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APPENDIX VI. Schedule of Fires in State Forest, 1939-40.

APPENDIX VII. Animals killed in State Forests during the Year ended 31st March, 1940.

APPENDIX VIII. Forest Sales.

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Date. Conservancy. Forest No. Origin of Fire. Pirc-fighting. Remarks. Acres. £ s. d. 14/4/39 Wellington .. S.F. 31 120 Trespassers —shooting .. 1 0 0 20 acres young timber. „ „ .. „ 31 10 Settlers burning off 10 0 „ „ .. „ 31 100 „ .. 1 0 0 10 acres young timber. ,,31 1 „ ..100 20/4/39 „ .. „ 31 400 „ .. 8 0 0 100 acres young trees, 10 acres merchantable. 6/10/39 „ .. „ 42 8 Locomotive .. .. 7 18 2 6 matai trees. „ „ .. „ 42 2 Suspected incendiarism 55 11 10 Marton Sash and Door Co.'s mill destroyed and 250,000 ft. timber, £6,000. „ Rotorua .. „ 1 25-65 Unknown .. .. 193 6 8 4-year P. taxifolia destroyed. 30/10/39 Westland .. „ 17 46 Mischief .. .. 44 11 1 Thuya plicata and C. lawsoniana, valued at £460. ,, Wellington .. ,, 100 0'05 Locomotive .. .. .. 15 P. ponderosa and (5 P. murrayana. 3/11/39 Rotorua .. „ 86 .. Unknown .. .. .. Approximately 230 totara trees damaged. 6/11/39 Wellington .. „ 67 .. „ „ „ .. „ 67 4 Tourist boiling billy .. .. 3 acres regenerating silver-pine. 7/11/39 Rotorua .. „ 1 15 Unknown 8/11/39 Auckland .. „ 5 150 Burning off .. .. 20 4 8 9/11/39 Wellington .. „ 42 2 Mill hauler .. .. .. Thuya plicata. 17/11/39 Auckland .. ,,97 1-6 „ .. .. .. 500 G. lawsoniana burnt. £8 paid by company. 30/11/39 Wellington .. P.S.F. 85 8 Splitters boiling billy .. .. Cut-over bush. 6/12/39 Southland .. S.F. 10 660 Probably hauler 17/12/39 Nelson .. P.S.F. 132 0-2 Unknown 4/1/40 Rotorua .. 23 \ ggg t| 8 0 0 Cut over and second growth. 6/1/40 Wellington .. P.S.F. 42 10 Locomotive .. .. .. Cut over. „ „ .. S.F. 42 275 Contract splitters .. .. Cut over and regenerating silverpine, £25. 7/1/40 „ .. „ 42 210* Mill hauler .. .. 57 4 7 Milling bush (private), £650. Firefighting costs paid by company. 12/1/40 Rotorua .. P.S.F. 23 0-2 Spark from previous fire 0 15 0 Cut over. 4/2/40 Westland .. „ 1605 10 Carelessness .. .. 0 10 0 5/2/40 Southland .. S.F. 69 500 Unknown .. .. 16 18 0 9/3/40 Auckland .. „ 4 .. „ .. .. 14 17 0 Scrub. 17/3/40 „ .. „ 34 10 21/3/40 „ .. „ 1 2 Settler burning off .. .. Stunted native bash. 25/3/40 Wellington .. ,,24 0-2 Hunters .. .. 16 0 10 Total number of fires .. 32 2,858-9 .. £447 17 10 * 30 acres groen ; 180 acres cut over.

Rabbits and Hares. n5^i, a Opos- Rats, Stoats, TotaIs ' Conservancy. — J I' J> (Ws sums: and Ferrets: Number. Number. Uoats. Nllmh( , r Nlllnh -, Number. Cost. Number. I "" n " er ' dumber. Number. Cost. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland Rotorua .. .. 1,353 907 14 10 93 33 2 .. .. 1,481 907,14 10 Wellington .. .. .. .. 49 .. .. .. .. 49 Nelson .. .. .. 211 41 15 10 76 15 11 89 86 488 41 15 10 Westland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 242 .. 242 Canterbury .. .. 10,695 1,044 12 1 89 .. .. .. .. 10,784 1,044 12 1 Southland .. .. 4,174 399 11 8 666 135 .. 250 17 5,242 399 11 8 Totals .. .. 16,433 2,393 14 5 973 183 13 581 103 18,286 2,393 14 5

*+* feafeg" ["***• £ Auckland .. .. 4 10,031,230 21,376 Rotorua .. .. 9 5,446,150 8,832 Wellington .. 16 13,125,000 22,475 Nelson .. .. .. 18 8,727,530 9,091 Westland .. .. 57 35,070,800 31,506 Southland .. .. 10 4,972,000 4,659 Total .. .. 114 77,372,710 97,739