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were held in 1909 for working under 225 leases. The quantity of timber 
fit for milling in 1909 was estimated as follows, in millions of superficial 
feet:— 
Species. 
On Crown Land. 
On Private Land. 
Total. 
Kauri 
210 
276 
486 
Totara 
296 
274 
570 
Matai 
1,355 
2,069 
3,424 
Bimu. . 
8,658 
6,692 
15.350 
Kahikatea 
1,134 
1.453 
2,587 
Beeches 
3.625 
769 
4,394 
Miscellaneous .. 
3,147 
3,103 
6,250 
Totals 
18,425 
14,636 
33,061 
The total quantity, placing 500 superficial feet equal to 1 ton of 50 
cubic feet, will be equal to 66,000,000 tons. As the total area of milling- 
woods is given at 4,000,000 acres, the average stock fit for milling per acre 
would be 8,250 superficial feet, or 16J tons. Calculated for the whole 
forest area, the average contents of milling-timber per acre would be about 
2,000 superficial feet, or 4 tons. 
The output of timber in 1913 amounted to about 358 million superficial 
feet. The imports and exports in 1913 were as follows, according to the 
Statistical Abstracts laid before the British Parliament: Imports, 33,484,952 
superficial feet; value, £303,012. Exports, value, £319,650. As regards 
value the two items are practically the same. It is necessary to point 
out here that the value of the imports per 100 superficial feet came to 
just over 18s. The imports consist chiefly of eucalypts from Australia, 
especially ironbark and jarrah ; coniferous timber from the United States, 
Canada, and the countries around the Baltic. The exports were chiefly 
kahikatea, kauri, rimu, and beech. 
Future Management of the Forests. 
As stated above, the output in 1913 amounted to about 358 million 
superficial feet. Experience has shown that the requirements of the 
Dominion are steadily increasing, and it has been estimated that they will 
have risen to double the present amount, or 720 million superficial feet, 
in the year 1945, by which time the present stock of milling-timber would 
be exhausted. This conclusion was based on the assumption that the 
population would be doubled by 1945, and that the increment of the forests 
was far too slow to keep pace with the annual cuttings. Starting from these 
premises, the seriousness of the position was recognized some time ago, 
and already in 1896 an Ordinance was passed inaugurating a system of 
State nurseries and plantations, so as to make the country self-sufficient 
in the future. Under this Ordinance operations were at once commenced, 
and by 1909 an area of 12,715 acres had been planted with a great variety 
of exotic species, while the indigenous species, totara and kahikatea, 
occupied only about 1J per cent, of the total number of trees so far planted. 
In 1909 Mr. William C. Kensington, Under-Secretary of Lands, issued 
