BRITISH EMPIRE EORESTRY CONFERENCE 673 



instruction for those who do not desire to take the full course suggested 

 for the forestry service; this is especially applicable to the United 

 Kingdom. 



Adequate provision is also recommended for woodmen's schools for 

 the training of foresters, as distinct from those which are intended for 

 forest officers. 



10. Forestry Bureau. — The conference recommended the formation 

 of an Imperial Forestry Bureau, to be supported by contributions from 

 the United Kingdom, British India, the self-governing Dominions, and 

 the Crown Colonies and Protectorates. The objects of such a bureau 

 were defined as follows : 



(1) To collect, co-ordinate and disseminate information as to — 



(a) Forest education, research, policy and administration; 



the constitution, organization and management of 

 forests; and matters arising out of or incidental to the 

 growing of timber and other forest products. 



(b) The resources, utilization, consumption and requirements 



of timber and other forest products. 



(2) To ascertain the scope of existing agencies with a view to 

 avoiding unnecessary overlapping. 



(3) To devise means whereby existing agencies can, if necessary, 

 be assisted and improved in the accomplishment of their respective 

 tasks. 



(4) To supplement these agencies, if necessary, in order to obtain 

 any information not now collected which may be required for the 

 purposes of the bureau. 



(5) To advise on the development of the forest resources of the 

 Empire or of particular parts thereof, in order that such resources 

 may be made available for the purposes of Imperial defence or of 

 industry or of commerce. 



11. Future Conferences. — The opinion was expressed that the hold- 

 ing of conferences of representatives of the Empire on forestry matters 

 is of great service. It was recommended that the next conference be 

 held in the year 1923, and that if the Dominion Government approves, 

 it be convened in Canada. 



Between sessions of the conference, tours were arranged for the 

 delegates, as guests of the British Government, to representative Crown 

 and private forests in England and Scotland. In England, this included 

 the Crown forests of Dean, Highmeadow, and Tintern, as well as 



