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APPENDIX VI— continued. State Foeests Account— continued. Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1927— continued. Receipts— continued. Payments— continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward .. .. •• 114,065 5 0 132,433 0 10 Brought forward .. .. .. 7,506 10 5 44,730 6 1 To Cash in hand, 1st. April, 1926— continued. By Permanent charges— continued. Receipts— Nurseries and plantations— Capital charges— continued. Trees .. .. .. .. .. 10,228 14 10 Sub. VI.— General Afforestion— Seeds.. .. .. .. •• 1,934 2 10 Nurseries and plantations, planting, &c. 78,479 10 4 Firewood and poles .. .. .. 178 5 0 Salaries— Afforestation (includes pay of Grazing .. .. .. .. 853 18 4 non-permanents) .. .. 16,403 18 3 Rental of houses .. .. .. 763 8 4 Land for extension of nurseries and Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 542 11 2 plantations .. .. .. 11,180 17 11 14,501 0 6 Sand-dune reclamation .. .. 2,312 8 5 128,566 5 6 108,376 14 11 Recoveries of expenditure and credits-in-aid— Sub. VII. — Acquisition of indigenous Sub. I.—Salaries .. .. .. ■ - 47 7 8 forests — Purchase of Puketitiri Block Sub. II.—General development of State and other lands .. .. .. .. 18,714 19 10 forests— 134,598 5 2 Capital charges— Operation and Maintenance charges— Sales of motor-vehicles, &c... .. 48 3 6 Salaries .. .. .. .. 22,829 17 3 Maintenance charges— . Contribution to Public Service SuperanDestruction of wild pigs .. .. 938 3 1 nuation Fund .. .. .. 609 4 2 Timber-cruising, &c. .. .. Ill 3 10 23,439 1 5 Travelling-expenses.. ■ .. .. 24 5 6 Sub. II.— General development of State Sundries .. .. .. .. 72 16 1 forests— 1,194 12 0 Postages, cables, &c., printing and stationery .. .. .. 2 ,.123 17 3 Sub. IV.—Educational— Payments to other Departments for serCapital charges— vices rendered .. .. .. 183 4 8 Reference library .. .. .. 0 12 6 Forest and grazing reconnaissance, timber Maintenance charges— ' cruising and appraisal, policing patrol, Department bulletins .. .. 27 16 4 &c. .. .. .. .. 5,509 16 8 Sundries .. .. .. .. 4 9 3 Grant to officer on retirement, &c. .. 25 7 5 32 18 1 Destruction of wild pigs, &c. .. .. 1,510 17 7 Legal expenses, contingencies, &c. .. 229 2 1 Sub. V.—Forest research— Office rent, heating, and lighting .. 3,336 14 8 Maintenance charges— Transportation expenses and upkeep of Timber-products testing .. .. .. 0 15 0 motor-vehicles . . .. .. 1,166 9 4 Sub. VI.—General afforestation— Travelling-expenses and transfer of officers 4,422 7 6 Capital charges— 18,507 17 2 Nurseries and plantations .. .. 61 15 8 Sub. III.— Forest-fire prevention— Maintenance charges— Communication and locomotion expenses, Tree-seed operations, &c. .. .. 13 1 5 &e. .. .. .. .. 237 7 11 — 74 17 1 Wages, &c. .. .. .. .. 1,286 3 4 1,350 9 10 1,523 11 3 Carried forward .. .. .. 262,369 16 2 Carried forward .. .. .. 43,470 9 10 179,334 11 3