WAIPOUA STATE FOREST.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144150, 21 July 1913, Page 2

WAIPOUA STATE FOREST.

LARGE AREA FOR SETTLEMENT. BY TELEGRAPH,—OWN CORRESPONDENT. WELLINGTON, July 20. The lifting of tho reservation on the Waipoua State kauri forest ; in the North of Auckland, which is recommended by the Forestry Commission, it is stated by Mr. J. G. Coates, M.P. for Kaipara, will result, when given effect to by the Government, in the throwing open of some 24,000 acres, and in addition 16,000 to 20,000 acres of adjoining Crown lands. All this land is heavily timbered, and it is estimated that there are about 300,000,000 feet of timber in the State forest alone. The extension of the railway which will be necessitated will also give access to a groat deal of timber on private lands which is now inaccessible. As already stated, the commission recommend that 200 acres of the State forest bo reserved as a park.