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that, when the industries of sawing, pulping, and distilling 

 are ccxmbined, as well as the utilisation of the small trees 

 that abound among the larger ones, the expenses of each 

 industry will be considerably reduced, the forests will be- 

 come a large source of revenue, and the old ground be better 

 re-afforested for coming generations than under the present 

 system. 



Tasmania, with its temperate climate, reliable rainfall, 

 and land-locked harbours, affords special facilities for the 

 growth and export of timber. Deep arms of the sea run 

 inland, reducing land-carriage to a minimum; and from 

 sheltered inlets the ground rises to a central plateau, where 

 lakes conserve water to feed rapidly-falling streams, which 

 provide ideal sources of motivenpower. It is the policy of 

 the Government to encourage legitimate enterprise, and the 

 terms for leases of timbered lands and water-rights are 

 almost nominal, as niay be seen by the following extracts : — 



SAWMILL AREAS. 



A lease may be obtained on application to the Commis^ 

 sioner of Crown Lands, for a period not exceeding twenty- 

 one years, of an area not exceeding five thousand acres, at 

 an annual rental of one pound for every hundred acres per 

 annum, in advance; and the payment of a royalty of — 



M. per 1000 superficial feet of Eucalyptus timber, cut 



in the log. 

 55. „ „ „ „ of other than Eucalyptus 



timber, cut in the log. 



If a siurvey is necessary to define the lease, fees have to 

 be paid by the applicant for the lease, at varying rates from 

 five pounds for a fifty-acre block to fifty pounds for a five^ 

 thousand acre block, and approved machinery and plant 

 must be put up of a nominal power varying from eight 

 horse-power for a two-hundred-acre block to twenty-five 

 horse-power for a five-thousand-acre block. The lessee 

 must also use due diligence and despatch in removing the 



