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APPENDIX XI. Exports of Sawn Timber and other Forest Produce.

APPENDIX XII. Payments and Receipts for the Year ended 31st March, 1941.

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(From information supplied bv the Comptroller of Customs. All figures refer to the years ended 31st December' 1938-40.) 1938. 1939. 1940. Item. p— ■ — 1 " • Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. » Ft. b.m. £ Ft. b.m. £ Ft. b.m. £ White-pine .. .. 2,021,000 25,800 3,137,000 40,500 732,000 8,000 Rimu ".. .. .. 7,407,000 74,000 6,673,000 63,900 11,931,000 112,000 Beech .. .. .. 2,427,000 30,200 1,258,000 13,400 1,575,000 20,600 Matai .. .. .. 563,000 5,500 241,000 2,400 994,000 13,200 Kauri .. .. 661,000 20,500 303,000 11,300 174,000 6,900 Insignia pine .. .. 1,263,000 19,300 1,222,000 18,700 1,889,000. 33,100 Other New Zealand .. 188,000 2,100 86,000 900 29,000 600 Foreign .. 60,000 700 167,000 1,100 84,000 1,000 Total .. .. 14,590,000 168,100 13,087,000 152,200 17,408,000 195,400 Tons. Tons. Tons. Kauri-guin .. .. 2,034 103,777 2,385 111,901 1,683 87,450 Tanning-bark .. .. 2 27 -1 15 Fungus .. .. 38 3,980 28 3,724 433 2,377

Item. 1940-41. 1939-40. 1938-39. 1937-38. Payments. Allocation of revenue — £ £ £ £ Consolidated Fund (portion of revenue from 16,151 1.4,4-1(5 18,712 16,458 national-endowment forests) Local bodies .. .. .. .. 16,593 15,612 12,566 16,329 General management charges — Salaries .. .. .. .. 77,834- 70,858 63,422 57,185 General expenses .. .. .. 31,070 27,168 28,067 24,500 Land purchase 6,788 1,884 8,901 1,110 Forestry projects under direct management — Exotic .. .. .. .. 234,704 293,884 214,721 177,141 Indigenous .. "., ... ... 32,724 29,578 22,629 Utilization: Sawmill, creosote plant, &c. .. 148,545 120.344 52,777 4,873 Miscellaneous: Expenses of raising loans and 911 .. 278 263 interest on temporary advances Totals .. .. .. ... 565,320 573,744 422,073 297,859 Receipts. Indigenous forests receipts — Timber sales .. .. .. .. 120,753 102,957 114,609 119,264 Timber royalties and trespass .. .. 8,539 12,130 11,292 9,996 Leases, grazing .. .. .. 1,558 1,618 1,498 1,545 Sawmill-sites, industrial, &c. .. .. 402 401 390 437 Miscellaneous.. .. .. .. 6,937 10,414 7,362 5,472 Log sales from managed forests .. .. 26,153 21,662 6,584 Exotic forests: Poles, posts, firewood, &c. .. 13,207 10,518 11,225 8,554 Utilization projects — Sawn timber 28,948 342 Creosoted products .. ... .. 7,996 314 46 Miscellaneous 2,470 282 73.1 Totals.. .. .. ... 216,963 160,638 153,737 145,268 Receipts from national-endowment indigenous 27,408 22,114 20,085 24,756 forests (included in above)