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ernment schools is a healthy sign of the development of private 

 forestry, which is also being aided by the State. 



Forstwisscnschaftliche Riickblicke auf das Jahr 1907. Zeitschrift fur 

 Forst-u. Jagdwesen. April, 1909, pp. 232-253. 



The nestor and founder of modern Japanese 

 Japanese forestry, Matsumo, died last year in Tokio. 



Forest Some 30 years ago he abandoned his medi- 



History. cal studies in order to study forestry at 



Eberswalde, and cognate subjects in Berlin 

 for five years. On his return to his country, although he received 

 a position in the government, he found that his ministers con- 

 stantly changing, harrassed by the many innovations that were 

 demanded, could not be moved to warm to his propositions of 

 reform. 



Just as on this continent, it was necessary first to form public 

 opinion and so he began to give public addresses, first to small 

 audiences. Then he organized a society of friends of forest cul- 

 ture, the presidency of which was taken by one of the princes, 

 whose name drew others and the attention of higher circles. The 

 result was the foundation by the Ministry of a forest school in con- 

 nection with the University, at which Matsuno was first the only 

 instructor, later to be joined by Dr. Nakamura. 



Later a forest ranger school was instituted, which, however, 

 had to be abandoned after the Russian war for lack of funds. A 

 forest experiment station of 35 acres was also one of Matsuno's 

 works. On the literary side an elegant volume on the forest trees 

 of Japan, finely illustrated, stands to his credit. 



German influence was naturally strong in guiding in the estab- 

 lishment of the forest administration, but particularly on Matsuno, 

 who had married a German wife, a woman of parts, who herself 

 was active in reform work in educational lines. 



Allgemeine Forst-u. Jagdzeitung. May, 1909, pp. 187-8. 



