NEW CALEDONIA'S TIMBER
(0.C.) NOUMEA, March 6. The war has drawn attention to the value of scientific conservation and exploitation of New Caledonia's limited forest resources, and it has been decided to create a new office, that or inspector of forests. M. Robert Virot, who is attached to the Museum of Natural History in Paris, has been appointed to this post, which comes under the control of the Economic Affairs Department. New Caledonian timber is of particular importance to the local mining industry, but at the present time defence needs are paramount. The U.S. army is operating the island's largest timber mill, ana certain New Caledonians are taking on contracts to cut and haul timber for military purposes. Hitherto most of the timber— in the main kauri and furniture woods —sent overseas has gone to Australia.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 67, 20 March 1943, Page 5
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