TIMBER COMMISSION.
(BY TELEaBAPH—PKES3 ASSOCIATION.) Invercarglll, March 30. At the Timber Commission, Mr. C. A. Piper, Railway Traffic Manager, said imported timber was charged at rate and a half, and the quantity in: ported through the Bluff in 1907 was 838,000 ft., and in' 1908 1,089,000 ft. (including 60,000 ft. of kauri). Only 15,000 ft. of Oregon pine came through the Bluff. James Leggat, sawmiller, said one shilling per 1000 ft. was not a fair return to tho miller, who could not get tho area without going long distances. Ho favoured a duty on imported timber. More than two-thirds of the mills were in hill country. The proportion of red pine was smaller. Seaward Bush was almost worked out. It was the best in the South Island.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 470, 31 March 1909, Page 8
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127TIMBER COMMISSION. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 470, 31 March 1909, Page 8
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