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APPENDIX V. Fires outside State Forests, 1940-41, dealt with by Forest Service.

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Date. Conservancy. Area. Origin of Fire. Flre-'flghtlng Remarks. Acres. £ s. d. 10/7/40 Westland .. .. Unknown .. .. .. 40 chains from boundary of Gompt. 12, Hinm State Forest. 5/8/40 Wellington .. 0-75 N.Z.R. locomotive .. 0 18 0 Grass and fern in Railway reserve. 4/9/40 „ .. 0-20 „ ..030 12/9/40 „ ..1-5 „ ..090 13/9/40 „ .. 7-0 „ .. 0 5 0 Tussock in Railway reserve. 19/9/40 Westland . . .. Unknown .. . . .. 60 chains from boundary, Rimu State Forest. 13/10/40 Wellington .. 50-0 „ .. .. 1'Iβ 0 Scrub and tussock in Native-owned land. 15/10/40 Auckland .. 40-0 Carelessness .. .. 2 14 0 Bracken and 50 fencing-posts, value £5. 17/10/40 Wellington .. 0-5 N.Z.R. locomotive ., 2 5 0 Scrub and fern, Railway reserve. 22/10/40 „ .. 25-0 „ .. .. 0 2 6 Road reserve. 22/10/40 „ .. 95-0 Unknown .. .. 7 7 0 Tussock and bush edge, National Park reserve. 30/10/40 „ .. 0-25 N.Z.R. locomotive .. .. Railway reserve. 12/11/40 „ .... „ ..026 13/11/40 ,. .. 1-0 „ .. 0 4 6 Tussock in Railway reserve. 13/11/40 „ .... „ ..020 13/11/40 „ .. 0-5 „ .. 0 4. 6 Scrub in Railway reserve. 10/11/40 „ ..0-1 „ ..040 „ 16/11/40 „ .. 1-0 „ ..020 16/11/40 „ .. 2-0 „ 0 15 0 16/11/40 „ .. 0-5 „ ..020 16/11/40 „ ..0-5 „ ..020 16/11/40 „ ..0-5 „ ..020 „ 29/11/49 „ .. 1-5 „ .. 10 0 Flax, &c., in National Park. 30/11/40 „ .. 1-5 Unknown .. .. .. Tussock on Native land. 6/12/40 „ .. 0-5 N.Z.R. locomotive .. 0 9 0 „ 12/12/40 Rotorua .. 3,000-0 Unknown .. .. 33 6 10 Fern and scrub, &c. 12/12/40 „ .. 60-0 „ .. .. 13 7 11 30 acres young timber, 15 acres mature timber, 15 acres grass. 13/12/40 Wellington .. 2-0 N.Z.R. Locomotive .. 3 0 0 Tussock in National Park. 27/12/40 Canterbury .. 110-0 Unknown .. .. .. Pine trees in Selwyn Board's plantations. 30/12/40 Wellington .. 40-0 „ .. .. 1 10 0 Native land—bracken. 3/1/41 Nelson .. 80-0 „ .. .. 100 2 0 Beech forest—40 acres regeneration. Crown land. 8/1/41 Southland .. 10-0 Settler burning off .. .. Tussock. 12/1/41 Auckland .. .. „ .. 3 12 9 Fern, &c. 13/1/41 Wellington .. 20 '0 Grass fire .. .. .. 10,000 17-year P. radiata, value £1,000, on private land. 14/1/41 „ .. .. Unknown .. .. .. R. N. Speirs' mill, Foxton. £480 damagedry timber. 18/1/41 .. 0-1 N.Z.R. locomotive .. 0 2 0 Tussock on Railway Reserve. 11/2/41 ,, .. .. Spark from smoke-stack .. .. .10,000 board feet white-pine—Owhango Boxfactory. 9/2/41 Canterbury .. .. Unknown .. .. 1115 Scrub on private land. 14/2/41 Rotorua .. 1-0 „ .... 14/2/41 „ .. 250-0 „ .. .. 2 17 3 Scrub. 3/3/41 Auckland . . .. Settler's fire out of control .. 18 3 5/3/41 Southland .. .. Unknown .. .. .. Glenburn Timber Co.'s mill destroyed. 7/3/41 Wellington .. 20-0 „ .. .. 10 12 0 Sawdust heaps, &c., in Horopito. ' 8/3/4.1 „ .. 10-0 „ .. .. 7 10 0 Scenic reserve in Pohangina Valley. 20/3/41 Westland .. 0-5 „ .. .. .. Manuka and second growth in scenic reserve. 12/3/41 Wellington .. 0-5 N.Z.R. locomotive .. 0 2 6 Five separate fires within half a mile. Total (46 fires) .. 3,833-9 198 11 11