. The new New Guinea. ^^ FORTUNES WAITING 191 Australasia outside the towns, and that this creates anenormous and constant demand. Papua—at onepoint only ninety miles from the Australian continent—is in an excellent position to satisfy this the present moment, however, sawn timber isactually being imported into Papua from Australia atvery high prices for building purposes, because as yetthe local supply cannot be got at. Without sawmills,the immense virgin forests arc as useless as so muchgrass, although they lie right along the course of allthe great rivers, in many cases so close u
. The new New Guinea. ^^ FORTUNES WAITING 191 Australasia outside the towns, and that this creates anenormous and constant demand. Papua—at onepoint only ninety miles from the Australian continent—is in an excellent position to satisfy this the present moment, however, sawn timber isactually being imported into Papua from Australia atvery high prices for building purposes, because as yetthe local supply cannot be got at. Without sawmills,the immense virgin forests arc as useless as so muchgrass, although they lie right along the course of allthe great rivers, in many cases so close up that thetimber-getter has nothing to do but cut his trees andlet them drop into the stream, where they will befloated to the sea. This curious condition of affairs—a country rich intimber buying it at a high price from a country whichis beginning to run short—cannot in the nature ofthinofs last much lon^rer. There are several fortuneswaiting for the people who first bring about a the present quickl
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