FORESTRY

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 1 September 1919, Page 4

FORESTRY

DOMINION SHOULD BE INDE PI&NDi&NT.

n^nZ Z t ea]T d so highly favored by «Lf J ■•? ther °°unCIT in proving a, sustained, suppjy o f wmbei- lor itsgrefluuemente, the; report ox the inctustries Commitree, IVurtner, it shouid vetTt J f elfP ala^ export trade] Jet-it was faced with tne probabmty vi farTf r snortage in tiie not far dis--tant futura in tne disposal of much 5 *^ land, settlement has preceded the railway, and the settlers witfr no means of getting the timber to ££ tS Fronl: evidence .submitted ie obtaf aPPear tha* suet editions still

nV^ miu cc recommend, inter alia: ■ (1) That there be established a DeSSiTV 9* ■'******* "^ch shall beseparate from and not subsidiary to any ?t S + ¥ep^ment tf State > ««d that ' ■ J be the duty of that Department to d'eternune what lands shalf be perni* .' nently set aside a s forest reserves } also : ioPLZ h& n ■*? -he eariiest moment a saentijcally-trained expert shall be. ap- ' :}- P?inted a s Chief .Forester; that one of lands, whether of bush or open land shall fee^set apart for forest reserves - : and,.further, where-necessary:" and' iii : d^ncts.^ere insufficient'Grownelands" :, are available, heshould recommend vth- > ■.". resumptionof areas of private land for :v ; the above purpose. Land once reserVeo!^ vi gr fore^ purposes shaU be'inalienable:; I; g-W other purpose,; except by ActoS^ ■: Parliament.^ The committee irecognise.-: :- ; once ,the forester ;is iappointed,, ; °^ er 11 ■.follow, including; tha < l^^^on.ol.the ,Department? VV^K^; pring about a great; speeding-up in the 7 ■ planting-of; quiet-growing: exotia treW :'-^ to the diversity of bpinio^EC tnat; exists as to the; rate of ertwtlfof - inative, trees, it i s important thatx"^ and having regard to the fact that S^ country may, c maiiy : epf ent *?<*& 6up P l&3ne^ la g> :^ • -ing of; restrictionsiiuponfexport rf S-^-: ; gar^^^imperative nec St y?::.™ :5 J +T l (^ S * fdrming^rS' vthe catchment,, areas of rivers should b^; V ; P^manentlyreserved; as fores^arS^: ; ; { in;preventing ei-osion and" "s iSf.;■*¥ #^;of vwater,for, all^rposes^:; i: l^toest^c^pf the; futu&iSld^^: S#d^^^ r dimatic c larger .■J r:g^^l^hichy,penetrate th^ riiouS'; :fe i - .18)^ lhat ■ m :order ; ;t6- encburag^ local #^£ ; ;bodie^ pa rticularly^ft^rt&i:^^^. •■••«r«?* : in connection- •■ with *-ttuar?mtitfi-^ ;»«^^:^ financjaiassistance be' giv^Sbr; - jagol^bsidy/based w^JM^m

(9) That a seed store for the supply of forest seeds true to name and of thJ most approved varieties a* promised by '. the Government more than a year ago 6116^^ 15110^ fui-thVdeLy g ' (10) That efforts be made to educate' v public opinion m to the value of fomte and the necessity of preserving then* from destruction by fire. , . The establishment of the wood 'palp • industry would provide considerable -m- < i ployment and it is very desirable that ' Iwe should be independent of foreign ' supplies of paper. Further, the inarar \ °^ c °f V r Seney 3 as there is a seiious shortage in the world's supply -and little prospect of paper coming down in price1 It is recommended that assist- . ance by way of bonus at so much per ,*>n, say, the first 5000 tons manufactured, be given to any company, provided it furnishes to the Government s satisfactory evidence that sufficient N supplies of suitable timber are available to ensure the permanency of its operations. The Committee recommend extensive planting o f trees suitable for ! pulp manufacture. It is suggested that, the poorer lands of the West Coast and Southland afford the most promising ' locations.