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Mataura Ensign, 15 March 1909, Page 4

The ruliilrvs desiruction of the foi'e.sls thai is taking |>law in Now Zealand nas come uihct the observation of l)r C'apra, ol Milan, during the course oi iiU tour through the Dominion. Speaking to :i "Nc»v Zealand Times' reporter. l>r ( apti mi id lie was particularly struck uuh what is going on in this ropect on tlif West Coast ol Uie Scuth Island, where lie saw trees being felled on Mmiy soil where they were most needed, and where it was difficult to replace them. There appeared to him !o I'o no regulation at all in the destruction ot our forests, and ruin must ■ mimic, "for," as he remarked, "you can't for years build up a forest again once you destroy it. We are weeping in Italy for what we have done in this respect, and you will weep here. It afleels the richness of the soil, with less rainfall, makes storms more dangerous io <tock in l In* neighborhood of such lands, nnd is in the end ruinous. In Italy now tile only trees that are cut don n are those which have been marked by surveyors, and there is an obligation that for every tree destroyed ililotllrr |il:iir. The (iovcrnmeni oi Italy jiivi'S ■•ittiiy 11ci- millions <>l lives I'roni its niirsiMi", rwr, yenr lor this pur|>osi', in :kit!llion to |>;iyin;j. t ln> cost <>)' con- \ ••v;inrr."

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