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Total Area planted in New Zealand and Total Cost.

APPENDIX XI.—FORESTS AND FOREST LANDS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE CROWN.

Category. Total Area. Non-forested. Forested. Remarks. State forests Acres. 1,654,214 Acres. 190,000 Acres. 1,464,214 Includes State-plantations reservations of 71,356 acres. Forest reserves Forest reserves National-endowment lands 418,367 103,000 2.356,575 100,098 50,000 151,000 318,269 53,000 2,205,575 Vested in local bodies. Includes provisional State forests to the extent of 1,059,695 acres. Includes provisional State forests to the extent of 3,551,029 acres. Crown lands under forest 4,249,832 350,000 3,899,832 Lands for settlement under forest Scenic reserves 312,076 66,735 Reported as containing no millingbush. 312,076 National parks Educational endowments 2,785,389 1,702,488 719,832 1,552,488 2,065,557 150,000 A proportion milling-bush. The non-forested lands under lease. Totals 13,581,941 3,113,418 10,535,258 Forested lands under total Dominion land surfai State forests (formall per capita, and 9"4 per ce r State control represent £ )'5 acres per capita, and 15'9 per cent, of the ice. ly and provisic ent. of the tota! m ally dedic 1 Dominion ated to forest management) represent 5'7 acres land surface.