Answer for the Solomons-
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Timber (Maybe) Could be the Answer for the Solomons-
With the Solomons ever struggling to provide some increase in revenue from local resources, the announcement from the Forestry Department of perhaps a timber " find l ” worth £2 000,000 on Ysabel Island must be received with some hope. 4 It has always been expected that if there were to be any BSIP El Doradoes the Geological Department, under the direction of J C trover, would provide them. Firstly there was gold on Gold Ridge mth Clutha Development interested and then withdrawing ; then the Bellona phosphate deposits of eight million tons —only to be followed 'jy the announcement of its unsuitability for world markets at present.
Maybe the timber on Ysabel Island will now prove to be the inswer, but as yet it is too soon to say and the determined drive ly the promoters of the infant cocoa industry may in fact, see that is leader in the race to be the Protectorate’s next cash producer is indicated below.