CORRESPONDENCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16759, 8 June 1920, Page 7

CORRESPONDENCE.

We are not responsible for views oxpresed by correspondents. The writer’s name, as a guarantee of good faith, must be enclosed in the letter. THE VALUE OF TREES/ IO THE EDITOR. A few days ago you had an article in the “Herald" advising farmers - to plant trees in any waste land they had m view of their prospective value in years to come. The 'i’ikorangi Cemetery Board has had occasion to cut down and remove three macrocarpa trees which were growing in the cemetery ground. Tlie hoard had them split into posts and firewood, which were sold at public auction last Saturday. 1 am enclosing a copy of the quantity and prices received which may be of interest to your readers. It astonished the settlers here.—X am, T. MTCENZIE, Chairman of Cemetery Board. Tikorangi, Juno 6, 1920TIKORANGI CEMETERY TIMBER. No. 1 tree. —90 posts, good, at Is 7d, £7 2s 6d; 36 posts, small, at Is 4d, £2 8s; throe strainers at 10s, £1 lu.s; 11 cords wood at 30s, £1 17s 6d.—Total, £l2 JBs. No. 2 tree—42 posts, good at Is lid, £4 0s fid; 49 posts, small, at Is Id, £2 13s Id; 2 cords wood at 31s, £3 2s.—Total, £9 15s 7d. No. 3 tree—--113 posts, good, at Is 9d, £9 17s 9d; 45 posts, small, at Is scl, £3 3s 9d: 2 strainers at 7s 6(1, 15s; 2fi- cords wood at 345, £3 16s 6d.—Total, £l7 13s. Total for three trees, £4O 6s 7d. [lt would bo interesting to know the approximate age of the trees, and also the cost of cutting them up for sale.—Ed. T.H.]