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APPENDIX I. Summary of Areas added to Permanent and Provisional State Forests, 1st April, 1939, to 31st March, 1940.

APPENDIX II. Summary of Areas withdrawn from Permanent and Provisional State Forests, 1st April, 1939, to 31st March, 1940.

APPENDIX III. Areas of State Forests as at 31st March, 1940.

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Permanent State Forest. _ Provisional State m „ a. i . Forest Conservation Region. Forest • Ordinary • „ ,. __ National ' J ' Ordinary. Elldowme nt. Aores. Acres. Acres. Acres. Auckland .. .. •• 18,548 .. 4,157 22,705 Rotorua .. .. .. .. 82 .. .. 82 Wellington .. .. .. 962 .. 502 1,464 Nelson .. .. .. .. 58,265 12,693 698 71,656 Westland .. .. 245 245 Canterbury .. .. . . 130 . . ■ ■ 130 Southland .. .. .. .. .. 297 297 Totals .. .. .. 77,987 12,693 5,899 96,579 V< y ' 90,680

For Settlement Purposes. Forest-conservation Region. ; Totals. Permanent Provisional State Forest. State Forest. Acres, Acres. Acres. Auckland .. .. .. .. 3 .. 3 Nelson .. .. .. .. 122 .. 122 Westland .. .. .. .. .. 1,001 1,001 Canterbury .. .. .. 36 . . 36 Southland .. .. .. .. .. 1,563 1,563 Totals .. .. 161 2,564 2,725

Permanent State Forest. Provisional State Forest. Percentage of Total Area Forest-conservation Totals. ' of Region Region. National National under Ordinary. i Endow- Ordinary. Endowment. I Reservation, ment. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Auckland .. 383,916 89,789 124,616 14,006 612,327 7-12 Rotorua .. 622,393 289,939 135,052 63,108 1,110,492 14-06* Wellington .. 890,021 37,308 27,463 7,649 962,441 7-9o' Nelson .. 740,614- 177,573 882,496 586,228 2,386,911 34-06 Westland .. 621,183 163,304 501,244 422,881 1,708,612 44-23 Canterbury .. 433,140 3,647 .. .. 436,787 Southland .. 529,101 56,234 633,901 13,740 1,232,976 7-26 Totals 4,220,368 817,794 2,304,772 1,107,612 8,450,546 12-72 5,03M62 3,412,384 * The boundary between Rotorua and Wellington Conservation Regions was ohangcd during the period, resulting in an increase in the former region and a corresponding decrease in the latter of 2,871,526 acres, of which 208,249 acres are State forest.