SELWYN PLANTATIONS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19062, 26 July 1927, Page 4

SELWYN PLANTATIONS.

MEETING OF BOARD. A meeting of the Selwyn Plantation Board was held in tho Chamber ef Commerce Library yesterday morning. Present were— Messrs W. Stewart (in the chair), R> Nairn, H. A. Millar, G Hall, C. H. Adams, B. M. Morten, A. E. Langdale-Hunt, C. Wolfe, W. P. Spencer, G. Scott, and J. Storry. The Superintendent (Mr B. G. Robinson) reported that the weather had been very favourable for timber-felling, and the four gangs of woodcutters were making reason- j ably good progress at the clearance works. At Turnbull's plantation some 45 cords of ! gum were cut and stacked, while 38 cords of seasoned wood were delvered to the city. The clearance of gums and wattle on Sandy Knolls reserve was well advanced, and all trees were being converted into fencing material and firewood. A fairly brisk demand for fencing stakes was being received, and these -were being split from the Darfield plantation. At the Darfield mill fair procress was being made, about 45,000 feet of |ine being put through In connexion with the Board s afforestation work, some 102,000 trees, principally oreeon and pinus insignia, were lifted at the nursery, and nearly the whole of -this number had already been transported to various reserves where the planting was in nroeress Some 6500 pines were supplied to the Kaiapoi Borough Council. The report was adopted. In reference to the disposal of one of ii— Rnavd's reserves, it was decided to Save the question in the hands of the EeNew Zealand Forestry t conveyed a request that the Board a fil ß ono superficial feet of one-inch sawn supply 200 sup assisting in the b id construction of a building, on the proposed co ° s^sB chalet," wnich is to be lln l j\l the Forestry League on the Aderected oy x dg {or houaing pema . dmgton Snow exnibits . nently tfie , o tfj? d tna t the request be granted!\rsuperin?endent being instructed to attend *»« "J* yj.' on the balance-sheet The auditors was taken in committee. ■