FORESTRY REGULATIONS.
THE GOVERNMENT’S POLICY, • Wellington, Jane 12. The new policy in regard to forestry, reference to which is made by Sir Francis Bell in his reply to critics on the West Coast, includes the appointment of a trained forester, who is to advise the Government in such matters as the demarcation of forests and the restoration of areas from which the matured timber has been cut. It is admitted on all hands that the demarcation of forests is nece sary. First of all there are areas of wooded laud in this country which cannot be pre serve, and these areas will have to be cut out and cleared. There are other areas which ought to be kept in forest for all time, being renewed by plantation, • just as are the old forests in England and the ContinentTo decide these questions the Government needs the advice of an expert such as is not to be procured in cur own country, and even then the advice of the expert will have to be considered in conjunction with problems which have nothing to do with forestry. For instance, it may never be practicable to keep in forest small areas isolated from other timber. This is not a forester’s problem so much as it is a public works and land settlement problem.
Sir Francis Bell has stated that the Government has already written Home abiut the secui'iug of a suitable expert. No advice has been received as to wlmt progress has bee-i made, but in due course the selection will be made. The G vernment is not postponing the forestry policy indefinitely in the meantime, as Sir Francis Bell has said that it would bo wrong for the Government not to lake some steps to hold bnsli areas and preserve them from total destruction until the forester cau tell what steps should be taken by systematic and careful logging, by replanting, and other means, to save our timber resources.
The resignation of Sir Francis Bell as Minister in Charge of Seenerj' Preservation, and the appointment of the Hon D. H. Guthrie in succession to him, are gazetted.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 June 1919, Page 1
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