Author: Victoria; Wattle Bark Board of Inquiry

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Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9781332241590

Excerpt from Wattle Bark: Report of the Board of Inquiry, Together With a Statement Showing the Profit to Be Derived From the Systematic Cultivation of Wattles The Board appointed by Order in Council of the 7th day of January 1878 have the honor to report that they have made a full and careful investigation into the subject of wattle conservation and the concomitant industry of bark stripping. The Board were appointed "To consider and report upon the subject of wattle bark, and whether the indiscriminate stripping of the trees, caused by the increasing demand for bark in Continental and English markets, in addition to the requirements of Victorian tanners, was likely to lead to the early extermination of the trees or to a reduction of the supply necessary for the home trade even temporarily." The Board were also asked to state whether forest regulations could he so framed as to conserve and encourage the growth of the wattle frees in order that a sufficient supply of hark might be ensured for local requirements as well as for the maintenance of the export trade. In first approaching the subject, the Board were impressed with the fact that during past years sufficient attention had not been paid to the cultivation of wattles, and that consequently a direct source of wealth had been neglected throughout the colony. Until the appointment of the Board little or nothing was known of tho magnitude of the industry which might have been established, although the bark trade had attained large proportions, besides forming the basis of the leather industry, one of the most flourishing trades of Australia. The Board have given every aspect of the question careful consideration, their decision with regard to the efficacy of an export duty on bark, and their recommendations on the subject of regulating the operations of strippers, being based on actual observations made in all the main wattle growing districts of the colony, together with a review of the evidence of close upon two hundred witnesses, who gave their testimony voluntarily. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.