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equal sum will be paid in wages for its felling and conversion. To 

 ascertain the value to the State of the plantation, this state of things 

 must be compared with the rough grazing where a single shepherd is 

 employed to 500 or 1000 acres, and the annual production of each 

 acre seldom exceeds 5 lb. of mutton and | lb. of wool, or with the 

 deer forest which produces about 1 lb. of venison per acre. 



There are three matters which must be taken up in advance of 

 afforestation, and I trust public opinion will support the Government 

 in getting to work on them at once, without waiting for the end of 

 the war. The first is a survey, to ascertain the best forest sites ; the 

 second, the provision of plants in large quantities ; the third, the 

 training of forest officers. The last is the most important of all, 

 since scientific method is the first condition of success. 



[J.S.M.] 



