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Preservation Ordinance to Her
Majesty, until
report from
mne
you
have
a
explaining
the circumstances which led
to the passing of an. Ordinance of so stringent a nature, I have the honour to report that tree- destroying, had_ reached such proportions - that a stringent
absolutely demanded. The position of affairs and the difficulty
2
was
measure
of remedy without legislation
is
is stated in a few words in
the preamble of the Ordinance; "Whereas
great damage is done to trees and plantations in the neighbourhood of the respective villages of this Colony, and whereas it is frequently difficult.
-or
way
impossible to discover the persons who have inflicted. "this damage." And, by of further explanation, I can only add that the temptation to obtain firewood without
cost
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