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STATE FOREST SERVlCE—continued. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1925. (Accounts of Nurseries and Plantations are separately shown.) Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Salaries* .. .. .. .. 17,602 0 5' By TimberGeneral management of State Royalties .. .. 7,004 15 9 forests— Sales .. .. . . 121,887 1 3 Communication expenses, Trespass .. . . 254 10 0 printing and stationery, &c. 1,784 11 7 129,146 7 0 Destruction of wild pigs . . 229 7 5 Leases— Fiscal management expenses.. 78 13 0 Grazing.. .. .. 1,380 4 3 Legal expenses .. .. 143 7 7 Sawmill-sites .. .. 492 7 10 Timber cruising, grazing, and Industrial .. .. 443 8 5 forest reconnaissance, &c. .. 8,293 9 7 — — 2,316 0 6 Office rent, lighting, &c. .. 2,470 19 6 Permits— Temporary assistance .. 1,926 I 11 Miscellaneous .. .. 581 14 9 Transportation expenses and Grazing .. .. .. 86 13 6 upkeep of motor-vehicles .. 1,020 12 11 668 8 3 Travelling-expenses (unallotted) 1,640 14 11 License, lease fees, and miscellaneous .. 231 7 1 17,587 18 5 Interest on overdue promissory notes .. 157 9 7 Forest-fire prevention— Pees for inspections and reports .. .. 370 16 4 Communication and locomotion Rental of houses .. .. .. .. 49 11 2 expenses .. .. 611 10 9 Kauri-gum, sale of, and royalties .. .. 741 0 1 Wages .. .. .. 1,275 6 3 Opossum revenue .. .. .. 2,784 12 2 1,886 17 0 Educational— Forest exhibits .. .. 9 0 7 Photographic records .. 11l 13 9 Preparation of departmental bulletins .. .. 355 15 7 Expenses rangers' instruction school .. .. .. 353 12 5 ■ 830 2 4 Forest research— Forest ecology .. . . 884 10 8 Silvicultural management studies .. .. .. 890 2 2 Utilization and timber-testing 1,166 10 3 2,941 3 1 Afforestation — Preparation of planting plans and forest extension .. . . .. .. 2,041 17 11 Acquisition of indigenous forests— Yearly rent, Otanewainuku Survey District .. .. .. 74 0 0 Grants, &e. — Expenses of secretary, Australian Forestry Conference .. 69 11 1. Grants to local authorities .. 187 9 3 257 0 4 Depreciation—Field and office equipment, motor-vehicles, &c. .. .. .. .. 1,590 15 8 44,811 15 2 Less cost of administration, national-endowment land .. .. 751 9 5 44,060 5 9 Balance carried down .. .. 92,405 6 5 £136,465 12 2 £136,465 12 2 £ S - <1. £ (J_ To Interest on debentures and stock .. .. 23,99/ 4 8 By Balance brought down .. .. .. 92,405 6 5 Treasury management expenses of stock .. 211 7 Interest charged to Nurseries and Plantations 43,795 7 2 Stamp duty on transfers of stock .. .. 82 14 11 Land rental charged to Nurseries and Plantations 1,931 18 0 Adjustments with territorial revenue .. 295 12 10 Interest on investments 6,645 15 8 Dumgree Plantation Rents and Interest Adjust- Profit transferred from Rotorua Seed and Treement (previously credited m error to Income growing Account .. .. .. 567 17 10 and Expenditure Account) .. .. 479 19 3 Adjustment of administration expenses Iransferred to Consolidated Fund for benefit national-endowment lands .. .. 4 19 8 of Native owners .. .. .. 459 8 6 Payments to local authorities under Land and Mining Acts .. .. .. .. 3,125 5 2 Payments to local authorities under section 17, Finance Act, 1924 .. .. .. 4,834 3 3 Sinking Fund Reserve .. .. .. 893 0 10 Balance to Reserve .. .. .. 113,181 3 9 £145,351 4 9 £145,351 4 9 * * Field officers' salaries, where possible, have b2en allocated over field operations.

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