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STATE FOREST SERVlCE—continued. Income and Expenditure Account foe the Yeae ended 31st March, 1926. (Accounts of nurseries and plantations are separately shown.) Expenditure. Income. To Salaries and contribution to Pub- £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. lie Service Superannuation By Timber—Royalties .. .. 6,243 19 7 Fund .. .. .. .. 19,478 5 2 Sales .. . . 81,056 7 7 General management of State Trespass .. . . 436 19 8 forests— 87,737 6 10 Postages, telephones, telegrams, Leases—Grazing .. .. 2,541 10 2 printing and stationery .. 1,585 19 4 Sawmill-sites .. 1,175 12 11 Destruction of wild pigs .. 583 8 5 Industrial .. .. 507 3 8 Audit fee and collection of 4,224 6 9 revenue .. .. .. 190 12 3 Permits —Miscellaneous .. 752 9 6 Timber cruising, grazing, and Grazing .. .. 99 0 0 forest reconnaissance .. 9,757 19 2 851 9 6 Legal expenses .. . . 12 5 2 Licenses, lease fees, and miscellaneous .. 376 5 6 Office rent, lighting, cleaning, Interest on overdue promissory notes .. 208 12 1 &c. .. .. .. 2,736 18 6 Fees, for inspections and reports .. .. 369 10 10 Pay of non-permanents .. 2,489 8 10 Rental of houses .. .. .. .. 70 18 4 Transportation expenses and Kauri-gum, sale of, and royalties .. .. 628 10 1 upkeep of motor-vehicles .. 1,150 610 Opossum revenue.. .. .. .. 4,073 15 1 Travelling, transfer, and removal expenses .. .. 2,777 4 0 21,284 2 6 Forest-fire prevention— Communication and locomotion expenses .. .. 494 2 6 Wages .. .. .. 1,208 4 9 1,702 7 3 Educational— Forest exhibits .. . . 174 3 0 Photographic records .. 217 18 0 Preparation of departmental bulletins, subscriptions to journals.. .. .. 590 211 Expenses rangers' instruction school .. .. .. 239 4 0 1,221 7 11 Forest research — Forest ecology .. .. 420 5 3 Silvicultural manage m en t studies .. .. .. 545 1 3 Utilization and timber-testing 1,541 4 8 2,506 11 2 Afforestation — Preparation of planting plans and forestry in schools .. .. .. .. 2,086 19 0 Acquisition of indigenous forests — Yearly rent, Otanewainuku S.D. .. 74 0 0 Bad debts .. .. .. .. 425 17 1 Depreciation and maintenance of field and office equipment, motor-vehicles, &c. .. .. •• 2,175 7 2 Balance carried down .. .. 47,585 17 9 £98,540 15 0 £98,540 15 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Interest on debentures and stock .. .. 27,818 11 3 By Balance brought down .. .. .. 47,585 17 9 Treasury management expenses of stock .. 33 6 6 Further amount received—Ranfurly Nursery, Stamp duty on transfers of stock .. .. 94 19 3 sale of .. .. .. .. 50 8 0 Adjustments with territorial and goldfields Interest charged to nurseries and plantations 47,947 8 11 revenue .. .. .. • • 1,562 9 0 Land rental charged to nurseries and planAdjustments with Westport Harbour Account 1,035 7 5 tations .. .. .. .. 2,507 19 4 Amount of grazing rent previously wrongly Interest on investments .. .. .. 6,88715 0 credited .. .. . • • • 120 0 0 Profit transferred from Rotorua Seed and TreeTransfer to National Endowment Account growing Account .. .. .. 2,441 8 3 (section 39, Forests Act, 1921-22) .. 15,658 15 4 Payments to local authorities under section 17, Finance Act, 1924 .. .. .. 6,211 3 3 Balance to Reserve Account .. . • 54,886 5 3 £107,420 17 3 £107,420 17 3 Note. —Field officers' salaries, where possible, have been allocated over field operations.

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