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Details of Three-year-old Trees, sown 1916-17.

Trees transferred from Nursery to Plantations, &c., 1918-19.

Hanmer Springs Plantation, CantekEuby. (Area, 3,668 acres ; altitude, 1,225 ft.; commenced operations, 1901.) Operations at this station were again confined almost exclusively to work in connection with the general upkeep of the plantations, a small portion only of the work for the year coming under the headings of " Utilization " and " Miscellaneous Expenses.' 1 ' The replacing of failures constituted the main work for the winter months, a total of 132.725 trees being used for this purpose, consisting of the following varieties : Pinus radiata, 87,000 : Pinus Laricio, 15.000 : Pinus ponderosa, 800; Pinus maritima, 1,850 ; Pinus Taeda, 575 ; Populus deltoides, 5,000 : Populus fastigiata, 22,500. Of the foregoing, Pinus radiata did very poorly owing to the heavy snowfall experienced in July remaining on the ground until very late in the season, and thus preventing the continuation of planting operations until the season was too far advanced to transplant trees with any degree of safety. With the exception of Pinus Taeda all other varieties met with a fair measure of success. The season throughout was a very trying one. A snowfall without precedent occurred during the first week in July, completely holding up planting operations for over two months, and causing .considerable damage to fences. Little harm, however, resulted to the plantation generally, considering that the snow reached a depth of 5 ft. 2 in. at the survey camp and over 8 ft. on the higher parts of the plantation. A few larch were laid flat in patches on the sidelings. aggregating an area of about an acre. Alder on fiats adjoining Dog Creek suffered to some extent, and branches were stripped from pines

Name of Tree. Number in „ . t. t ,. Remarks. Nursei'v-lines. J I 000,000 Good plants. 100,000 Medium plants. .13,000 i Good plants. 40.000 j Verv large plants. 20.000 i Poor plants. 7.000 8.000 Good plants. °inus Liaricio .. ,, ponderosa ,, muricata i, j. °seudo-isuga, Douglasii, . . °icea excelsa jupressus macrocarpa Total .. 788,000 I

Where sont. Name of Tree. Number. Hanmer Plantation Pinus radiata. . ,, Liaricio. . „ ponderosa ,, pinaster ,, Taeda Populus monolifera „ fasligiata, 87.000 15.000 800 1.850 575 5.000 22.500 132,725 Balmoral Plantation f Pinus radiata . . J ,, ponderosa ,, Laricio. . [_ ,, muricata 186.800 44.000 153.300 11.000 Tapanui Nursery ( Pinus muricata, I Larix leptolepis 395,100 2.000 10.000 12,000 Publio bodies and farmers Pinus radiata.. . ,, Liaricio. . ,, muricata Populus monolifera „ fasligiala, Cupressus macrocarpa . . Larix leptolepis Eucalyptus viminalis ,, Macarthuri. . 19.450 1.150 3.700 100 150 3.200 700 400 300 29.150 Total 568.975