FOREST CONSERVATION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26963, 24 December 1948, Page 9

FOREST CONSERVATION

MINISTER STRESSES NEED HIGH CUT OF NATIVE TIMBER PA WELLINGTON, Dec. 23. • “Although it is pleasing to know that timber production has reached a new record figure there is also a particular need to conserve our remaining native forests,” said the Commissioner of State Forests, Mr Skinner, to-day. That was shown particularly in the cut of native timbers which was the highest since 1940. The policy of strict control over the use of native timbers was explained by Mr Skjnner. This takes the form of restrictions on the sale and use of certain timbers which are in short supply or which should be conserved in the national interests. They replace the Timber Emergency Regulations, which were revoked under the recent Supply Emergency Amendment Act. The new regulations lay down that no person shall sell beech timber without indicating its particular species, such as red beech, silver beech, and so on. In the case of silver beech the seller must stipulate the district in which it was grown. For the sale, use or disposal of white pine for any purpose other than the manufacture of tallow casks or ships’ dunnage permits will be necessary. They will also be necessary for th eUse and sale of tawa, and heart and medium kauri. These restrictions do not restrict the transfer of timber from sawmillers to their agents or timber merchants.