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"Mount Gambier Mount Burr Mount Mclntyre Mount Muirhead Flat South-east of, and adjoining south end of, Rivoli Bay Southern District -<[ Cave Range, south of Naracoorte Land near Cockatoo Lake Glen Roy Flat Border Town Travelling stock reserves in the Hundreds of Jessie, Hynam, and Lochaber, and that running north and south through the Hundred in NaraCoorte. "Government Farm Reserve, Waterfall Gully Central D'st*'ct *l Mount Lofty Reserve | Travelling stock reserves in the Hundreds of Julia Creek, English, Neales, Dutton, Anna, North Rhine, Angas, Finniss, Mobilong, Monarto, Ridley, Burdett, Seymour, Malcolm, and Bonncy. The reserves in the above districts comprise a total area of three hundred square miles. 2. That the reserves in question be proclaimed in the Government Gazette, as provided in section 9, " Waste Lands Alienation Act, 1872," and that regulations for their management be compiled in terms of clause 51, which enables the Governor in Council to make and publish regulations for carrying out the object of the Act (No. 18 of 1872) : Provided that such are laid before Parliament. 3. That an officer, thoroughly and practically acquainted with forest culture in all its branches, be appointed as Conservator of Forests; and that he be instructed to prepare lists of seeds to be ordered, and to obtain the necessary labour to establish nurseries for forest trees at Mount Gambier, in the Southern District; the Springs, Bundaleer, in the Northern District; and at the Government Farm, in the Central District; so that a commencement may be made without delay, and that the nurseries be gradually extended to the Cave Range and Border Town, in the South, and Wirrabara Forest and the Penwortham Reserve, in the North—making a total of seven nurseries to supply stock for the three districts, i.e., three for the South, three for the North, and one at Government Farm, for the Central District. 4. That the duties of the Conservator of Forests be to advise the Commissioner on all subjects connected with forest culture, the establishment of nurseries, appointment of necessary labour, raising suitable young stock from seed, and transplanting the same on the reserves into soil adapted to the culture of the particular plants, fencing portion of reserves planted; prune, lop, and thin out young trees, and mark those for sale that attain maturity. 5. That the formation of forests be proceeded with gradually, and in such a manner that, whilst a thoroughly organized system of raising, planting, and protecting be at once provided for, care be taken not to unnecessarily interfere with free access to existing forests; or, to render it more difficult to persons to obtain and remove timber than can be done by the public at large, under the present regulations—for instance in the Wirrabara Forest such portions only will be first planted and protected from which the valuable timber has already been removed, and where only sufficient remains to form protection for young stock; a similar course being adopted in all cases where existing forests are now being made use of. 6. That the trees selected for cultivation shall, in all cases, be such as are best adapted for use in manufacture, building, fencing, mining, &c, and not merely for ornamental purposes, and that they comprise various eucalypti, such as jarrah, red and blue gums, tooart, &c; pines, such as the Pinus insignis, maritime/,, canariensis, halepensis, and Waymouth; with oak, beach, walnut, sycamore, poplar, willow, cedar, chestnut, ash, sandalwood, olive, and locust trees. As the sheaoak and blackwood will spring up abundantly where the land is protected from stock, it is not considered necessary to include them in the list. 7. That, in the reserves, trees be planted in the first instance 10 feet apart, or say 435 to the acre. That in five years' time every second tree be removed and sold for rails, or other suitable purpose, leaving the remaining trees 20 feet apart. At the end of another five years a similar thinning out and sale to take place, leaving the remaining trees 40 feet apart, when that portion of the forest may be considered established, and the trees be allowed to attain maturity, and only to be removed on being properly marked for falling by the Conservator. 8. That sufficient area be at once protected, viz., 7,000 acres, or say eleven square miles, to receive the plants that would be raised during the first season at the three nurseries, viz., the Springs, Bundaleer; Mount Gambier, and Government Farm, say 1,000,000 plants from each, and that such area form a portion of each of the reserves in the respective districts, and that the area protected be increased each year, so as to be capable of receiving the stock raised from the nurseries as they are increased, until the whole seven have been established. 9. That the Conservator be required to keep records of the several portions of each forest as they are planted, and of the trees planted therein, so that no doubt may exist as to the ages of trees grown, and that the requisite sequence be preserved, and the different portions of the forest availed of in proper rotation. These records should be illustrated by a plan showing the portions of the reserve planted and protected, and the portions from which timber of various kinds may be removed, and under what conditions.

Pact 11,

South Australia,