SCENERY PRESERVATION.
The annual report on Boenery preservation presented to Parliament to-day -shows that 3000 acres havo been reserved during the. year. This -brings the total area of _cenio rc-erves in the Dominion to a little over 214,000 a-"*r«6> comprised in 363 different reserves - Tho* -rreat bulk of this land is very hilly, and unsuitable for settlement pu*-_**G_es, except in very large axeas at low tootads, whUst the retention of land w» state ql nature. greatly benefits settlermeut iy assisting to conserve protect soil, and prevent denudation, and from a national.point of view it k rs •advantageous to have, areas such .as *»re included in those reservations under forest. ' •'..-.---..-
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Press, Volume L, Issue 15017, 11 July 1914, Page 12
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