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PART II. Summary of State Forests set apart for Afforestation, under the Control of the Chief Forester.

Report by Chief Forester. In submitting my (tenth) annual report for the year ending the 31st March, 1906, I have again to record a successful year's work at all stations. The results of operations are naturally largely influenced by the climatic conditions experienced, although a large share of credit is due to the officers in charge, as well as the staff generally. From the summaries below, it will be observed that during the ten years, since forestry operations were established, over thirty-two million trees have been raised in nurseries and plantations. Last year's crop in the nurseries totalled over eight million, while the nurseries now contain nearly fifteen million trees of one, two, and three years old. During the past year over three and a quarter million trees were planted permanently on an area of 1,435-J- acres, bringing the total area planted to date to 5,494 acres, on which are growing nearly eleven and three quarter million trees. The following tables show details of the year's operations, while detailed reports of each nursery and plantation, schedules of trees grown, expenditure, and values are appended : —

Number of Trees grown in Nurseries and Plantations, and Area planted, from September, 1896, to 31st March, 1906.

Land District. No. ' Area of Reserves. .rea planted 1905-6. 1 in ;al area plan: to Date. Auckland ... Marlborough Canterbury Otago Total ... ... 5 ... 1 2 ... 4 ... 12 A. 13,323 881 806 2,490 E. P. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 978 130 32 294 B. P. 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3,131 192 491 1,678 0 2 3 3 17,500 0 0 1,435 2 0 5,494 0

Number in Nurseries, 31st March, 1906 Values. Number raised in Nurseries and Plantations, 1896 to 1906. _ Values, Number ! o . raised in i Numhm . a? ""and"' 68 ' Pta.tea 6 in £g Plantations, 1905 ~ 6 - i ga 1905-6. I S~ Total Number in Plantations, 31st March, 1906. 3-gsg *H« O.-H cfl Eweburn Nursery Tapanui Nursery Rotorua Nursery Starborough Nursery Hanmer Springs Nursery Ruatangata Nursery Naseby Plantation G immerburn Plantation Dusky Hill Plantation Conical Hi 11 s Plantation Raincliff Plantation Hanmer Springs Plantation Dumgree Plantation Whakarewarewa Plantation Waiotapu Plantation Kaingaroa Plantation Ruatangata Plantation Puhipuhi Plantation 945,950 2,565,675 7,881,400 1,533,700 £ s. d.i 1,672 13 9 4,008 13 6 10,694 7 6 2,428 17 6 1,694,582 6,635,705 17,586,971 2,165,375 £ s. d. 3,861 0 5 17,556 5 11 32,203 18 11 4,213 5 3 238,250 742,625 4,619,400 900,200 Acres Acres. . • i i 1,395,840 2,268 5 2 1,378,000 1,402 0 0 750,000 " 652,200 1,217 3 0: 934,484 2,091 13 4 483,200! .. 19,650 360,185 1324 129,100 16 223,775 76J 396,700 21,950 70,075 2,002,583 805J 605,296 239,600 623,000 278J 2,074,171 664| 50,000 206| 374,200 70,900 52,735 32| 788,270 285 365,250 130 536,086 192J 81,680 967,983 4358 2,408,186 1,4014, I 158,681 876,525 322 2,814,179 1,2154 44,275 21 7,224 22 12,600 12,600 150,460 221 274,560 471 Government domains, reserves, &c. 133,632 Totals 14,974,765 22,290 0 5 32,024,274 61,328 3 10 ' 8,078,725' 1 3,254,778 1,4354 11,717,126 5,494