FORESTRY COMMISSION.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1677, 18 February 1913, Page 5

FORESTRY COMMISSION.

I - NOTION ITS leESONNEL; 1 ;';^ 1 )! > Tho members of the .Commit;,'. ; : ; , sion will meet in Wellington on leb-;;, ; •■} ruary ,26 and will; them'make Oil' neces-'^);; I ' eary arrangements as in: ;■ • connection with their ii qniry. .■, . ~y ~ ;: i •■: The following observations on the n<tr- ; ,'| eonnol of the commission wcro supplied ,s j V to a. reporter yosterday,jby, tho Hon. W«r '•;'■.:» F. Ma6soy. (Prime Minister):-'. v:; '~] The chairman (Mr. HI D; -M. Haszard) i.;, .'■: i is Commissioner of Cropi Lands on the.;;::.; >j West Ooast and is aVbartioularly. good i , ' J Departmental officer, thoroughly well up.f; ■■:■■ '} in his work, whether connected with bush' * districts or ordinary op&n country. .:.■: ,:■;•;• "• ;. ; ;| I Mr. P. Y. 'Lothbridgoi is a well-known Y' | fanner in the Feilding district and form-j) J -.; erly was a member of (A© House of Ropro-v. i,,^ 1 eentatives. Ho is an .authority,, on ~r y '| ) matters connected vwitl.re-afforestation, J,, ~■.., 1 , and has made thoisulject*.study fprV;.:''! . many years past ■'■" •■■ ■•' '■■{•. '" 4 ' '- Mr. T. W. Adams, a! Canterbury. far-ff" ; ''*',] iner, is another man <krho 'has givonvY A i great manyyears of his lifo'todho study;, \ '■'.'} , of forestry- ; and thcro> is \ probably "■ not, ■.'.' ( : i another man in Now; Ztaland who knoW] .' ;,j as inuch'about tho subject .n?',ho does,il ;,;ij particularly. with regard, to. ther, vatiotyi'/ •■", -J of trees 'which should bo planted in : Y . country for timber puriloses. ' ■■■ ~' i'.'.:;J Mr. C. P.' Murdoch has' for at least 8* ' 7; A years been.prominently connected . with ■.■ '.; \'A the timber trade in Auckland and ho ■YY'-.'j still has orj Interest :in it, thiVugh at '• - ;{ present ho ib a resident in thopnburbs ;j of Auckland city. Ho is an j;■: ">'] authority on nil matters' connected\with!' 1 : Y^i sawmiliing and bush work and other mat-; ■'*>■'■{ tors pertaining to the New Zealand;!'- ' ■ forests.. . . ■;':■ ;.';.' : '"..'.'',.;) Mr. S. J. Clarke la an' Auckland builder: '<..'•'i ; who is or was president of tho New 2ea« : ,1 land Builders' Association'and. a- nujn Y who takes a great interest in anythineY ; :^ connected with. re-afforestation!■ ;.■•' > \'Y '' '} Dr. L. Cockayno was selected for : tho;. '< commission on account of, his scicntMo •■''; '' : ''j attainments. Ho is an acknowledged an- "\ ,j thorlty on botanical geography and hen ■'■'.<* carried; out a series of commissions fort •■ <'■■'') tho New Zealand Government, the resultsY ':■ Y of which will form a complelo botanical * :'■ ' *■' l geography of New Zealand and the out- Vv lying islands. ' , -v' 1 * .. -i ■■.:'.s