DOMINION FORESTS.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE. (By Telegraph—Press association.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 24. The committee set ,up by the Empire Forestry Conference in its report recommends that steps be taken as rapidly as circumstances will permit to complete the process of reservation of indigenous forests where needed to prevent erosion, or, where they -have scenic value.- Such areas should be under the administration of the State Forest Service for economy and efficient management. With regard to timber forests the question to be decided is the possibility of regenerating the native, trees, or whether exotics will prove of greater economic value. The policy of planting exotics on pumice lands is wholly approved. The plantations want thinning, and the work should be done at least every ten years. The staff of the Forestry Department is considered to be too- small tor present needs, and in view of the programmes facing the department an increase is desirable, with good salaries to attract, the right type of men.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 24 October 1928, Page 11
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