BRITISH EMPIRE FORESTRY CONFERENCE 671 



poses of forest policy and may thus be induced to co-operate toward 

 its successful fulfillment. 



6. Distribution of Forest Plants. — The conference has had brought 

 to its attention the advantages which have accrued in several parts 

 of the Empire from the, wide distribution of forest plants, and desires 

 to bring the method of encouraging tree planting by distribution of 

 plants either from Government or private nurseries gratuitously or at 

 cost price to the earnest attention of their Governments. 



7. Terminology and Trade Nomenclature. — The following questions 

 should be referred to the proposed Imperial Forestry Bureau immedi- 

 ately on its formation : 



(1) Standardization of forest terminology. 



(2) Correct identification of timbers, and standardization of their 

 trade names. 



8. Research. — Importance of systematic research in developing the 

 growing and utilization of timber and other forest products. Primary 

 responsibility of the State for forestry research work. Such work on 

 an adequate scale can be efficiently conducted only by men who are 

 qualified by training and taste for research and who are not hampered 

 by routine or administrative duties. The salaries and status of research 

 officers should be such as to attract and retain the services of the most 

 highly qualified men. It may be of advantage for research officers to 

 devote a limited portion of their time to educational work in their own 

 subjects. Research will lose a great part of its value unless it can be 

 followed by application to practice ; a definite chain should thus be 

 established between the laboratory, the experimental plot and the 

 forest. 



• Accepting the principle of the primary responsibility of the State 

 for forestry research, the further principle of State control and 

 subsidy follows ; the work may be carried out either directly by the 

 State, through its own officers, or through the medium of universities, 

 associations of individuals ; this is a question of meeting local circum- 

 stances. In no part of the Empire is sufficient attention devoted to the 

 investigation of silvicultural and statistical problems. 



9. Education. — It is a primary duty of forest authorities through- 

 out the Empire to establish systematic schemes of forestry education. 

 For climatic and other reasons, it is not possible for each part of the 

 Emi)ire to establish a complete scheme of forestry education of its 

 own, and therefore it is essential that those parts of the Empire wiiich 



