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Item. I 1943-44. 1942-43. 1941-42. ! 1940-41. I I Payments £ £ £ £ Allocation of revenue — Consolidated Fund (portion of revenue from 17,455 16,721 20,442 16,151 national-endowment forests) Working Railways Account (section 24 (1), 549 898' 1,151 1,567 Finance Act, 1936) Local bodies .. .. .. .. 12,928 14,767 17,080 16,593 General management charges— Salaries .. .. .. •• 89,332 79,793 81,667 77,834 General expenses .. .. .. 41,254 34,370 28,458 31,070 Land purchase 11,687 25,307 1,996 6,788 Forestry projects under direct management — Exotic .. .. .. •• 248,705 220,598 183,561 234,794 Indigenous .. .. .. .. 30,521 22,945 35,376 32,724 Utilization: Sawmill, creosote plant, &c. .. 104,826 100,720 136,090 148,545 Miscellaneous: Expenses of raising loans and .. .. 978 911 interest on temporary advances Totals .. .. .. .. 557,257 516,119 506,799 566,977 Receipts Indigenous-forest receipts— Timber sales 114,553 134,396 127,926 120,753 Timber royalties and trespass .. .. 8,588 9,467 9,532 8,539 Leases, grazing .. .. .. 1,402 1,492 1,523 1,558 Sawmill-sites, industrial, &c. .. .. 247 239 329 402 Miscellaneous.. .. .. .. 6,895 8,017 8,274 6,937 Log sales from managed forests .. .. 73,317 30,596 31,296 26,153 Exotic forests: Poles, posts, firewood, &c. .. 51,952 54,234 15,341 13,207 Utilization projects — Sawn timber .. .. .. .. 16,180 40,607 45,815 28,948 Creosoted products .. .. .. 15,964 23,637 19,262 7,996 Boxshooks .. 136,600 79,109 32,883 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. ' 2,663 4,767 3,642 2,470 Miscellaneous credits .. .. .. 16,942 13,371 9,800 52,102 Totals .. .. 1 .. .. 445,303 399,932 305,623 269,065 Receipts from national-endowment indigenous 46,654 48,289 45,374 27,408 forests (included in above)