X V 1 1 1 



JUNE, 1901. 



At an adjoiirned iiieftiiij,' ol tho Ko.val Hiihjt'fl anllioritat ivcly. wliich i-o nearly 



Society (it 'r.i!^nian)a on TliniKday evening, conceiiiH mk a.s Tasrnaniaiis; but 1 aui 



June Gtl). tlie dis(U».-.ion on Mr. W. lleyn h confident tnat every nienitjer of the lioy- 



paner on "The present ami future pros- al Society ol Tasmania will feel indebted 



j)ectH of tinibei- in TaHniania," waH resiinj- to Mr. Heyn for HinkinK liin j)erHonal feel- 



ed His Excellency Hie Administrator iiiRs in this matter, ami K'vini? us his im- 



(Sir .lohn Dodds, K.CM .(i.), prc.siiling. pression of our Rieat national asset, and 



T\SM\\1\\ TlMHl'^l' ^''^ manner in which it seems to him to 



' /u..' \ i\ ('■■,.«. mm/ ' have been treated. 



>v \. ' '. 'ireeiic . i»r-ii i ^ ii i- i 



,, f i 4 .,1. r,«. With leisure to the practic;u reconi- 



ijp he forentry question, now mud. ne- ,„^.,„,„^i,,„ f,,„^ -^ l,,^.,„.J ^^^^ j.,.,^ ^^^ e,. 



Mr \ (). Green of the K.ulway De- iHJ/li^'xnent of a nur.ery of forest trees 



ivii. .\. v;. vjiffii, Yi; ',,..1 ,.,,,1 «i,1p With the View ot encouraKiiiK planting 



partment read an /"^'^I'V .. t ^o ♦ ^' I"'- H'^' pnipone of shelter water consei- 



,>aper on the subject. '^';.' '''•' f .,, " ' vation, bcautv and proht, it is one that 



meeting 2. specimens oi \'^^'^^V' ' » t.'' ' .....inontlv .leserves the whole-hearted 



beiw abe ed witli the common and scien- i ■ r i i ■ • i i i < «. 4 1 *. 



ijB » i.uji^iii^u Willi I iK- ' , ,.,>o,.; support, ot this society, and I trust that 



•tific names weitrht ner cu hic loot, si)ec'i- ,, ' ' ... n r i i i 



luii llallll^, vY«.ihi.i lJ^. I ,.41,, ' J,,a^.i the i)roi)osition will be endorsed by us 



tic cravitv etc.; a so some other speca- ii i -4 4r 4 4i i .^t 



iiL. |{iuviL.y. ^" • " * ^il , such uiiaiiimitv that tlie hands ot 



inen>» ol timber that ''' > '^'^'' ' '', f "P the CJoverntr.ent , and others interested, 



to <0 years in the b ate. ,^ »; <' ■ " " ,„av he st . engthene.l to help forwanl the 



The Hubiect that lu.s l"<'>tfht s ,,;j,.,.t as it deserves. 



together this .evening s " « <» ^ t, is a matter which has. on several 



the .very highest '' '!»> » ' ^ ,.* \ • ^•^;- occasions, been <lis.-ussed in this room, 



inaiua as a whole and w hy o hisso- ^^^^^, , ^^ ^,^^ ,^^^^^^^^^^ .^^ ^^^3 ^^ 



oiety. which has lor '\» "* .J% , l;^^,,,^. "^ >^ ,,,„liiig a paper upon the a.lvantages of 



o <''%'\V'V"'-^'''' n /np/«l «/l tlVe Dianling conllerje, iving a li.t of suit- 



the end that science "f"f'^'' ."''''',« Lble tr^es, an.l a light Resume of what 



goo<l ol 'lasmania "'» . ' '^^ »'' ',^'' V;^ j has been done in other countries ; also an- 



Th.s country ''»«/'!''''' '^^'/;^'f."'"' •.'," other paper in 1894, more especially de- 



inanv other countries '«'/';,, f^' J,.' ^'' voted to the economic preparation and 



forests were looke.l *>'\:>;^/^, ''». V.' .' f' w- uses of our timbers, but l.widentally bear- 



and as stifling t he energies ol 1'^' ''''<; i,,^ on the subject in hand, 



ants ol the country. It is a phase '^ . . , , . ,- i u 



through which all counlrien jiass, or have , At the present time, m nianv parts ot 



passed where there is luxuriant vegeta- tlie island, sand-blows, wind, the lailure 



tion. Mut all countries in time are fore- of springs, and the impoverishment ol 



ed to recognise the value of the timber the soil, are compelling people to recog- 



products which a beneficent nature forms nise the benehcial influence of trees upoi. 



for us from the atmospliere we breathe. a country. ,.,,., i 



The fi'rst feeling of mankind about the In some parts of the island, even now, 



foret^t is that of being overwhelmed by alter our short occuj)ation. timl)er has to 



it, and trees are looked upon as encroach- ho brought Ironi comparatively long 



ers upon the domain of man to be got distances for structural and other econo- 



rid of at all costs. Ihit in every country mic purjioses. lo those conversant with 



of wlii<li we have records, as time has the subject it is pamtully apparent that 



I,a,^sr(| llie forest has come to be looked m the near futuie most ot our forests 



,ipon as an indisjiensable adjunct to the within a woiking distance of railways 



life of man in the country, in that it tem- and centres of population will be render- 



pers the wind and heat", moderates hail ed absol utely barren, as lar as production 



and storm conserves water against peri- of timber is concerned. .\nd this 



ods of dro'ught, forms and prevents the period, T may say, aken wiyi 



.lisi)ersal of tliat fertilising "humus," regard to the unit ol the lite 



without which soils become barren, and of the nation, is so short as to t)e almost 



when riuhtiv used, is a prolific source of the actual present. 1 his is a . mntter 



revenue for 'ill time. which intimately concerns every inhabit- 



We are greatly indebted to Mr. lleyn ant as well as the ( Jovernment ; but un- 



for his valuable " aper, in which he has der our form of rule, the (Joveinment in 



reminded us of Uie advaiilages that Na- railways, bridges, and jetties is far and 



fure has given us and in which he has away the largest consumer of timber, 



not feare.l to place before us the small therefore is more interested than any 



appreeiation, in which they appear to individual in the conservation of the 



him as a visitor to be held by the inhabi- limber resources of the State; as one in- 



tants generally. We can 1 am sure. stance there is every prospect that with- 



ouite feel for hiiM in his dillidence, after in a short period the sleepering of our 



eo short a sojourn in speaking upon a railways alone will become a (|uestion ot 



