FORTY MILLION TREES.
•;■■-:.;. — -»<k- ..■ ' ROTORUA PLANTATIONS. i WORK OF PRISON LABOUR. [bt telegbaph.— cobjbespondbnt.] I u / \ WELLINGTON,' Saturday. J Some interesting details of the work j of tree-planting J: hy prison ; kbour were j given by Mr. C. E. Matthews, Controller General ;of Prisons, when -addressing * the I Wellington Justices of the Peace Association. Mr. Matthews: stated that no fewer > than 15,932 ■'-,- acras ; of pamice land i had b«en planted '■.■by 'prisoners,' with ' a total of : 40,000,000 trees. . , The estimated value 'of the labour for this, work from 19()1 ;to 1920 was '£65,455. "I do not think that I am the only, person who considers that those "-, plantations near Rotorua will be a tremendous asset to the Stat-fl in the future," Mr. Matthews concluded. ', - i ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18458, 23 July 1923, Page 6
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