FORESTRY.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19732, 24 September 1929, Page 4

FORESTRY.

SELWYN PLANTATION BOARD. A meeting of the Selwyn Plantation Board was held yesterday morning, when Mr W. Stewart, Commissioner of Crown Lands, presided. Also present were Messrs R. Nairn, R. Mi Morten, H. A. Miller, G. Hall, A. Anderson, C. Wolfe, W. P. Spencer, and G. The report of the Superintendent stated that fair headway was being made at plantation extension work. The planting of 230 acres at Burgess reserve was completed, whilst the whole of Britcliffe's reserve was also replanted with pines. Another small section of wattle reserve was wire-netted and planted out under satisfactory weather conditions. All pines available at the nursery were used in reforesting portion of the cutoat area at Chamberlain's reserve. The main camp was shifted to Steel's road, where the preparation of pits and planting of oregons was being hurried on with. Oregons and macrocarpa were being used on the replant ing scheme here. Weather conditions had col siderably hampered progress in the transplantation of seedlings, but it had been( possible to line out considerably over 200,000 pinus insignis, pinus ponderosa. Cup macrocarpa, etc. As the season was an unusually late one, there should be no difficulty in having the transplantation work completed sufficiently early for successful results. At Conway's reserve a length of about 5U chains of gorse-infested watei>raoes was cleaned and adjoining fences cut, whilst on the Kimberley road reserve preparations were bein» made to construct a temporary fence for protection to recently-planted trees. The firelines at Burgess reserve were ploughed by tractor bfore the camp was removed. General nursery worlf also carried on. The report was adopted. Accounts amounting to £4BO 7s 7d were uassed for payment . ~ . . After a discussion, which was taken in committee, it was decided not to purchase the area of 343 acres situated on .he Deans Estate, near. Glentunnel. . It was agreed that the .Superintendent be allowed to accompany members of the Forestry League (Canterbury Branch) od their field day in about * fo , rt "^ t Vl?. 3, it was hoped that plantations of the Board will be visited.