Samoan Timber Plan Approved
(New Zealand Press Association)
APIA, November 6.
The Western Samoan Government has approved in principle plans to establish a major timber industry in the islands.
Proposals put forward by the United States firm of Potlatch Forests, which received approval in principle from the Samoan Parliament today, provide for an eventual expenditure of about nine million dollars. The initial proposal is for provision of roads and a timber mill costing about four and a half million dollars. It is expected that the project will eventually result in an
annual production of 50 million board feet of timber. Approval for the scheme was given after four days of informal discussion between officials of Polatch Forests and the Government. The main concern of the Parliamentarians was the possibility that extensive timber cutting might lead to an increase in the coconut beetle which would threaten the main crop of coconuts.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31211, 8 November 1966, Page 23
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