CO129-238 - Governor Des Voeus - 1888 [7-8] — Page 249

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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

Saba

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