From Brown R. Area
p. 14 · Read in the full issue
More Papuan Timber
TENDERS for a permit, under tl Forestry Ordinance of Papi and New Guinea, to rermr approximately 50 million super fej of timber from approximately 40,0( acres in the Brown River arj (about 20 miles north of Pd Moresby) will be called late I October.
This is the second large area til opened by the present Governmeij the previous one having been tl Busu River area near Lae. The su cessful tenderer at Busu Riv forest has now established a lari saw-mill to supply timber for loc requirements and is producing su stantial quantities of peeler logs i Australia.
The Administration now is buil ing a road to the new area ai a bridge across the Brown Rivi Pending completion of the brid| initial supplies of logs will be ava able on the Port Moresby side i Brown River.
Under the permit (for 10 year the permit holder will erect a sa mill to cut 4 million super feet] logs per year; and initially, the oi put will have to be placed on t local market.