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Table C.—Output of Trees from Nurseries.

Table D.—Minimum and Maximum Readings of Thermometer (Fahrenheit) and Rainfall at various Stations for the Year ending 1910.

Table E. —Average Number of Workmen employed Daily at the various Nurseries and Plantations during the Year 1909-10.

APPENDIX B. REPORT ON TREE-GROWING, OPERATIONS IN/IHE NORTH, ISLAND. (By the Superintending Nurseryman, Rotorua.) The operations during the past year have been very successful. In the nurseries 6,111,535 trees have been raised, and 4,384,700 trees, covering an area of 1,807 acres, have been permanently planted on the plantations. The weather conditions have generally been favourable, and, while the death-rate amongst the trees planted was low, the growth made has been in many cases greater than usual. Prison Labour. —The employment of prison labour has again been satisfactory, and we are much indebted to the officers of the Prisons Department for their liberal co-operation in carrying mi the work. At the two prison camps (Lake Rotokakahi and Waiotapu) the value of work done

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During 1909-10. Since 1896. Nursery. Number. Value. Number. Value. Eotorua Buacangata ... Eweburn Tapanui Hanmer Springs I 5,102,400 375,587 199,975 1,574,228 1,010,455 £ b. a. 8,777 8 10 626 10 6 532 10 2 4,704 2 10 3,124 10 7 27,395,209 1,863,832 2,764,352 11,942,311 3,348,001 172,460 3,059,610 £ s. A. 55,237 14 7 4,646 1 4 6,580 9 0 30,972 4 2 8,713 8 1 278 18 6 6,934 1 11 Kurow Scarborough Totals 8,292,645 17,765 2 11 50,515,775 113,362 17 7

Station. Temperature. Rainfall. Minimum. Maximum. Inches. Number of Days. Rotorua Nursery, Auckland Eweburn Nursery, Otago... Tapanui Nursery, Otago ... Hanmer Springs Nursery, Canterbury Ruatangaia Nursery, North Auckland Waiotapu Plantation, Auckland Deg. 24 11 21 20 30 20 Deg. 88 95 95 90 83 88 76-67 13-98 31-67 43-74 65-54 68-20 173 86 141 139 181 110

Station. Free Prison j Labour. Labour. Station. Free Labour. Prison Lub.mr. Rotorua Nursery ... Ruatangata Nur=ery Eweburn Nursery Tapanui Nursery ... Hanmer Springs Nursery ... Wnakarewarewa Plantation Waiotapu Plantation Puhipuhi Plantation No. 25-70 5-77 501 10-30 7-66 33-26 1003 11-03 No. Dusky Hill Plantation Conical Hills Plantation Gimmerburn Plantation Naseby Plantation Hanmer Springs Plantation Waitahuna Plantation No. 370 17-80 100 300 9-59 0-25 No. 10-89 27-81 13-53 Totals ... 14410 52-23