OUR VANISHING TIMBER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 77, 24 December 1907, Page 4

OUR VANISHI NG TIMBER.

r -: WILL.FOREIGN SUPPLIES BE f'■*...». .v ~ - REAPER? ' •(- A'Vell-lcnown sawmiller'interviewed on the future of the timber business by our AVairaFapa correspondent, stated that when all tho timber had boon cut from New Zealand the country ■«■, would import ' from America and Australia":"'A'iisfialia"iiatl immense resources been tapped, wbilo oven no)V lOregqirtim.bei'iiyas being imported into tho , Dominion , and' 'sold as cheaply as the looafartTcjo."' troubles New, ZealaniVfilillc'vsTJia'd tpt'fa'6e was-tho labour difficulty and thc r .railway freight, and consequently the'industry';was not so flourishing as^ono^miglit'iimagiue! . The cost of production. herS'oyasJapprbximately 45.6 d. per 100 feet,. : .apdv.;w,).(h';h r freights, there was'-'np&aigreat'jfleal in tho business. The sel[ihfj ; '-.pnc6;<of':'timbcr might averago all rourifC;llS;::p'er 100 feet, and it could never be ;;muclr higher because of the outside competition!)' As a matter of fact, said the miller,-it-is very likely that when New Zealand' imports itstimber it | will bo cheaper than now;because tho duty of 2s. per 100 feeii will then have'been removed.