670 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



and Problems of Technical Forestry, Education and Research, Empire 

 Forest Resources and Consumption, Scope for Imperial Development, 

 the Organization of an Imperial Forestry Bureau, and the Formation 

 of an Imperial Forestry Association. 



The discussions were thoroughly businesslike and resulted in the 

 preparation of excellent committee reports, these in turn leading to the 

 adoption of a comprehensive series of resolutions. The more essential 

 points of these reports and resolutions may be summarized as follows : 



1. Forest Policy. — Need for each of the Governments of the Empire 

 to lay down a definite forest policy, to be administered by a properly 

 constituted and adequate forest service. 



3. Survey of Resources. — The foundation of a stable forest policy 

 for the Empire and for its component parts must be the collection, 

 co-ordination and dissemination of facts as to the existing state of the 

 forests and the current and prospective demands on them. Tabular 

 forms are presented, with a view to securing uniformity of presentation 

 of such statistics as forest area, ownership, stand, increment, con- 

 sumption, imports, exports, etc. It may be remarked, parenthetically, 

 that most of the reports presented at the conference were conspicuous 

 by the lack of adequate information as to forest areas, stands and in- 

 crement, particularly the latter. 



3. Constitution and Status. — To attain continuity in the develop- 

 ment of forest resources, certain elements are essential in the consti- 

 tution of the forest policy. These are : Definition of forest policy in 

 a forestry act or ordinance ; reservation of forest land ; assurance of 

 adequate funds for a series of years ; civil service status to members 

 of the forest service, with due provision for pension ; high standard of 

 personnel (selection and promotion by merit alone) ; the establishment 

 in each of the larger parts of the Empire and for the Colonies not 

 possessing responsible government collectively, of an officer or officers, 

 having special duties of advising as to forest policy and surveying its 

 execution. 



4. Organisation of Forest Industries. — The forest authority should 

 be in close touch and consultation with organizations representing the 

 interests concerned in the extraction and utilization of timber and 

 other forest products. 



5. Publicity. — It is the duty of the forest authority in every part of 

 the Empire to adopt and encourage methods of education and publicity 

 in order that the people may be fully informed of the aims and pur- 



