INSTITUTE OF FORESTERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 312, 24 March 1928, Page 7

INSTITUTE OF FORESTERS

ASSOCIATION FORMED The inauguration of a society to be known as the New Zealand Institute of Foresters is the outcome of a conference of the leading technical forest officers of the Dominion, held at Rotorua last week. The aim of the institute is “to further the development of technical forestry in New Zealand.” With millions of pounds invested at the present time in State and proprietary forests in the Dominion, it is held that proper qualifications are as necessary for the forester as for the civil engineer, the architect or the surveyor. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Mr. L. Macintosh Ellis, Director of Forestry; vice-president, Professor H. Hugh Corbin, professor of forestry, Auckland University College; secretary and treasurer, Mr. Frank W. Foster, assistant conservator of forests, Auckland; members of council, North Island, Mr. Arnold Hansson, chief inspector of forestry, Wellington; Mr. W. T. Morrison, conservator of forests, Rotorua; South Island, Mr. A. D. McGavoek, conservator of forests, Hokitika, and Mr. C. M. Smith, conservator of forests, Nelson. The institute proposes to keep in as close touch as possible with similar institutes in other parts of the world, with a view to securing the benefits of co-operation and interchange of ideas.