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culture, Silvics, and Forest Description; Organization, Mensu- 

 ration, and Management; Utilization and Protection; Valuation, 

 Administration, and General Terms; Collating Committee. 



The following letter of instructions was all that was sent to 

 the members of the committee, leaving otherwise each subcom- 

 mittee to devise its own way of procedure. 



"It is proposed to revise and explain the forest terminology, 

 with a view to securing as far as possible uniformity of usage; 

 selecting the terms in use which are preferable, and establishing 

 a synonomy. 



"This revision may be based upon Bulletin Gl of the U. S. 

 Forest Service, keeping in mind that this first attempt at a termi- 

 nology is neither exhaustive nor in some respects acceptable. 



"To make the work of a large committee practicable, it would 

 appear desirable to classify by subjects, each subject or class of 

 subjects to be assigned to a small subcommittee for first con- 

 sideration, its findings to be submitted to a collating committee. 

 The report of this committee is then to be submitted to the 

 whole committee, and the final findings, with appropriate argu- 

 mentation, to be printed for discussion by the profession at large 

 before final acceptance. 



"First, attention should be paid to those terms the use of which 

 is doubtful or not uniform and to those lacking in term value, 

 leaving out of consideration those which appear generally 

 accepted. 



"The first duty of each subcommittee should be to assemble the 

 terms in use referring to its particular subject or subjects, and 

 report same to collating committee without fear of overlapping, 

 the collating committee acting as reviser. 



"The Committee is to consist of 19 members from the Society, 

 with three assessors from the Canadian Society of Forest En- 

 gineers, thereby giving the decisions an international character. 



"It is expected that the chairmen of the subcommittees will do 

 the work, securing from the other members of each subcommittee 

 their criticisms." 



The work of the committees can naturally proceed only slowly, 

 and so far only progress reports can be made. The following 

 statements have been made by the chairmen. 



Subsection on Silviculture, Silvics and Forest Description: "The 

 members of this subsection met in May at Ithaca at the time of 

 the opening of the Forestry Building. It was decided to take the 

 terms in Bulletin 61 of the Forest Service relating to the subjects 

 assigned and modify, reject or add to these. Each member was 



