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i ■ APPENDIX VII.—STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT. Receipts and Payments Account foe the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Receipts. Payments. To Cash in hand, Ist April, 1925— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Recoupment of management charges of con- £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. In Post Office .. .. .. .. .. 6,392 9 9 solidated stock .. .. .. .. 31 17 6 In Public Account .. ' .. 4,399 10 10 Stamp duty on transfers .. .. .. 94 19 3 In Investment Account .. .. .. 165,000 0 0 Adjustment of premium on stock 1935-45 .. 1 9 0 169,399 10 10 128 5 9 175,792 0 7 Interest on loans .. .. .. .. •• 28,003 16 7 Interest on securities held by Investment 28,132 2 4 Account .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,178 1 10 Transfer to National Endowment Account .. .. .. 9,740 12 2 Forest receipts— Purchase of Akatarawa Reserve .. .. .. .. 10,548 18 11 National endowment .. .. .. 17,043 19 3 Timber-sales .. .. .. .. 107, 122 7 7 Capital chargesTimber royalties .. .. .. 6,464 8 5 Sub. II.— General development of State Timber trespass .. .. .. 82 11 1 forests— Leases—Grazing .. .. .. 2,527 1 7 Buildings .. .. .. .. 791 14 0 Leases—Sawmill-sites, &c. .. .. 1,231 9 2 Motor-vehicles, field, and office equipment 1,223 0 2 Leases—Industrial .. .. .. 414 5 4 Forest Atlas .. .. .. .. 420 5 3 License and transfer fees .. .. 113 0 0 Roads, tracks, and telephone-lines .. 528 17 3 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 166 15 0 .Demarcation.. .. .. .. 225 18 9 Permits—Grazing .. .. .. 50 2 6 Salaries (includes pay of non-permanents) 243 11 4 Permits—Miscellaneous .. .. .. 513 12 0 3,433 6 9 Kauri-gum .. .. .. .. 627 10 10 Sub. 111.— Forest-fire prevention—Fees for inspections and reports .. .. 318 1 1 Equipment .. .. .. .. .. 47 7 2 Interest on overdue promissory notes .. 149 16 9 Rental of houses .. .. .. 76 18 4 Sub. IV.— Educational— Opossum revenue .. .. .. 4,073 15 1 Reference library .. .. .. 181 18 6 Photographic equipment .. .. 31 15 0 140,975 14 0 213 13 6 Less adjustments with territorial revenue Sub. V.— Forest research— and goldfields revenue .. .. 1,969 6 1 Arboretum, Rotorua .. .. .. 281 8 5 139,006 7 11 Forest Experimental Station, Westland .. 3,009 13 4 Nurseries and plantations— Timber- testing equipment .. .. 312 10 4 Trees .. .. .. .. .. 10,281 7 4 Salaries .. .. .. .. 53 5 3 Seeds.. .. .. .. .. 1,510 2 11 — 3,656 17 4 Firewood and poles .. .. .. 114 13 2 Grazing .. .. .. .. 564 12 10 Sub. VI.— General Afforestation— Rental of houses .. .. .. 672 7 5 Nurseries and plantations, planting, &c... 61,568 12 1 Sheep and wool .. .. .. 35 9 6 Salaries— Afforestation (includes pay of Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 365 15 1 non-permanents) .. .. .. 10,865 6 11 13,544 8 3 Land for extension of nurseries and planta152,550 16 2 tions .. .. .. .. 17,764 0 0 Recoveries of expenditure and credits-in-aid— Sand-dune reclamation .. .. 2,594 11 9 Sub. I.—Salaries .. .. .. .. 375 12 11 92,792 10 9 Sub. II.— General development of State forests— Sub. VII.— Acquisition of indigenous forests— Capital charges— Purchase of Waimarino F and 8 Blocks Sales of motor-vehicles, &c. .. .. 108 4 0 and other lands .. .. .. .. 10,711 10 2 Maintenance charges— 110,855 5_ 8 Destruction of wild pigs .. .. 700 0 0 Operation and Maintenance charges— Timber-cruising, &c. .. .. 108 4 2 Salaries .. .. .. .. 26,230 13 2 Travelling-expenses.. .. .. 49 5 0 Contribution to Public Service SuperannuaSundries .. .. .. .. 37 7 3 tion Fund .. .. .. .. 1,036 7 1 1,003 0 5 27,267 0 3 Carried forward .. .. .. 1,378 13 4 335,520 18 7 Carried forward .. .. .. 27,267 0 3 159,276 19 1