FOREST REGULATIONS.
REMEDYING A GHIEVAXCI'
(Peb I t :utki) I'i'.ess Association-.)
_ WELLINGTON. April IS. An importiinl alteration' in the finest, regulations alt'ecling frown lands has bivn gazetted, There lias been a grievance "mong sawmillers tlmt ummavativelv large timber areas have- been secured li'y millers who owned small plants, and that those capable ol dealing with a large output obtained no corresponding advantage in cutting rights. I'uler the new regulation. howexer. the ami will depend upon the home-power of the mill machinery, the maximum in tin- case of a mill of 8 hor.-e-innver belli;.: 300 acres. There i- a sea lo rising to 1000 acres for mills between 19 mid 20 horse-power. awl 1500 acres fur mills of 30 hor.-e-powi-r and HpWards. No change is made in the royally charge,-.-, but tic- whole forest regulation* have been re-drawu lo bring them into harmony with "The Consolidated Act. 1908.''
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14499, 16 April 1909, Page 5
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