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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

STATE FOREST SERVICE—continued

Number Name of Conference, &e. Persona 003 travelling. £ Empire Forestry Conference, England, and investigation of national pulp and paper scheme (Northern Europe and North America) .. 1 1,272 Empire Forestry Conference, England .. .. .. 1 465 Reciprocal timber trade discussions (Melbourne, 1947) .. ..1 157 Eastern States Timber Industry Stabilization Conference, Toowoomba, Queensland.. .. .. .. .. .. 1 25 Pulp and paper tests, Tasmania and Victoria .. .. 1 226 Tour of duty in North American forestry institutions, experimental stations, laboratories, &c. .. .. •. .. 1 547 Study of forest taxation and forest economics in Great Britain and Northern Europe in conjunction with rehabilitation bursary .. 1 34 £2,726 (b) Overexpenditure occasioned by purchases of forest fire-fighting equipment not provided for last year. (c) Requirements underestimated.

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1947-48. 1948-49. VOTE—FOREST ADMINISTRATION —ctd Voted. Expended. Other Charges for and incidental to — £ £ £ Compensation to employees and dependants 8,400 8,500 6,m Contributions to research associations 150 150 135 Cost - of - living bonus to superannuitants, Government Superannuation Fund, and increased pensions to widows and children 690 400 380 Expenses of officers travelling overseas on duty and for study 5,000 5,000 (a) 2,726 Expenses of Timber Advisory and Timber End-use Committees 4,000 4,000 3,813 Field, office, and experimental equipment: : tools, furniture, instruments, &c., purchase of .. 5,000 2,700 (b) 12,138 Fire-fighting wages, expenses, &c., including payments under Forest and Rural Fires Act, 1947 .. .. .. 3,800 9,000 3,883 Fire-prevention and educational publicity .. 10,000 10,000 7,038 Forest atlas 3,000 3,000 i 1,910 Forest investigation and staff training 9,260 (c) 3,200 7,967 Forest reconnaissance, including national forest survey 13,000 (c) 9,500 16,782 Grants to officers and others for suggestions and inventions 40 ' 50 i 20 Maintenance of administration buildings 1 (works expenditure) 2,000 3,100 1 2,014 (a) Considerable expenditure still to come to charge. Details of amount spent:—