THE REFORESTATION MOVEMENT IN CHINA 



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The magnitude of the task in Cliina, the appaihrn^^ 

 amount of work which slmulil he (h:)nc, need nut prevent 

 a hegiiniing heing made, if only on a small scale, for 

 while flood prevention and to a lesser extent the fixation 

 of wind-blown earth re(|uire for liest success that opera- 

 tions should be undertaken and carried through on a 

 large scale, the most pressing need of all — that of raising 

 a cheap and abundant sujiply of fuel and timber — can l)e 

 taken up on any scale, large or small, according to the 

 available means. 



Througli the energy, jjerseverance and skill of Prof. 

 Joseph liailie, cordially and actively supported by influ- 

 ential Chinese and by the L'niversity of Nanking, an 

 admirable beginning has already been made on the slopes 

 of ]'ur]>le Mountain, just outside the walls of Nanking, 

 and a School of Forestry has been opened at Nanking. 

 There is every rea.son to expect that a high degree of 

 success will continue to attend these elTorts and that they 

 will, as they should, serve as an object lesson and as an 

 encouragement for the inaugurati(.in and wide extension 

 of similar projects. 



At the invitation of the University of Nanking, and 

 through the courtesy of the Governor-General of the 

 Philippine^, the writer has recently been gi\'cn an (ip])or- 



tunity to visit the newl\' established Poorest School in the 

 L'niversity of Nanking and to study the reforestation 

 work on Purple Mountain. Also, through the courtesy 

 of Governor llan of Anhwei Province, facilities were 

 afforded a party, of which the writer had the good for- 

 tune to be a member, to make careful studies of many 

 of the hills and mountains in the provinces to determine 

 the feasibility of forest planting, and if conditions should 

 prove favorable, to recommend the general lines on which 

 such work could be undertaken with best chances for full 

 success. 



To the writer at least the most astonishing fact revealed 

 1)\' these investigations is the great extent of excellent 

 land lying waste on hill and mountain. In many places 

 the population is overcrowded and desperately poor, yet 

 in the immediate vicinity, rising perhaps from the very 

 outskirts of the overcrowded towns and villages, are 

 fertile but uiuised hills, excellently suited for forest 

 growth. In fact, a considerable portion of these huge 

 waste areas is covered with soil too good for forest 

 growth — not that forest would not grow excellently in 

 such situations, but that as the soil and configuration are 

 suited for fruit growing or even for the intensive culti- 

 vation of agricultural crops, it should lie ]iut to these 



PH0T0C,R.\PI1 'IWKICX IX C(l.M.\lK.MOR.\TION Ol" THE ESTAHLISIIMEXT OF TIIIC X.VXKIXC, BR.aiXCII OV THE CHINESE 



COLONIZATIOX ASSOCIATION 



Firsi Row (Seated) Reading from Left to Right — 1. Su Si-tai, Presidettt of Nanking Cliamber of Commerce. 2. Wu Chia-hsiu, President of Nitrate 

 Mines. 3. Dr. Macklin, L'niversity of Nanking. 4. Hsn Ch'ien. Commissioner of Industry of Kiangsu. -'i. Han Kno-chun, Civil Governor 

 of Kiangsu. G. Ch'ui Lai-cliih, formerly Vice-President of Kiangsu Provincial Assemlily, President of Nanking Branch Colonization Asso- 

 ciation. 7. Wei Chia-hua, President of Charitable Associations of Kiangsu, Auditor of Accounts of Colonization Association. S. Chin Ting, 

 Associated Director of Hsia Kuan Chamber of Commerce. 



Second Row (Standing) — 1. Chang Kuan-ch*i, Acting President of Agricultural Association of Kiangsu. 2. Chang Han-ru, Vice-President of 

 Chamber or Commerce of Nanking. 3. T'ao Pao-tsing, formerly Representative to National .'Assembly. 4. Ku Ch'i. Investigator at Civil 

 Governor's Office. 5. Lou Yuin-ch'ing, Secretary to Commissioner of Industry. G. Joseph Bailie, Llniversity of Nanking. 7. Chung Ilung- 

 shen, formerly Judge in Chekian Province. S. Liu Wei-li, Secretary in Civil Governor's Office, formerly District Magistrate of Kiangning. 

 9. Mr. Magee, Foreign Treasurer of Colonization Association. 10. P'u Ch'i, Second Secretary in Civil Governor's Office. 



Third Row (Standing) — 1. Chen Tu-hsiu, Secretary in Civil Governor's Office. 2. T'ang Ch'ing-shen, Proctor of Law School. 3. Chung Fu- 

 ching, President of Law School of Kiangsu. 4. Kan Hung, Vice-President of Chamber of Commerce. 5. Wang Hsi-hsiang, Treasurer of 

 office^ for Road Building, Treasurer of Colonization Association. 6. Chang Tseu-pi, '"l-ief Auditor for Office of Road Building, Secretary 

 Of Colonization .Association. 7. Huang Kuei. Director of Agricultural Station of Colonization Association. S. Hsia Ren-hsiu, Secretary of 

 Internal Affairs, Office of Civil Governor. 



