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Appropriations for State Forests Account.

NEW ZEALAND STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT.

Minjstkk of Lands. 1911-12. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ Pote 120. —State Forests Branch of the Lands and Survey Department 2 ,980 20 ,652 23 ,632 TOTAL ... ... 2,980 20,652 23,632 1 1911-12. STATE FORESTS BRANCH OF THE DEPARTMENT £ t: OF LANDS AND SURVEY 1911-12. Total number of officers .. 16 VOTE No. 120. 1 Salaries— 2 Superintending Nurserymen : I North Island (also Nurseryman in Charge, Rotorua, £315) ; 1 South Island (also Nurseryman in Charge, Tapanui, £315) 630 12 Assistant Foresters, Nurserv Overseers, and Plantation Foremen : 1 at £210, 1 at £200, 3 at £190, 2 at £180, 2 at £160, 2 at £155, I at £135 ... ... 2,105 Clerk ... ... ... 160 Cadet (including lodging-allowance, £25) ... ... i 85 2 ,980 Other Charges for and incidental to— Fencing, Buildings, Planting, Material, Ac.— Nurseries — 2 Eweburn ... ... ... 800 3 Hanmer ... ... 1,300 I Rotorua ... ... . 3 .750 5 Tapanui ... ... ... 1 ,600 Plantations— 6 Conical Hills ... ... ... 2,500 7 Dusky Hill ... ... ... 295 8 Gimmerburn Reserve ... ... ... 50 9 Hanmer Springs ... ... ... 1,600 10 Puhipuhi ... ... 200 11 Naseby ... ... ... 985 12 Waiotapu and extension ... .. 2,400 13 Whakarewarewa ... ... 3,500 14 Books, stationery, office requisites, photographic material, insurances, and telephones ... ... ... , 100