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A statement of the revenue received under various heads, and for comparison purposes the figures for the three previous years, appear below : —

Payments. It is satisfactory to record that, although the year's revenue showed a marked increase, the expenditure remained practically the same as that for the previous year. In the main, the relatively low expenditure is due to the rigid economy and careful supervision of all expenditure exercised by officers over the period under review.

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3. Unemployment Relief. In continuance of the practice of previous years, the Service arranged with the Unemployment Board to obtain its required labour complement by employing registered unemployed men. The greatest number of relief workers employed during the year under review was 848 (in July, 1934), and the smallest 603 (in January, 1935). 4. Grants of Free Trees. During the past planting season the following grants of free trees were made from State Forest Service nurseries:— , , , . Number of Value. Supplied to Treeg £ (a) Local bodies (through Unemployment Board) .. 439, 589 2, 425 (b) Schools .. .. ■ ■ ■ ■ • • • • 26,643 141 (c) Other than (a) or (b) (mainly Lands and Survey Department) .. •• •• 23,615 98 489,847 £2,664 Values are based on the price-list of 1930, the last year of sales to the public,

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TABLE 9. Item. j 1934-35. 1933-34. | 1932-33. 1931-32. Indigenous-forests receipts— £ £ £ £ Timber-sales .. .. 47,179 31,017 ; 27,129 36,320 Timber royalties and trespass .. .. 5,449 3,164 3,667 3,751 Leases, grazing .. •• 1,646 1,816 1,637 1,704 Sawmill-sites, industrial, &c. .. •• 1,417 1,348 1,412 1,865 Miscellaneous .. .. •• •• 2,125 2,206 1,587 2,249 National Endowment Account allocation .. 10,990 6,612 6,221 6,391 Nurseries and plantations — £iT>n OPPHS . . . Firewood and poles " .. 4,094 6,546 3,542 3,278 Miscellaneous .. .. .... J Totals .. .. ■■ 72,900 52,709 45,195 55,558

Item. 1934-35. j 1933-34. 1932-33. ! 1931-32. _ i 1 VI - - ■' Fixed charges and staff salaries — £ £ £ £ Interest and expenses of raising loans .. 172 269 97,256 90,223 Staff salaries .. .. .. •• 34,155 32,901 34,232 40,974 Allocation of revenue — National Endowment Account .. .. 3,436 3,893 3,840 6,337 Local-body payments .. .. •• 5,903 3,508 3,259 6,416 Management, establishment, and development — _„ „„„ Indigenous forests .. 11,735 8,817 9,501 12,893 Fire-fighting equipment and prevention .. 805 820 668 1,578 Educational : Reference library, &c. .. 445 120 411 276 Research and experimental equipment, &c. 528 1,022 1,017 1,199 Afforestation: Nurseries and plantations . . 59,136 54,292 : 49,348 107,795 Land-purchase .. 10,542 i 12,646 6,874 Miscellaneous .. .. • • ■ • 343 202 205 502 Sand-dune reclamation . . . . • • • • • • ■ • 110 Totals .. •• •• 116,658 j 116,386 212,383 275,177 I I __