Pines May Be
p. 134 · Read in the full issue
Cut Out
A question was raised in the Legislative Council of Papua and New Guinea recently con cerning the relationship be tween the afforestation which now is proceeding, and the rate at which the hoop and klinkii pines are being cut out of the high country of the mainland.
The opinion was expressed that as plywood is now going out from Bulolo at the rate of 28 million square feet per annum, there was every likeli hood that the available pine would be cut out long before the expiry of 50 years—which is the period in which (it is calcula ted) the newly planted pinest will become available for cutting.
The total pine forests in sight in the highlands of New Guinea include a number of areas where the timber is quite suitable for use, but in positions so difficult of access that the cost of bringing it to the mills makes, the procedure uneconomic.