230 FOEESTRY IN QUEENSLAND. 



4. Relation of the State to the Forests. 



Legislation. — There are : — 



(1) The State Forests and National Parks Act, 1906. 



(2) The Land Act, 1910. 



(3) Regulations issued under these Acts. 



Provision is made under the first of these enactments for the 

 establishment of State Forests and National Parks, which may 

 not be interfered with except by the authority of an Act of 

 Parliament, but under the Land Act special leases and occupation 

 leases may be granted, nor are the Mining Acts affected by the 

 Forests and Parks Act. The Regulations provide for the control 

 of the forests and parks by the Director of Forests, the preparation 

 of working plans, the methods of disposing of timber and other 

 forest produce, prevention of illegal acts, the authority of forest 

 officers, &c. The Land Act of 1910 deals with Crown lands 

 generally, the removal of timber and certain leases. A further 

 enactment is contemplated to strengthen the control of the forests 

 by the forest service, more especially in dealing with forest 

 fires. 



Forest nurseries have been established and experimental 

 planting undertaken, especially of hoop and bunya pines. Natural 

 regeneration is also proceeded with experimentally. Good 

 progress is being made with the construction of forest roads and 

 other means of transport. Water is being supplied to some of the 

 drier reserves by artesian bores, tanks, dams, &c. 



The Forest Authority. — The forest service is a branch of the 

 Department of Public Lands. The Director of forests is respon- 

 sible to the Minister for the management of permanent reserva- 

 tions. The Lands Department controls the leasing of the timber 

 reserves and the reservation of Crown lands for forests. 



The forest personnel consists of the Director of Forests, to whom 

 the District Foresters are subordinate, who, in their turn, control 

 the Deputy foresters for silviculture, sales, engineering, also the 

 rangers and forest guards. 



Education. — A forest school and institute of silvicultural 

 research are under construction at Imbil, Queensland. A 

 generous circulation of items of information on forestry matters 

 has also been adopted. It has lately been decided to establish a 



