. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Canadian Forestry Journal, July, ipid. 643. The Experience of New Zealand Sir J. G. Wilson, head of the New Zealand Agricultural Board, in deal- ing with the Dominion's timber sup- plies says: "It is common knowl- edge that the available amount of timber left in New Zealand will last perhaps 30 years, and at the most 40 years. Unless immediate steps are taken to plant considerable areas, future generations will have to im- port all the timber used. The gov- ernment is doing something towards planting trees in a few d
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Canadian Forestry Journal, July, ipid. 643. The Experience of New Zealand Sir J. G. Wilson, head of the New Zealand Agricultural Board, in deal- ing with the Dominion's timber sup- plies says: "It is common knowl- edge that the available amount of timber left in New Zealand will last perhaps 30 years, and at the most 40 years. Unless immediate steps are taken to plant considerable areas, future generations will have to im- port all the timber used. The gov- ernment is doing something towards planting trees in a few districts in New Zealand. The whole of the present government areas might give six months cutting. When he came to the Ragitikei-Manawatu district in 1873 there was a fringe of open country which had been set- tled all along the coast up to and some distance beyond Wanganui. In the Wairarapa also the open country from Featherston to Mas- terton and out to the coast was set- tled. The rest of the country seem- ed illimitable bush. The seventy- mile bush ran up from the plain to Woodville, and the forty-mile bush from the gorge to past Dannevirke. The valleys of the Manawatu, Po- hangina, Oroua. the upper reaches of the Rangitikei from Halcombe upwards were all bush, the whole of which is now cut down. Generally in the best timber areas the saw- miller was the pioneer, and the set- tler followed when the timber was cut out. Now there is not a saw- mill in the whole of the area. I should not like to estimate the area that was in bush, but it must have been millions of acres. The Kauri forests are almost a thing of the past, Puriri scarcely procurable, and Totara very dear. The only source of timber for the North Island is the bush district in the central area, which cannot be nearly as large as that cut out. In the South Island there is still timber on the west coast, but more and more expensive to market, and the forests of South- land have been depleted. A recent forestry commiss
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