18 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE SELECT 



Dr.j.c.iiTown. was an excess o f 23 3 S . ; being an average annual excess 

 Aug. 21, .1865. of 5 15s. 9d. The forests in the district of Knysna in 

 1861 yielded a revenue of 1,285, and the expenditure was 

 451 ; showing an excess of 834. In 1862, the revenue 

 was 1,087 10s., and the expenditure 416 ; excess 671 

 10s. In 1863, revenue 735 4s.; expenditure 422; 

 excess 313 4s. In 1864, revenue 635 17s. 6d. ; expen- 

 diture 422 ; excess 213 17s. 6d. In these four years, 

 therefore, the Knysna forests produced an excess of revenue 

 over expenditure of 2,032 lls. 6d. ; being an average 

 annual excess of 508 2s. 7|d. With regard to the forests 

 in the district of Uitenhage, these are all under the super- 

 intendence of one conservator, and a portion of his salary 

 * -v ought to be assigned to each ward ; but the statements of 

 accounts laid before Parliament make it more convenient to 

 reckon the salary, &c., of the conservator as the expenditure 

 at Zitzikama, and the salary or allowance to forest-rangers 

 as the expenditure at the several wards intrusted to their 

 charge. The forests in the Zitzikama in 1861, yielded a 

 revenue of 645 19s. 4d. (the market value of timber 

 removed being 6,142 19s.), and the expenditure was 278; 

 showing an excess of 367 19s. 4d. In 1862, the revenue 

 was 541 16s. Id.; expenditure 278 ; excess 263 16s. 

 Id. In 1863, revenue 377 17s. lid. ; expenditure 254 ; 

 excess 83 17s. lid. In 1864, revenue 534; expen- 

 diture 254 ; excess 280. Excess in four years 995 

 13s. 4d.; average annual excess 248 18s. 4d. The Oli- 

 fant's Hoek forests produced in 1861, a revenue of 63 13s. 

 Id. (market value of timber removed 410); the expen- 

 diture being 97 ; showing a deficit of 33 6s. lid. In 

 1862, the revenue was 61 Is. 6d. ; expenditure 97 ; deficit 

 35 18s. 6d; 1863, revenue 35 16s.; expenditure 85; 

 deficit 49 4s. ; 1864, revenue 60 15s; expenditure 85; 

 deficit 24 5s. Deficit in four years 142 14s. 5d ; 

 average annual deficit 35 13s. 7d. The Klein and Van 

 Staden's River forests produced in 1861 a revenue of 30 

 10s. (market value of timber removed 360); and the 

 expenditure was 50 10s.; showing a deficit of 19 10s. 

 In 1862, the revenue was 41 10s.; expenditure 50; 

 deficit 8 10s. In 1863, revenue 8 10s.; expenditure 

 50; deficit 41 10s. In 1864, revenue 19; expen- 

 diture 50 ; deficit 31. Deficit in four years 100 10s. ; 



