OUR FOREST WEALTH.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 174, 25 July 1922, Page 2

OUR FOREST WEALTH.

AN EXPERT'S VIEWS. Mr. R. W. Tn_er, .Indien Forest S"rvice, left New Zealand to-day by the [Makura after a stay of six months, during which he visited tbe chief fo~e't areas of the two is'ands. Mr. I-der will publish bis notes after visiting the Canadian forests. He is -truck "-"th the jrreat present and potential value of thenitive bush of the Dominion, b-'t condemns the past wasteful exploit-ti~n of a mtional nroperty. "Mr. In<"er re-rets that so much attention hns been p-nd to evoties, and so l'ttle to the indigenous timbe~s— some of -which he eo-is'de-s are equ-'l to any in the knnri bc'n"' only to teak for st r ennh, durability, and general usefulness. Tbe Forest Denirfroer.r, *lv. InH-T states, is under t'-e d : re.-ri"n 0 f a most j abe director, but unfo'-t'in-'telv is crinkled by not bavin*- ■, trained stnfT. no i technical education, th»-e is done on the nnrelv sc : entiflc sj.i c of forestry. Tbe d»i- a -f-. e if. cannot so forward until "-"re jnonn-- is upon it rnnnev. which b" CO''f'rl«r- W : ll -r>nst ="rely ret"m to tbe "o"-tr'- by increased forest -e'-»n"f. ''"be Ip-cnn learnt ii Tr.' 1 ;-' H, e v ~(■!,,-- --between inTe-sod f-'ml' 1 -re on tbe fn-Ws ppd tbo rn r,;.l pen ,'n -».- eT in« -'it'll it sbn»H b" by "11 Vb- 1,0..c tl,o„„t,t „( t U p f n - p , ts as R