134: MANAQEMEHT OS DEPOTS AMD TIMBER YARDS. 



At all large depots the establishDient of saw machinery will 

 never fail to result in a marked increase of revenue. By its means 

 the scantlings most in demand could be prepared at once, either 'on 

 indent or in expectation of buyers, and all odds and ends could be 

 utilized to the utmost extent of their value. For this reason, it 

 would be an advantage to place the depot where water-power can 

 be used, since such power costs next to nothing, and the machinery 

 required for it is of the very simplest description, being most of it 

 capable of being repaired without skilled labour. In the absence 

 of such advantages, steam machinery must be used, the wood re- 

 fuse supplying the necessary fuel. In Government depots no wood- 

 working machinery beyond a simple saw bench should be intro- 

 duced, further conversion being properly left to private dealers. 



