BRITISH WOODLANDS
NEW AREAS ADDED PLANTING OPER ATIONS (British Official Wireless.) Roc. 10 a.m. RUGBY", May 15. Sixteen thousand acres were added to the. woodlands of Great Britain during the year which ended September 30 last. Nearly 52.0C0.C00 trees were planted under the direction of the Forestry Commission. It is the aim of the commissioners to acquire each year the same acreage of plantable land as that planted so that the area in wood shall remain as nearly as possible intact. The total area now planted by the commissioners in 14 years is 232,711 acres.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18399, 17 May 1934, Page 5
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