THE STATE FORESTS.
j (By Telegraph.) i (From Our Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, October 31. A return presented to Parliament today gives some interesting figures re. garding the State forests. Tho unalienated forest on Crown lands (including State forests and forest reserves) totals 7,582,551 acres. The figures for the different provincial districts are:— ► Auckland 342,290 acres, Hawke's Bay 327.822, Taranaki 330.372, Wellington 1,131,900, Nelson 2,073,000, Marlborough 296.000. Westlands 1,468,724, Canterbury 301,780. Otago 198,000, Southland 1,112,663. The area of forest land for which sawmilling permits have been granted totals 166,472. The total revenue derived by the Grown from the forests for the five years ended 31st March last was £305,563.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 1 November 1912, Page 4
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