Forestry In New Zealand.
A-jCorrespondent oftthei Gardener* "tftmW&iffiw&titfx ti' ! '4e l &moBt total absence «f forest . conaerv^ib l^ and j timber, cultivation m" New Zealand, and 1 asseftSit&at'the-clbbriistß a'rei slo>vlVbut sur«ly sappin'g.and^ destroying the very! rbots/aj^jsQurce,^whence \, the, bulk vfcjf' their advantages .originate, j^l'here, is a grand'fntur& he 1 , contends ,fw the qcieqce' of arb'dricultureV millions of square 'tnfles, at ■■piikeni '^romtlVes f or ! iieiarly ; 'ib,; only } | ;^^tU^al^^i^l^ti (^''ipfflir. them' ! habitable-aridf capable' bfr sU^'ortitt(»>tnil- '. lions of people. 1 "^Che spcjetSes v in)Eflg. land and gcotland^us>-elteritf their influence and,Qp©|'a|ipnß lid British ■posse's- : : sions^yyli^re.^heir labour' jcould/i/b^on a gigantic scale,' andbear .. results . ; which would be universal m their eftects. Nothing ofg^eat'lmpbrtence will ever be done m the direction of forestry m these and other cdlonies until those who are supposed to&now, all about the matter take the exaipple.^ Once, let authorities on forestryxjommenceaperaiiShs m these colonies, and timber, cultivation .will-be-come a re6o|rii^eH; established pursuit, and not, as it now is, a fad, hobby, •or myth, only to be thought of and written' IbputfivsHowe^er, iputtfi?g W 7tfiis/§^; miasing 'on one side, something must be done towards preventing some of the most valuable trees Nature has bestowed upon niajß> f r6m"beinsftlo|t~tD tKe^rorldi' ' The same*pap£r from'wmch wV tak^ i the foregoing, says\,t]iere iare- about 20 mil- 1 lion acres of fores j; m "Rovr Zealand, so it dofi^^taeem^hat vro arosiinj danje^o^ runmngshort of fire^wood just yet.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 33, 7 July 1885, Page 4
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229Forestry In New Zealand. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 33, 7 July 1885, Page 4
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