PROCEEDING APACE

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 78, 27 December 1926, Page 13

PROCEEDING APACE

FORESTRY IN GREAT BRITAIN. Dominion Special. Auckland, December 24. The development of the forestry industry in Gieat Britain, especially in Scotland, is proceeding apace, according to Mr. W. H. Guthrie Smith, the well-known naturalist of Tutira, Hawke’s Bay, who returned from a visit to the United Kingdom and Continent by the Rotorua from London to-day. "There are some splendid forests in Scotland, and extensive cutting and planting- work is being carried on,’’ stated Mr. Guthrie Smith. “The forests comprise mainly spruce, douglas, fir, and larch, and I think the timber in- 1 uustry in going to mature into a very big thing. It is going to bring about employment for many people, and many are already engaged in the work. There is no doubt that added wealth will be bruilglit to Scotland. Many of the poorer lands which hitherto had, been practically unproductive were being planted with 'trees. In many parts of Scotland, affected by the warm gulf stream, the conditions for forestry differed little from those of New Zealand.” , Mr. Guthrie Smith said he also visited many forests in France, where the methods employed differed from those ot Scotland. Planting was not gone in for, but the trees sprang from seed. Planting was being done, however, in many of the battle zones. , Mr. Guthrie Smith will shortly visit Auckland Islands and The Snares, in the Government steamer Tutanekm, to study bird life.