OUR TIMBER RESOURCES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 89, 4 May 1901, Page 4

OUR TIMBER RESOURCES.

rußisoth-3 Mi't fh- H iii.T Y Hua-1 c»'i, Minuttr f>r T, -t.r's. t 'M tv>r;i n of fcha c > ! o!=y, h- "51 b' a* h t_- . i.* iio apr-'pir.'st m-.tsof ths liai'-rr o? tne E'S. Co»bt, pifticuUi'y i<\ tho n- *ly-or«rcd fcreets in Povuty B.iy, Mr Duacau, in own qut-tc • of r< preset t itions made to h ; m (is to the rap d df stracticn cf wh t) f ire fi.T-i.--ts,, has.spnt a circular t > i'l tho rcngen j or local aatho- tu m the v,-u v *>uß. timber ciirtf't , tequastici; ih m roj teod in r■uin if the aren ( f fo'c»t| land, i s coiid-tino, »rd iau for ioai-i mercin': parp s?e, snleo'f jrh It is! the iutei t'.ou if the L n la-Dep t) coatcrva the wfc e pinn tiom toi rafil At h' p<s-!,t r»tf if co; sampt t> i fo- da'ry { dr s o c,' it ii eatim.ted i.i:at the who'.s of ih- : pint fire tsrf the North ]\!m.d woy d be ' xhsustt diuafe v y aa. Ti i <i'ro ■ apjli»3 iD a !>cn?fi l way to a i >1 s e3' of timber indigcioa» fc New Zealand, which are of very Jc? e>o*th, semi' kiuri trt-n if ft.otnmg hniglit ltd girth being eft-"mated to Lave b ei odb or two thousand yoats o'd t'ie 1 from ytar to year briog prcticiliy iadisctrnibip, „ Novprthe'fiwi. the fj-est secti>m if the Lands D p rtrn nt ie r'oing its test, to provid? for r< f >reitati >n wberenr possible, a-iH Bome of thi> tcc-re recoct ixpui ueLti at the district near Roto-! rua, where some 30 good conduct prisoners are tmpioyt d, bt Tokaboka, and many o£h> r ioca'it es, promise to be very The pro-Km, howevfr, is to cirry oi the work cf reforesting oa each a cct'e as will keep pace with the progress i f consumption, and enstre a supp'y rqaa! to th~ growing demand dttenQatt upsn increasing popu'aton. To solve th'a it will be neceega'y to plant trees that are cot indigenous to this colony, which are cf quicker growth than the native vnrietips. One prominent >awmi !er in Wellington d o area that id w ill not be a matter of surprise if, at the expiration of ten years, it becomfa neces; ary to iwpcrt timber for building purposes into the colony.

The rapid destt u< t jon of mpny classes of timber eu table for purposes is largely dus also to the conditions of land eeitlement, which compelled the lessee to clear a prescribed area of bash leni within a certain period. Mr W, Chalmers, who is regarded as a high autfcoity on questions affscting the timber indcttry, sa<tg-sts as a check tn the progress of destruction that an expert ilnty of, gay, a shilling per 100 feet be p'ac-jd oni all white pine timber tf *t.h» best qoali'y, the proceeds derived from the dnty being expended ia replanting. Tfce plea for presers-teiju of the white pine is aiso &treruonsly supported by Mr Freyterp, formerly rxpert to tfce New Zetland

\iu nmr nt, who Bajs wli-e pine Gfom. 11 be mßde thorotigLly useful irab«>rcv if c-rtsin pitj-| for tuildiDk describee are adopted. jesws which kb utilisation tf the He also advofiat*. 'inranga for the totara forest sooth ol» _ e large Wellington market, iv rt> Island, reserves of timber on StflTTt. c "t wbi«h could be shipped at eTigv f a New B'igfcoon, and 'anded oe» „ thus gaviag harbjr dufs « Lyttel'tou, «rteG wy cheaply ti s Dhriatchnrch. He advocates a , kauri reserve bti g set j (he entire supply wil l b e £X ® !t i i ten years, while the existing nf totara will nothst more than -0 yt»w. , Imported 'timber. MrJlFreyberg «*- , t- ndF, will not s'-.wl cur c'imnte. ins rain and son o and .t rots very auckly. Oar .«?"? atest or . ts . ° e tbertfore contend*, should bo iu the direction cf glowing the indigenona to tbe countrj, w ln:oe Eoit-d to tfce climate than'mytbin» we cjn import. L c:oiatio3 Irrq ifvd to corned our t>"BVH Bupp i-«. First, timber res*rv s thou.fi be, set aya>t and »n exp.ro dnty rr.nst be pat upon SPnt out 0 the ao >y Toiriif, 11 m ° pfc h . e ™ tha r'ght season, and at , r ' S • . .on only, a. by so do'ng J 1 " 5 t!mber will laßt ha'f a? long af,ain. , Ni wZa'aed.siidMrFrejberg, , only c untry in the world where tim<> cm te cut at ai>y tione of the yesr. In Ro s'a th?re is a penalty oi £5 for cutting it at wrong season, and therei°a's • aiaw againit it in Gtrnasny and France, whilt in England no one will boy limbrr tbat is cut at tbe wrong season The difficulty in New . Zealand could be obviated by ring- | barking in June and fellin? during tbe next twelve month 3. Fically, Mr Freyberg insistpd that the Forestry Department of New Zea'aici must be i placfd under tbe charge of a thoroughly competent man, o e who knows something abon 1 ) timber, otherwise it might just as wdl be lefo alcne.