KARERE CAMP.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 520, 29 May 1909, Page 7

KARERE CAMP.

::TEBE-PLANTING FOR CONSUMPTIVES. VISIT OP THE. MINISTER FOR PUBLIC .- "■■"■■ HEALTH, . ... ■ his.. vieif to Rotornai. tho Hon. D.' Buddo, -Minister for Public Health, inspected \ht> tree-planting camp for convalescent consnuiptiTe.patieita at, Karere. Speakine to a ■Dominion,;.reporter, .ho expressed- ■ himself M 3 wH -pleased with what he saw ff orc --.--^ ere ' aro 18 patients," he said, "and ".'ff'tr oJ tlio .camp is : 21. It is lntended /of conTalescents from tho Cambridgo banatorium and from other parts'of the Doraimpn,. but; E none/ are,.sent, there withput- a fo tho;o(fect; ; that they are I'Wvfcbe- benefited by tho treatment;- The tenting arrangements: seem to be most efficient. Jiaoh shelter contains four berths, and is practically a tent on a raised wooden floor. The .aimngroom is equally open to the airy it boing a slight wooden structure, with canvas walls and iron roof. The patients have planted 450 acres of, larch trees. The work seems to havo been very well, done, and there are practioally no dead plants. In conversing with the patients, I heard no complaints, and' they seemed to be very weir pleased with-the care they wero.receiving. They are paid for the tree-planting, W a rate per 1000.'.,- ■■ , - 'JAs' : this canip is an experimenl^iny:' : vWt fell upon .its first anniversary-it ■: is'too soon to make any. pronouncement as to its results but I may say that a number of patients have been discharged as cured,- and there have btea no deaths.- New Zealand wastho.first country..,to start a tree-planting camp for ; consumptives, but a similar establishment is now being put into operation in Scotland. Camps for consumptives are, of course, well known in Europe, but we arc the fiist to adopt treeplanting as being modically recommended as a suitable occupation for convalescent consumptives. ■■ : :.- ■' ■:.■. "..-. .-. ■..-". .- ... :■ ■ . "The timber will bo of considerable value as larch is an excellent ■ timber suitable for a variety of; purposes. ■ Karcro, which is 000 ft.' above sea.level, and six miles from Rotorua, appears to bo well adapted for its growth."