from the article:

He said that they believed that more than 10,000 round or unmilled logs are currently stocked at a former slipway at Palekula.

The land owner said forestry department failed to measure the logs after they have cut down by the Chinese company for transportation to Palekula where they are stocked.

He said to know the price of a log the department has to measure it to evaluate the price but so far nothing has been done.

“Heaps of logs are currently stocked at Palekula and to remove them to take their measurement, it will take more than a month. This is the problem of the company and the department to short it out. For us the land owner we just want the payment of our trees,” said the land owner.

He said under the agreement signed between them, the Chinese company and the department, it was agreed to pay 2500 vatu per cubic metre.

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