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of forestry. For Scotland a similar board and committee are 

 formulating projects. In Ireland advances for the purchase of 

 lands to be afforested by municipalities is proposed. 



In the first nine months of their existence the Commissioners 

 allotted one-third of the annual income guaranteed to the Devel- 

 opment Fund for five years, and express themselves of the appre- 

 hension "that unless Parliament comes to the aid of the Fund its 

 position in a very few years will not be a strong one." 



It should be stated here, that the assistance may not be given 

 to private individuals or corporations organized for profit, but 

 is limited to institutions, especially of learning, and to munici- 

 palities, and requires the recommendation of government 

 departments. 



Thus the "Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury" on 

 the recommendation of the Development Commissioners sanc- 

 tioned in 1912 a sum of $12,500 per annum for three years to the 

 Board of Agriculture as grants to certain institutions in England 

 and Wales to enable them to supply technical advice to land- 

 owners and others interested in forestry. It was then proposed to 

 attach experienced forest experts to the forestry departments of 

 two universities and three colleges, whose chief duty it should be 

 to give such technical advice. In this connection, the establish- 

 ment of experimental plots dealing with thinning, underplanting, 

 regeneration, etc., were to be established. The grant provides 

 for salaries for special men, but not already instituted instructors, 

 approved by the Board ; but the advisors may do some teaching. 

 Ordinarily no charge is to be made, but where desirable a charge 

 not exceeding one guinea per day for field work may be exacted 

 for the advice. The country (England and Wales) is divided 

 into five districts each to be served by one of the institutions 

 (Oxford, Cambridge, Cirencester, Bangor and New Castle). 



An additional grant of $11,000 was made to these institutions 

 for research work. 



Besides such grants, the Commission proposes loans on easy 

 terms to "local authorities" to afforest suitable lands under their 

 control, such as water catchment areas. Thus the corporation 

 of Liverpool received, in 1913, a loan of $125,000 to plant up an 

 area of 4,000 acres of catchment basin. 



