59. Mr. Vaneasked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will take steps to enable him to make the issue of felling licences in appropriate cases conditional on an undertaking being given that the area to be clear felled will be replanted.
§ Mr. J. Morrisonasked the Minister of Agriculture what acreage of Forestry Commission land was clear-felled in the year ended 30th September, 1950; and what acreage of the 717 acres clear-felled in the previous year has been replanted.
Mr. T. WilliamsOne thousand one hundred acres of Forestry Commission plantations were clear-felled in the year ended 30th September, 1950. In the year ending 30th September, 1949, 847 acres were clear-felled, of which 447 acres have been replanted.