... ... ... 542 3 4 Buildings ... ... ... ... 85 16 0 554 3 4 Water-service ... ... ... 91 15 6 98 8 6 £1,198 16 9 £25,274 17 6 Average daily number of prisoners employed during year ... ..: 1520 ~ ~ since camp started ... 30*35

Month Month. k. Number of Temperature. Number of Rainfall. Days Days Frosts Maximum. Minimum. 1912. •lay rune Wy Lugust September .. )ctober November .. )ecember .. 1913. January February larch Totals In. Deg. F. Deg. F. .. ! 3-92 18 68 32 1 .. ! 2-48 7 68 20 15 .. ! 5-88 18 60 21 10 .. ; 4-66 12 62 20 16 3-59 9 61 18 23 5-61 26 62 37 .. ! 4-91 15 71 25 8 .. i 2-14 13 75 24 4 .. j 0-50 4 89 36 5-22 13 84 32 1 0-97 6 85 32 1 3-44 9 83 28 2 | I 43-32 150 .j .. .. 81