Paper Pulp Co's Interest
p. 23 · Read in the full issue
In Papua
IT is interesting to note, from the list of Crown Lease rents, published in the Papua-New Guinea Gazette of January 19, that the British Australian Pulp and Paper Co., Ltd., now has ex tensive leases in north and north-eastern Papua.
Total area of the Company’s leases is between 60 and 70 thousand acres, an nual rental amounting to over £BOO.
An exclusive right to cut kurukuru grass (called kunai, in the old Mandated Territory) was granted the company in this area last July. Kurukuru has been compared to Esparto and is capable of being manufactured into high grade paper.
There has been no indication from Papua that the company has, as yet, cut any grass or began operations on its leases.