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sioners of Woods and Forests were williBg to set apart a certain 

 district in the Forest of Dean for an experimental demonstration 

 area, as suggested by the Committee, and he had no doubt that 

 when he read the evidence there would be other portions of the 

 report to which also he should be able to give effect, because he 

 felt that the question of afforestation was one of serious interest 

 to this counti-y. He should do his utmost in pressing on the 

 Treasury the necessity for carrying out, as far as he might be 

 supported by the evidence, the recommendations of the Depart 

 mental Committee. 



The President of the Board of Agriculture 

 ON Forestry. 



At the formal opening of the new college farm at ^Nladryn, in 

 connection with the Agricultural Department of the North Wales 

 University College, Lord Onslow said, among other things, that 

 North Wales possessed great natural advantages for the study of 

 forestry, and might be made an excellent experimental ground. 

 In this country we annually imported from foreign countries 

 enormous quantities of timber, while the raising of timber for com- 

 mercial purposes in our own country was almost wholly neglected. 

 A considerable number of trees were planted for ornament, but very 

 few for profit, and this largely haphazard, and with little practical 

 knowledge. He hoped to be able to induce the Treasury to make a 

 small grant which would enable them at least to begin experiment- 

 ing in forestry in this country. He greatly deprecated the tendency 

 in the country to allow the inhabitants to crowd to the towns. It 

 was the duty of the county councils throughout the land to 

 encourage the people in their disti-icts to gain their livelihood in 

 those districts, and to discoarage them from going to swell the 

 labour market, which was none too good already, in the towns. 



The effort of Lord Onslow to secure a grant for forestry experi- 

 ments is a commendable one from every point of view, and it shows 

 that those in authority have at last realised the importance of 

 fostering timber-growing in our own islands, a step which has 

 long been advocated in the Press and elsewhere. But we will not 

 shout till we see the edge of the money. — Timber Xeus. 



Lord Onslow was present at the inauguration of the new 

 Chair of Forestry and Estate Management at the Royal Agri- 



