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thirty years hence, and as most of the areas reserved for plant- 

 hig in the North and South Islands are filled up, the question 

 of further reservations demands serious consideration. Crown 

 lands are still available, and it is highly advisable that an ample 

 area should be reserved so that when the time comes for 

 its afforestation it may be available without the payment of 

 compensation. 



9. Correspondence with the Development Commission, 

 May June 1916. 



The following letters have been exchanged between Sir 

 S. Eardley Wilmot and the Secretary of the Royal Scottish 

 Arboricultural Society : — 



The Waurrx, Bkamlev, 



Surrey, 311/ Illay 1916. 

 I. Dear Galloway, 



In your letter of 14th April to the Development Commission 

 you have made certain suggestions as endeavouring to have 

 former proposals brought more into line with what are known to 

 be the views of Scotch landowners. 



In the consideration of any large scheme of afforestation in 

 the North, I do not think we can separate afforested and waste 

 land. We require to bring the former into full bearing as soon 

 as possible, and to extend the area of afforested land. In many 

 cases it would be, when leasing waste land, inconvenient and 

 even hazardous to exclude adjacent or intersecting areas of 

 woodland. 



So far as discussions have gone, suggestions have been made 

 that land should be leased on payment of the annual rent with 

 a percentage of the profits as afforestation value on renewal of 

 the lease if that only extended over one rotation. In the case 

 of afforested land, the standing crop or its value would be the 

 property of the owner. In both cases, if the owner desired to 

 invest capital in the scheme he would receive a proportionate 

 share of the proceeds. 



It would be the desire of the lessee to utilise to the full the 

 existing staff of woodmen and foresters ; it might indeed be 

 possible for the owners to take a contract to carry out the work 



