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planting. The total number of trees transplanted into nursery-lines was 463,800, but subsequent failures have reduced the number by nearly 50 per cent. The estimated number of seedlings raised during the year was 220,700, details of which will be found in the attached schedule. Seed-sowing was completed a month later than usual, and has been attended with indifferent results, germination not being altogether successful, and subsequent attacks of " damping off " due to continuous wet weather considerably reducing the number in the seed-beds. A fair rate of growth has been maintained by two-year-old plants in seed-beds, and a considerable proportion will be sufficiently advanced for transfer to the plantations during the coming winter, the permanent planting-out of this class having been attended with good results in recent years. The total output of trees during the year was 469,575, and it is estimated that the number available for afforestation during the coming season will be slightly over 300,000. Vacant areas in the nursery were utilized for the production of horse-feed, thus serving the double purpose of keeping the land clean and supplying a considerable amount of winter fodder. The average daily number of men employed was 4-63. The expenditure for the year was £1,246 Is. 10d., the, total to date, being £20,760 17s. 6d.

Rainfall, Temperature, &c.

Details of One-year-old Trees, sown 1918-19.

Details of Two-year-old Trees, sown 1917-18.

Tompei ■ature. Number of Days Frosts occurred. Month. Rainfall. Number of Days Rain fell. Maximum. Minimum. 1918. April May June July August September .. October November .. December .. In. 1-04 0-54 0-76 0-49 1-59 0-78 0-63 3-01 1-89 Deg. F 70 61 59 50 59 67 69 74 77 Deg. F. 20 19 12 5 1 22 22 28 25 » 10 10 13 9 13 7 8 14 8 5 20 21 31 19 13 (i 5 3 1919. 17 5 9 82 83 84 29 35 24 4 January February .. March " .. .. i 8-13 .. ! 0-30 .. I 0-71 3 Totals .. I 19-87 ' 123 130

Name of Troo. Number Amount I in Seed-beds, of Seed sown. Remarks. Pinus ponderosa „ Laricio ,, radiata, „ muricala 'Jupressus macrocarpa, Larix leptolepis Populus fasligiala .. 53,200 156,100 6,000 2,200 200 lb. 20 45 15 Fair germination. Very uneven. Poor results. Fair crop. Poor germination. Failure. Strong plants. i 2' 1 '2' 1 (Cuttings) 3,000 Total. 220,700

Name of Tree. Number Number m „ , „ , , , , T .. Remarks, in beed-beds. Nursery-lines. Pinus ponderosa ,, Laricio ,, Banhsiana ,, muricala ,, radiata 350,000 .. Strong plants. 89,000 '.. Very small. 150,000 .. Healthy plants, 300 . . Small plants. 2,300 31,500 Good trees. 2,000 .. Well grown. 1,000 .. Medium plants. 350,000 89,000 150,000 300 2,300 2,000 1,000 Cupressus macrocarpa ,, Lawsoniana Totals 594,600 31,500 026 100