AFFORESTATION.
UTILISING SAND DUNE& (PXESS ASSOCIATION TBXEGBAM.) WELLINGTON, January 31» A deputation to the Ptime Minister laid before him a resolution passed at the conference of the Wanganui, Rangitikei, Horowhenua, and Manawatu County Councils, and other Associations, urging that the sand dunes ami on the West Coast of the North Island should be afforested, and asking for an annual grant of £IOOO for five years for the purpose of enabling an experimental station to be Bet up by the Forestry Department for demonstration
purposes. Mr Massey said that the Government had already shown its earnestness in forestry wprk, and the Cabinet was sympathetic. • If the Government could make a success with the £SOOO asked for, he was sure'it would be well spent. He would not commit himself to the expenditure, but said that the amount would probably be part of the forestry estimates next session.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17058, 1 February 1921, Page 8
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