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Naseby Survey Paddock Plantation. £ s. d. Amount at the 31st March, 1905 ... ./< ... " ... 1,669 17 2 Tree-planting ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 7 9 Carting trees ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 12 6 General maintenance ... ... ... ... ... 47 18 2 Proportion of Nurseryman's salary ... ... ... ... 15 13 4 Supervision ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 10 0 £1,756 18 11 — Qimmerburn Reserve. £ s. d Amount at the 31st March, 1905 ... ... ... ... 687 4 1 Tree-plantmg ... ... ... ... ... ... 115 0 2 Pitting ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 17 0 Heeling in trees ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 16 0 Carting trees ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 4 0 Erection of men's huts ... ... ... ... ... 57 3 9 Carting, sowing, and supply of oats ... ... ... ... 26 17 0 General maintenance ... ... ... ... ... 17 13 3 Proportion of Nurseryman's salary ... ... ... ... 41 0 0 Supervision ... ... ... ... ... ... 13 8 0 £997 3 3 A portion of this reserve was leased for cropping, and rental amounting to £69 19s. 6d was received during the year. The rental thus received to date amounts to £402 7s. 6d. Dusky Hill Plantation. £ s. d. Amount at the 31st March, 1905 ... ... ... ... 7,529 18 4 Digging 77,468 pits for tree-planting ... ... ... .., 76 7 6 Planting 70,075 trees ... ... ... ... ... 64 1 6 Preparing ground and planting 21,950 acorns ... ... ... 16 0 4 Tree-seed —acorns, and railage ... ... ... ... 200 Cartage of trees from Tapanui Nursery ... ... ... 376 General maintenance ... ... ... ... ... 230 0 2 Tools, implements ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 15 0 Cutting and burning scrub ... ... ... ~. ... 29 12 6 Forming track ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 11 6 Miscellaneous works ... ... ... ... ... 8 17 0 Nurseryman's salary (proportion) ... ... ... ... 15 0 0 Supervision ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 13 0 £8,017 4 4 Conical Hills Plantation. £ s. a.. Amount at the 31st March, 1905 ... ... ... ... 3,627 13 4 Digging 464,070 pits for tree-planting ... ... ... 6L9 19 3 Digging 98,689 grubber-pits... ... ... ... ... 106 3 9 Planting 623,000 trees ... ... ... ... ... 470 0 3 Preparing ground and planting 239,600 acorns... ... ... 170 19 6 Tree-seeds —acorns, and railage ... ... ... ... 20 15 9 Cutting and burning scrub ... ... ... ... ... 14 5 11 Cartage of trees from Tapanui Nursery ... ... ... 17126 General maintenance ... ... ... ... ... 246 17 9 Eoad-formation ... ... ... ... ... ... 98 1 2 Tools and implements ... ... ... ... ... 11 15 1 Miscellaneous works ... ... ... ... ... 19 17 0 Nurseryman's salary (proportion) ... ... ... ... 30 0 0 Supervision ... ... .. ... ... ... 46 9 0 £5,500 10 3 Waitahuna Plantation. £ s. d. Grubbing and burning gorse... ... ... ... . . 6 14 0 Fencing —labour and part material ... ... ... ... 25 7 7 Miscellaneous works, travelling-expenses, &c. ... ... •••. 580 Nurserymen's salary (proportion) ... ... ... ... 200 £39 9 7