The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 66
Extent of Forest Land
Extent of Forest Land.
Percentage of Forest land | |
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North Island— | |
Auckland | 9.449 |
Hawke's Bay | 11.803 |
Taranaki | 83.013 |
Wellington | 57.142 |
South Island— | |
Nelson | 14.434 |
Marlborough | 19.301 |
Canterbury | 4.306 |
Westland | 62.809 |
Otago | 8.729 |
Southland | 8.729 |
Further particulars will be found in the table relating to the Crown lands of the colony, shown on the table of statistics attached to this book.
The value of the export trade in timber for the decade 1868-77 amounted to £333,083, increasing from £15,653 in the former year to £50,901 in 1877. The trade is now rapidly growing, and in 1884 the total export was £152,932, of which £129,367 was for sawn timber.