UNOPENED LANDS
FORESTRY LEAGUE SUGGESTION. The council of the New Zealand Forestry League hits passed the following resolution:—“Before any Crown lands, including provisional State forests oi Maori lands, now or which may bo under the admlnisl’ra.tion of the Crown, which aro not held in trust for any purpose inconsistent with this _ Act are opened up for'settlement, a joint report by the Departments of Lunds, Forestry, and Agriculture as to the chief value of such lands for forestry or agricultural purposes whall be made to and considered by tho Minister controlling such Tn forwarding a copy of the resolution to Sir Francis Bell, Commissioner of State Forests, the league asked him to submit iUto any committee to whom the Forest Bill was referred for consideration, with a view to the resolution being embodied as a clause in tlie Act. Tho league felt confident that .he would readily recognise tlie importance of this clause being inserted. They had looked carefully through the Bill, and could find no clause which covered the point, or providing that some definite authority should report upon the ultimate purpose of the unopened lands.
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Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 40, 10 November 1921, Page 7
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186UNOPENED LANDS Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 40, 10 November 1921, Page 7
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