FORESTRY IN BRITAIN
NEW SCHEMES PROPOSED LEASE OF DARTMOOR AREA. (British Official Wireless.) Pres* Awociation—By Telegraph—Copyright. RUGBY, September 15. The National Forestry Com mis- ion ers are negotiating with tha Council ol the Duchy of Cornwall for the lease of 5,000 acres of Dartmoor in connection with a new scheme of afforestation The commissioners hope to plant the area with Scotcli pines, firs, spruce, and bireh. Under their schemes 50,000,000 trees were planted in different areas last year.
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Evening Star, Issue 20591, 17 September 1930, Page 9
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78FORESTRY IN BRITAIN Evening Star, Issue 20591, 17 September 1930, Page 9
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