CONSERVING THE FORESTS.
ANNUAL MEETINC OF LEAGUE. (Pf.r Press Association’.) WELLINGTON. July 20. At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Forestry League the chairman (Sir J. Wilson) emphasised the necessity for conserving the forests, and spoke of the small cost to the government of the department, which, he said, was only £7OOO. Apart from £53,000 on the capital account, timber land was now bringing £SO an acre by way of royalty, which showed what a valuable asset it was. Sij* J. Wilson was re-elected president and Mr Furgert secretary. During the proceedings it was mentioned that the planting of pines had killed blackberry and other noxious weeds.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19220720.2.87
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Issue 16790, 20 July 1922, Page 7
Word Count
108CONSERVING THE FORESTS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16790, 20 July 1922, Page 7
Using This Item
Star Media Company Ltd is the copyright owner for the Star (Christchurch). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Star Media. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.