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«peeoh, thought Mr. Heyn's paper indicat- 

 •ed bow population and immigration would 

 increase by increasing the utilisation of 

 our resources. 



Mr. T. Stephens spoke on the question 

 of instruction in forestry. 



His Excellency thought several of the 

 speakers had not properly caughth the 

 meaning of Mr. Heyn's paper. His pro- 

 positions amounted to this — "You have 

 eome excellent land, which you are right 

 in endeavouring to settle people upon; 

 hut you also have a large amount of land 

 that will not pay to cultivate, as far as 

 ordinary farm products are concerned, 

 and on that you may profitably produce 

 timber. (Hear, hear.) You have a 

 valuable asset indeed in the shape of 

 splendid forests, which will prove a splen- 

 did asset in time to come, if you properly 

 ■conserve thena, and they occupy land that 



cannot be turned to other profitable uses. 

 The good lands suitable for cultivation of 

 other products, of course, are not includ- 

 ed." (Hear, hear.) 



Mr. Heyn thanked His Excellency for 

 putting speakers right as to the purport 

 of his paper. He complained of Mr. 

 Counsel's attitude, and maintained that 

 valuable forests were being shamefully de- 

 stroyed in Tasmania, and told him that 

 the best blue gum did not grow on the 

 best ground, as he had stated, but on poor 

 and rocky land, on which nothing else 

 would grow. (Hear, hear.) Replying 



to Mr. Counsel at considerable length, he 

 claimed that his paper put the correct 

 phase of the matter forward, and advo- 

 cated the establishment of a good school 

 of forestry. (Applause.) 



The meeting terminated with the usual 

 votes of thanks. 



