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and the expenses are £24,239, leaving a nett revenue of 20s. 1d. 
per acre. If you calculate out the price, you will find that it is 
not a high price they received for their timber. The woods are 
mostly of spruce, the trees having beautiful clean, cylindrical 
stems, 60 to 75 feet in height; but you will find that they only 
realise 44d. per cubic foot. In Marienburg the price was a little 
better—the nett revenue being 27s, per acre. 
It seems to me that, taking all these matters into consideration, 
as well as the fact that large and suitable areas are available for 
planting in Britain, a large sum of money might be kept in this 
country which is at present sent out of it for the commoner kinds 
of timber, and that a strong case can be made out for extended 
action as regards the afforestation of waste lands in the country. 
Who 1s To ProvipE Forestry EDUCATION 2? 
Supposing now that we are all at one as to the need of improved 
forestry education, the first question is—Who is to provide it, 
whereby a staff of wood managers would gradually be educated, 
who are well versed in modern economic forest management ? 
The efforts of this Society and others interested in the matter 
have, up to date, been only partially successful, and the demand 
has gone forth of late that the State should do something to 
further the business. A deputation of this Society had, as you 
are aware, an interview some time ago with Mr Long, the 
President of the Board of Agriculture, and the latter promised 
to see what he could do. This opens a question about which I 
should like to say a few words. 
The State as such has, no doubt, duties to perform in respect 
of forestry, but its action must be limited by what is wanted in 
the interests and for the welfare of the nation as a whole. The 
nature and extent of the measures which the State should take 
in this respect depend chiefly on (1) the special requirements of 
the country; and (2) the nature of the proprietorship of the 
forests. 
Where forests are required for their indirect effects, or where 
the means of import and of distribution over the country are 
deficient, the State might be called upon to interfere. But these 
cases do not apply to Great Britain and Ireland, at any rate, not 
at present. Generally speaking, these islands do not require 
forests for climatic or similar reasons, and, owing to their rich- 
