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TABLE 12. After-planting Labour employed during the past Three Years.

5. Common and Botanical Names op Species mentioned herein. Common Name. Botanical Name. Common Name. Botanical Name. Ash .. . . Fraxinus spp. Miro .. .. Podocarpus ferruginous. Australian hard- North American woods .. .. Eucalyptus spp. spruce .. Picea spp. Beech (New Zealand) Nothofagus spp. Norway spruce .. Picea excelsa. Beech .. .. Fagus spp. Oak .. .. Quercus spp. Birch .. .. Betula spp. Pokako .. .. Elasocarpus Hookerianus. Camphor-tree .. Cinnamomum camphora. Ponderosa pine .. Pinus ponderosa. Cedar : Western red Thuya plicata. Prickly-cone pine .. Pinus muricata. Douglas fir .. Pseudotsuga Douglasii. Pukatea .. .. Laurolia novce-zelandice. Hemlo.ck-Western Tsuga heterophylla. Redwood .. Squoia sempovirons. Hickory .. .. Nicoria spp. Rimu .. . . Dacrydium cupressinum. Insignia pine .. Pinus radiata. Silver-beech . . Nothofagus Menziesii. Kaikawaka .. Libocodrus Bidwillii. Silver-pine .. Macrydium Colensoi. Kauri . . .. Agathis australis. Sugar pine .. Pinus Lambertiana. Kohekohe .. Dysoxylum spectabile. Tanekaha .. Phyllocladus trichomanoides. Macrocarpa .. Cupressus macrocarpa. Tawa .. .. Neilschmiedia tawa. Mahogany .. Sivistonia spp. Totara .. .. Podocarpus totara. Maple .. .. Acer spp. Western white-pine Pinus monticola. Matai .. .. Podocarpus spicatus. White-pine .. Podocarpus dacrydioides.

APPENDICES. APPENDIX I. SUMMARIZED REPORTS ON STATE AFFORESTATION. Auckland Region. Plantations and Nurseries. Riverhead. —The area planted at this station was 2,791 acres, being 123 acres less than that recorded for the year 1928-29. This brings the total establishment to 8,878 acres. Several small areas required to round out the boundaries of the plantation were acquired. It is expected that all the available area at Riverhead will be planted up early in the coming winter, and the plantation will then be placed on a maintenance basis. Maramarua. —The area planted at Maramarua slightly exceeded the previous year's total by 108 acres, the figures being 2,968 acres as against 2,860 in 1928-29. The total establishment of this unit is also in sight, and will j)robably be completed before the close of next year if the present rate of planting is maintained. Last year, as a measure of relief for unemployment, the preparatory work in connection with next season's planting operations at both stations was undertaken in advance, and for a period of five months from October, 1929, nearly two hundred men were given employment in this way. Puhipuhi and Waipoua. —Experimental planting on a small scale was continued at Puhipuhi and Waipoua, the area planted being 116 and 138 acres respectively. Tairua Project. —This new planting project is fully dealt with in an earlier portion of this report. Rotobtta Region. Tree-raising.—Owing to the wet season continuous hand weeding of nursery-beds was necessary as machine cultivation was practically impossible. Although somewhat delayed, germination of all seeds, with the exception of Douglas fir which was secured from abroad, was very good, and from a total sowing of 3,077 lb. of seed an estimated crop of 18,944,000 trees has been raised. The total nursery stock in round figures is now estimated to be 29,860,000, or nearly 2,000,000 less than last year. Tree-planting. —The area planted was again a record one, being 34,029 acres with 658 trees per acre, or an approximate total of 22,400,000 trees. The average strike over all species was 85-1 per cent., which is regarded as satisfactory. Establishment costs per acre were higher than during the previous year, due to the higher wages paid to labourers. Plantation Cleaning and Thinning. —For several months cleaning and thinning operations were carried on, principally by " relief " labour, as referred to in detail in an earlier portion of the report.

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1927. 1928. 1929. Number of Total Labour Number of Total Labour Number of Number of Total Labour Unemployed, employed. Unemployed, employed. Unemployed, other Labour, employed. November .. .. .. .. 405 .. 524 1,290 530 1,820 December .. .. .. .. 390 .. 491 1,180 514 1,694 January .. .. .. .. 400 .. 490 733 460 1,193 February .. .. .. .. 418 .. 488 705 460 1,165 March .. .. .. .. 437 .. 462 651 486 1,137