DESTRUCTION OF FORESTS.
Tlio Tarannlci Budget concludes a ver able article on (he •'Destruction of on Forests" thus :—"No public works cai atone for the destruction, of the forests if we leave nothing in their plnce. Th< plains of Canterbnry might be covered with railways in less than the interval from youtli to manhood —in a single life ; but it would require two generations to grace those-plains with matured forests. And what would the public debt for railways matter if there were valuable forests to set against it ? The subject has remained dormant for several years, yet it is one of such importance that we are surprised the Government have not thought it advisable- to deal with it in some iji.'umiT before our forests are destroyed, anil our thiiuiihl !i' >.>ness punished IV a pnurity of limber for commercial and industrial purpose*
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 40, 4 November 1882, Page 3
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142DESTRUCTION OF FORESTS. Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 40, 4 November 1882, Page 3
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