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the Other subjects can be efficiently taught. A forestry school 

 in connection with a demonstration area would be primarily for 

 training in practical forestry, and that would be supplementary 

 to the present educational institution. Now the provision of 

 scholarships and the means of attending technical schools, 

 continuation schools, agricultural colleges, and universities 

 appears to be adequately provided for in the Bill, and as far 

 as forestry is concerned it seems that this will be a very great 

 help in the future training of foresters, giving, as Mr Richardson 

 so well pointed out, an unbroken career from the very start 

 right on to the university if necessary." 



Mr Adam Spiers spoke on the Organisation of Native Timber 

 Supplies. He said : — "The thorough organisation and develop- 

 ment of the home timber trade calls for a good deal of con- 

 sideration at the moment, when we see the enormous quantities 

 of timber required for the supplying of our national needs. 

 In the past all that could have been done has not been done. 

 Most men who know tree culture are bound to admit that the 

 country has been slow to realise the value and possibilities of our 

 industry. We all know that our soil and climate can produce 

 trees of large bulk, but they are often so badly grown that the 

 trunk may be lo to 12 feet long and anything from 18 inches to 

 48 inches in diameter, and then 5 to 20 tons of rough top, which 

 no merchant wants, for the cost of labour is more than their 

 worth. Do we not get here matter for reflection? For surely 

 with care these trees should have given trunks three or four times 

 the length, and more than double the value, and little or no 

 rough wood — then we could hope for the development of the 

 trade with increased prices to the grower, less labour to the 

 merchant, and better results to everyone. There is nothing 

 more wasteful of time and energy than the working of rough, 

 useless wood. I am sure there is not a merchant among us 

 who has not been told over and over again by the consumers 

 of our converted material that, if we could supply timber well- 

 grown, clean, and straight, the market — and a good one — would 

 be waiting. Our country can grow the timber, but it must be 

 cared for; many of our existing woods might yet be made to 

 yield good results, if all the useless trees were cut out and only 

 those left that are absolutely necessary for the growth and 

 protection of the best. What we want is large areas in different 

 parts of the country where the trade could see the possibilities 



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