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lead to far greater outla} than is contemplated under the schemes of 

 afforestation which we recommend. 



Nevertheless, the program includes attempts to stimulate private for- 

 est management in part. Among the methods proposed to engage pri- 

 vate interest, one novel one is that of "proceeds sharing," a system of 

 partnership between the owner and the State whereby in broad outline 

 the owner would provide the land for planting and the local manage- 

 ment, the State would provide the money for afforestation and the con- 

 trol of management, and the net proceeds would be divided on an 

 equitable basis as they accrued. We think that this system might pro- 

 vide 25,000 acres in the first ten years. 



it is calculated that an annual requirement of 638 million cubic feet 

 must be met, the bulk (620 million) coniferous. A production of 70 

 cubic feet per acre (40 cubic feet of large timber) in an 80-year rota- 

 tion may be expected from conifers, which works out the need of plant- 

 ing of 1,770,000 acres, the bulk of which is to be accomplished in 40 

 years, 200,000 acres in the first decade and at the rate of 320,000 acres 

 in the subsequent decades — not a dif^cult task or imreasonable, since it 

 is found that there are between four and five million acres of non- 

 agricultural afforestable land in the Kingdom. 



Three agencies are expected to participate in this program — the State, 

 nuuiicipalities, and private owners. Various schemes, concurrent or 

 alternative, are suggested to induce the latter class to plant wastes and 

 to replant cut-over woodlands. The most promising is a system of 

 ])artnership, referred to above. "The advantage of proceeds-sharing 

 schemes would be most felt in districts where the proportion of plant- 

 able land was comparatively small, and complicated questions of win- 

 tering, sport, etc., arose in connection with the occupation of the un- 

 plantable areas." 



Direct grants at once or in annual payments, loans, relief from tax 

 for a period of 30 years, and compulsory reforesting are suggested. 



It is to be noted that the financial assistance contemplated is quite 

 substantial, namely, around $10 per acre for new planting and $20 for 

 reforesting of cut-over lands. Note the difference! If this were to be 

 changed into an annuity, it is proposed to be calculated at 5 per cent 

 for 10, 15, or 20 years. "Such a method of payment would have the 

 advantage to the State that it would decrease to a minimum the amount 

 which would have to be found in the early years of the scheme, and 

 that if the conditions were completed, there would be a less sum to be 

 recovered." 



As regards compulsory replanting, the committee questions practica- 



