PERIODICAL LITERATURi; OTo 



"(5) Three Assistant Commissioners, one for England and Wales, 

 one for Scotland, and one for Ireland to be appointed, at salaries to 

 be determined by the Treasury, 



"(6) Consultative committees for England, Scotland, Ireland, and 

 Wales respectively to be established by Order in Council, to advise 

 and assist the Commissioners. These committees to consist of persons 

 having practical experience relating to forestry, woodcraft, and wood- 

 land industries ; representatives of labor, of county councils, of forestry 

 societies, and of woodland owners. 



"(7) If unable to acquire land by agreement on reasonable terms, 

 compulsory powers to be obtained from the Development Commis- 

 sioners, but no land to be acquired compulsorily which forms part of 

 any park, demense, garden, or pleasure ground, part of a home farm, 

 or has been acquired for a public undertaking. Common land, if 

 compulsorily acquired, to be held provisionally until confirmed by Par- 

 liament, except other land of at least the same area and certified as 

 suitable by the Board of Agriculture be given in exchange. Facilities 

 for the haulage of timber to be afforded, on order if necessary, the 

 amount of rent or way-leave to be assessed by an arbitrator appointed 

 by the Surveyors' Institution. 



"(8) Salaries and all expenses to be defrayed out of the forestry 

 fund, the amount of which is fixed for the first ten years, from April 

 first this year at £3,-500,000 (normally $17,045,000), plus all sums 

 received in respect of the sale of land or timber. 



"(9) Authorized persons may enter on and survey any land for the 

 purpose of ascertaining whether it is suitable for afforestation, or to 

 inspect timber thereon, or for any other purpose in the performance 

 of the duties of the Commissioners under the Act." 



This is truly a beginning of real forestry in England, and it is un- 

 fortunate that a more generous appropriation was not received. 



T. S. W.. Jr. 

 Indian Forester. 45: 681-683. 1919. 



Following the Revolution, the introduction of 



The Wage the eight-hour day has been accompanied by in- 



Agitation sistent demands for higher wages in all branches 



of industry, which have finally gone far beyond 



the level justified by the increased cost of living. The expectation that 



with the return of millions of soldiers wages would cunie down has not 



