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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



The Lauan-Hagachae Type. 



this indicates in some measure the difficulties of getting timber out of the heavy forests, but the open- 

 ing up of districts by the construction of good ro.\ds is gradually making mlich of the timber available. 



The second thing which I sought to 

 secure was the setting aside of a definite 

 proportion of the forest revenues for the 

 work of the Bureau of Forestry. This I 

 deemed to be a matter of fundamental 

 importance, for as the lumber industry 

 of the Philippines grows the necessity 

 for augmenting the force which super- 

 vises cutting operations increases, while 



the making of careful forestry studies 

 and the preparation of working plans 

 for great forest tracts promotes the 

 healthful growth of the lumber industry, 

 and a direct interest in forest revenues 

 is calculated to stimulate the activity 

 of the bureau of forestry in augmenting 

 them. 



The Uj^per House of the Philippine 



