THE TIMBER COMMISSION.
b»..'! '■';.. | [BY T£Li:GBAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
Giving evidence before the Timber Com•si*sioß. to-day Mr. Gamman estimated the life of'the North Island forceps at fifty i years. Millers had offered the Govern- ' meat to fix the price of timber. Royal - - : ties and freight were already fixed, and they might as well fix the price. At least £75,000 a year was lost to the coun- • try,by the present war between Oregon fwdjiimu, come of the latter being sold ' Wow -cost. If Oregon became predominant 5000 men would be displaced. The quantity of timber in the Waimarino forest kid been over-eetimaled. He calculated -' it;at 15,0u0ft to the acre. A fair net profit tQ .miller* was 12£ per cent., for riske of tiro .were great.
Taihape, Wednesday.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14047, 29 April 1909, Page 5
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THE TIMBER COMMISSION.
New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14047, 29 April 1909, Page 5
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