TIMBER TRANSPORT 



traffic with which they found it difficult to 

 cope. The Committee, in the absence of 

 further evidence which it desired to take, has 

 not been able to come to any conclusion in 

 regard to the most advantageous organisation 

 for dealing with the canals, except that further 

 amalgamation would be advantageous. 



The question of cheaper transport facilities 

 for timber is one of vital importance in con- 

 nection with afforestation and the delivery of 

 every kind of woodland products, and it is to 

 be hoped that means will be provided whereby 

 the waterways of our country can be fully 

 utilised in the transport of such. 



Converting the trees into boarding by saw- 

 ing in the woodlands is another way of greatly 

 lessening the expense of carriage, and in 

 several instances that could be brought forward 

 the travelling sawmill has done useful work 

 in reducing the cost of transport. Instead of 

 sending the trees away in bulk, conversion by 

 sawing is Btrongly recommended as a saving 

 to carriage, as heretofore a great proportion 

 of the value of the timber is lost in getting it 



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