SCENERY PRESERVATION

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 11, 13 July 1914, Page 8

SCENERY PRESERVATION

-" ♦ — ■ During last year '3000 acres were reserved by the Government for scenery preservation. > Tho areas acquired included some in the Waimarino district, whero a few sections in blocks of Crown land subdivided for settlement were reserved for scenic purposes. A small area fronting the Kawhia harbour was set apart, also a charming piece of forest land adjacent to the Wharerata post office, in the Nuhaka district, near Wairoa; whilst eighty-four acres of bush land close to the Gisborne-Otoko railway were also permanently resesved. 'fhis brings the total area of scenic reserves in the Dominion to a little over 214,000 acres, comprised in 363 different reserves. The gross expenditure during the year was £13,000. A note in the annual report submitted to Parliament states:—"lt is most encouraging to note that all classes of the community realise the importance of its preservation, and the benefits to be derived, both from an aesthetic »nd utilitarian point of view, for it must never be overlooked that farming operations depend to a great extent upon the adequate supply of water in the streams, that the preservation of the headwaters of streams and rivers under forest is % most considerable factor in their maintenance, whilst the benefit to the climate is well known."

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