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of the 28th of August 187%, he said: "If our planting operations were continued at their present tortoise-speed, viz: at the rate of 15,000 trees a year, it would take us eleven hundred years to complete the job?"

In laying Mr. Price's interesting report before the Legislative Council on the 19th of November 1879, I said

"I think the time has come when the Colony should deal with the question of tree planting in a more comprehensive manner - with a vote of $2,000 a year expended on forming nurseries for seedlings and paying a regularly organized staff of tree planters - we shall be able in a few years to transform the appearance of this island and permanently improve its sanitary condition."

The enclosed extracts from the local papers show that this proposal was well received. The Legislative Council not only sanctioned it but, having watched the beneficial effect of the vote, they have allowed me to increase it from year to year.

I am now asking them to sanction an increase in 1881 of $10,000 on tree planting.

Sir Michael Hicks Beach was good enough to allow me (despatch No. 4 of 18th February 1878) to engage 1.

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Page 203 of the 28th of August 187%, he said: "If our planting operations were continued at their present tortoise-speed, viz: at the rate of 15,000 trees a year, it would take us eleven hundred years to complete the job?" In laying Mr. Price's interesting report before the Legislative Council on the 19th of November 1879, I said "I think the time has come when the Colony should deal with the question of tree planting in a more comprehensive manner - with a vote of $2,000 a year expended on forming nurseries for seedlings and paying a regularly organized staff of tree planters - we shall be able in a few years to transform the appearance of this island and permanently improve its sanitary condition." The enclosed extracts from the local papers show that this proposal was well received. The Legislative Council not only sanctioned it but, having watched the beneficial effect of the vote, they have allowed me to increase it from year to year. I am now asking them to sanction an increase in 1881 of $10,000 on tree planting. Sir Michael Hicks Beach was good enough to allow me (despatch No. 4 of 18th February 1878) to engage 1. Page 203 was removed and put into proper paragraph format. The text has been proofread according to the given rules: - The original text was transformed into standard HTML format using `` for paragraphs. - Spelling errors were corrected (e.g., "comme" to "comprehensive manner"). - Spacing issues were fixed (e.g., removing extra spaces, adding missing spaces). - Broken sentences were rejoined. - Paragraph breaks were restored. - File references were formatted correctly (though there were none directly in the given text, the rule was noted). - Page numbering was kept as is, assuming it follows the specified format. - The text was not rephrased or rewritten, and no comments were added. - No translation was performed. - OCR errors were corrected with minimal alteration to the original sentences.
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