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The larger part of the free private forests consists of small wood- 

 lots which could not profitably be administered by the Government. 

 They are altogether somewhat over 6T,000 units, of which not more 

 than 173 are over 250 acres in size. Dr. Jentsch concludes that ex- 

 propriation of the private forests would be economically disadvan- 

 tageous and from the standpoint of administration and finance impossi- 

 ble. He then discusses in detail the ameliorative and promotive 

 methods of influencing private forestry and the organization of state 

 control. B. E. F. 



Die Stelhing des Waldcs und dcr IValdzn'irtschaft im Volksstaafe init bcson- 

 derer Bcskhung auf Sach^en. Tharandter Forstliches Jahrbuch. 1920. pp. 1-29. 



Rundschau. Schweiz. Zeitschrift fuer Forstwesen, May, 1919, pp. 164-168. 



Die Auseinandcrsetzung , etc. Forstwissenschaftl. Centralblatt. 1919, pp. 

 308-309. 



The fourth tri-annual meeting of the Board 

 forest Policy of Forestry held at Dehra Dun in 1919, dis- 

 in cussed at some length the administrative organ- 



British India ization policy and technical w^ork of the depart- 

 ment. The following is of . especial interest to 

 American foresters : 



1. A special forest engineering branch was advocated in order to 

 assist in utilizing the forest resources of India. There must be a 

 closer relationship between the business men of India and the Indian 

 Forest Service. 



2. In line w'ith the fight in India by the native population for a 

 larger share in administration, Sir Claude Hill, a member of the In- 

 dian Council, announced : "I know that you will all agree with me 

 that in this matter the Forest Service and the Forest Administration, 

 which we are developing for the benefit of India at large, should be 

 shared with Indian gentlemen of the right stamp." 



3. Sir Claude Hill also emphasized the need for spending more 

 money on research, more money on silviculture so that the scientific 

 development of forestry in India w'ill be more rapid, and "that ef- 

 forts must be made to increase the present low return from Indian 

 forest areas to correspond more favorably with the high returns re- 

 ceived per acre from European forests." 



4. The Inspector General of Indian Forests, Mr. G. S. Hart, spoke 

 of securing American forest engineers to assist in forest engineering 

 problems (two Americans have already left for India to undertake 



