

JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



Vol. XVIII NOVEMBER, 1920 No. 7 



The Society is not responsible, as a body, for the facts and opinions advanced 

 in the papers published by it. 



THE BRITISH EMPIRE FORESTRY CONFERENCE, 1920 



By Clyde Leavitt 

 Chief Forester, Commission of Conservation, Ottawa, Canada 



The holding of the Imperial Forestry Conference at London, Eng- 

 land, July 7 to 23, 1920, marks a distinct milestone in the advance of 

 the forestry movement throughout the British Empire. The thoroughly 

 representative character of the gathering, as well as the wide extent 

 of the Empire itself, are exem-pliiied in the list of delegates to the 

 conference, which included representatives from the United Kingdom, 

 England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, Canada, India, 

 Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, Egypt and the Sudan, 

 and the Crown Colonies of Ceylon, Cyprus, East African Protectorate, 

 Federated Malay States, Nigeria, Nyassaland, Sierra Leone, Tang- 

 anyika Territory, Trinidad, Uganda and the Gold Coast. There were 

 35 delegates and 54 associate delegates. 



The conference elected as its chairman Major-General Lord Lovat, 

 K. T., K. C. M. G., D. S. O., Chairman of the Forestry Commission 

 of the United Kingdom. 



After visits to the Empire Timber Exhibition and to the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens at Kew, the opening session of the conference was 

 held in the historic old Guildhall, with addresses by the Lord Mayor of 

 London, Lord Milner, and Lord Lovat. Later in the day summaries 

 were presented verbally of the printed reports prepared for the con- 

 ference on behalf of the respective units which comprise the Empire. 

 Later sessions were held in the lecture hall of the Surveyors' Insti- 

 tution. 



The topics which formed the basis for discussion were : Responsi- 

 bility of the State for Forest Policy, the Forest Authority, Methods 



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