FOREST TREE PLANTING.
Prom the little advantage that taken of the Acts that encoUrage planting of forest trees,' it would almost appear, says the New - Zealand Settler , as if settlers were either totally; unaware of the existence of those Acts, or that the Acts themselves did not hold rout sufficient inducements to anything like extensive treeplanting, v Although for a number of years settlers have been promised land orders to the amount of £4 for every acre of trees they may please to embellish their homesteads with, strange to say that during the whole time only twenty-five orders have been issued. The number of acres planted have been 1260, of which 835 are in Canterbury, 301 in Otago, and 124 in Hawke’s Bay. During the last year, only seven orders have been issued, representing 220 acres 1 rood 24 perches. When it is remembered that every acre planted adds materially to the value of a farm, it is surprising that greater advantage has not been taken of the pro* vision of the Acts.
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1030, 4 May 1883, Page 2
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173FOREST TREE PLANTING. Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1030, 4 May 1883, Page 2
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