OUR FORESTS.
DEPARTMENT AND CLIMATIC POINT OF VIEW. rTtzjjg
’(Special to Gisborne Times.) Wellington, last nighl
The Foreairy Department report states that iho seventeen forests in Hawke’s Bay comprise 222,936 ecres, mostly in the Poverty Bay portion of the district, or along the slopes of tho Ruahine ranges, in tho South, They are reported to be still in their natural state, covered with mixed forest, scrub, and fern. It is estimated that they contain oyer 200.00C.000 superficial feet of milling timber, and up to the preßODt none cf this has been sold or disposed of to the aawmillers, and still remains available for that purpose. Practi cally the bush fires have not oneroaohed ioto the State forests, and with the exception of a few aores on the outskirts they are in a virgin state. Tree planting has not yet been ncoessary in tbo district, and as most of the reserves are situated on the mountain ranges, which form the backbone of Hawke’s Bay, it is important from a climatic point of view to preserve them untouched, Being remote from the various trade centres and comparatively inacc:seible, there is not likely to be much demand for the timber in these forests for a long time to come.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1842, 24 August 1906, Page 2
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206OUR FORESTS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1842, 24 August 1906, Page 2
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