MINUTES OF EVIDENCE, 



COMMITTEE ON COLONIAL BOTANIST'S 

 REPORT. 



Monday, 14th August, 1865. 



PRESENT : 



Mr. VIGNE (Chairman), 



Mr. Cock, I Mr. Busk. 



Mr. Wicht, 



Dr. J. C. Brown examined. 



1. Chairman.] You are Colonial Botanist ? Yes. Dr. J.G. Brown 



2. You are aware. Dr. Brown, that this Committee , has Aug ~[^~ 1865 . 

 been appointed to consider your report? I am. 



3. You have bestowed considerable attention on agricul- 

 ture and arboriculture, and visited various parts of the 

 Colony ? Yes ; I have been from this to King William's 

 Town, thence to beyond the Orange River, and from that to 

 Port Elizabeth. I have also visited Clanwilliam. 



4. I believe the forests of this Colony are under the 

 supervision of superintendents at present, are they not? 

 One of them, the forest in the district of Uitenhage, is under 

 Capt. Harison, as conservator of forests. Those of George 

 are under charge of the civil commissioner of George. 

 Those at the Knysna are under the civil' commissioner of the 

 Knysna. Those at Katberg and Cedarberg are understood 

 to be under the superintendence of the civil commissioners 

 of those places. I do not know whether it would be 

 premature to speak of the forests of British Kaffraria. 



5. We would be glad if you can give us any information 

 regarding them ? In Kaffraria the form of licences is 

 different from that of those given in this Colony, and I am 

 not aware that any conservator has been formally appointed. 



6. Has anybody a right to cut wood there ? No one has 

 a right to cut wood without a licence. 



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