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Appropriations for State Forests Account.

NEW ZEALAND STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT.

Minister of Lands. 1909-10. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ ote 117.—State Forests Branch of the Lands and Survey Department 2,726 10 ,609 23 ,33 TOTAL 2,726 10 ,609 23 ,33, tern. '9-10. STATE FORESTS BRANCH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY. 1909-10. VOTE No. 117. Total number of offioers .. 13 Salabies — Chief Forester (1 month) 2 Superintending Nurserymen : 1 North Island (also nurseryman in charge, Rotorua, £300) ; 1 South Island (also nurseryman in charge, Tapanui, £300), (9 months) 13 Assistant Foresters and Nursery Overseers : 1 at £230 (3 months), 1 at £215 (3 months), 1 at £200, 1 at £180, 4 at £170, 2 at £160, 3 at £145 Clerk Cadet £ 30 450 1,926 220 100 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1.3 14 15 10 17 Othee Chabges op and incidental to — Fencing, Buildings, Planting, Material, &c, — Nurseries — Eweburn Rotorua Tapanui Hanmer Ruatangata Starborough Plantations — Survey Paddock, Naseby ... Gimmerburn Reserve Dusky Hill Conical Hills Hanmer Springs Whakarewarewa Waiotapu and extension ... Kaingaroa (maintenance) Puhipuhi Books, stationery, office requisites, photographic material, insurances, and telephones ... Extension of nurseries and additional plantations Management expenses of State forests Planting reserves, Mackenzie County (from rents of reserves) Postages and telegrams, including rent of letter-boxes... Travelling allowances and expenses, and expenses of transfer of officers and men Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 2 ,726 800 2,600 1,375 I ,440 900 50 500 400 550 1,900 1,350 3,600 1,850 10 1,000 18 19 20 100 325 800 21 22 189 50 200 23 20 Total —Vote No. 117 ... 20 ,609 23 ,335 STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT £2, ,335