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APPENDIX V. Exports of Sawn Timber and other Forest Produce. From information supplied by the Comptroller of Customs. All figures refer to the years ended 31st December, 1939-41.)

APPENDIX VI. Payments and Receipts for the Year ended 31st March, 1942.

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1939. 1940. 1941. Item. —* —— ———— Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. ' I Ft. b.m. £ Ft. b.m. £ Ft. b.m. £ White-pine .. .. 3,137,000 40,500 732,000 8,000 835,000 8,200 Rimu .. .. .. 6,673,000 63,900 11,931,000 112,000 12,167,000 141,700 Beech .. .. .. 1,258,000 13,400 1,575,000 20,600 808,000 11,400 Matai 241,000 2,400 994,000 13,200 180,000 2,100 Kauri .. .. .. 303,000 11,300 174,000 6,900 49,000 2,100 Insignis pine .. .. 1,222,000 18,700 1,889,000 33,100 1,578,000 29,300 Other New Zealand .. 86,000 900 29,000 600 1,092,000 15,100 Foreign .. .. 167,000 1,100 84,000 1,000 Total .. .. 13,087,000 152,200 17,408,000 195,400 16,709,000 209,900 Tons. Tons. Tons. Kauri-gum .. .. 2,385 111,901 1,683 87,450 1,421 88,643 Tanning-bark .. .. 1 15 Fungus .. .. 28 3,724 22 2,377 24 2,911

Item. 1941-42. 1940-41. 1939-40. [ 1938-39. ■' . '■(; ■ Payments. Allocation of revenue— £ £ £ £ Consolidated Fund (portion of revenue from 20,442 16,151 14,416 18,712 national-endowment forests) Local bodies 17,080 16,593 15,612 12,566 General management charges — Salaries 81,662 77,834 70,858 63,422 General expenses .. .. •• 28,463 31,070 27,168 . 28,067 Land purchase .. .. .. 1 996 6,788 1,884 8,901 Forestry projects under direct management — Eotic .. 183,561 234,704 293,884 214,721 Indigenous .. .. .. -• 35,376 32,724 29,578 22,629 Utilization: Sawmill, creosote plant, &c. .. 136,090 148,545 120,344 52,777 Miscellaneous: Expenses of raising loans and 978 911 .. 278 interest on temporary advances Totals .. .. •• 505,648 565,320 573,744 422,073 Receipts. Indigenous forests receipts — Timber sales 127,926 120,753 102,957 114,609 Timber royalties and trespass .. .. 9,532 8,539 12,130 11,292 Leases, grazing .. .. •• 1,523 1,558 1,618 1,498 Sawmill-sites, industrial, &c. .. .. 329 402 401 390 Miscellaneous .. .. .. •• 8,274 6,937 10,414 7,362 Log sales from managed forests .. .. 31,296 26,153 21,662 6,584 Exotic forests : Poles, posts, firewood, &c. .. 15,34-1 13,207 10,518 11,225 Utilization projects— Sawn timber .. .. .. •• 45,'815 28,948 342 Creosoted products .. .. . • 19,262 7,996 314 46 Box shooks .. .. •• •• 32,883 .. .. .. Miscellaneous .. .. •• 3,642 2,470 282 731 Totals 295,823 216,963 160,638 153,737 Beceipts from national-endowment indigenous 45,374 27,408 22,114- 20,085 forests (included in above)