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WHERE ARE THESE Forest Estates To BE Founp? 
As continuity of action, extending over a long period of time, is 
required, nothing would be more proper than that the State should 
take up the matter ; Crown forests should be used for the purpose. 
There are something like 100,000 acres of forests under the manage- 
ment of Her Majesty’s Commissioners of Woods and Forests, 
who act under the control of the Lords of the Treasury. -These 
forests are the property of the Crown, and they are leased to the 
State during Her Majesty’s life. Whatever arrangements may 
be made hereafter, they represent areas in which the temporary 
wishes or necessities of the owner are not likely to interfere with 
the management, and they are therefore eminently fitted for 
continued systematic management. Unfortunately, none of these 
forests are situated in Scotland, but if we look at Great Britain 
as a whole, I think a renewed effort should be made to bring the 
principal Crown forests, in so far as they do not serve as Royal 
shooting grounds, under systematic economic management. I 
am inclined to think that the Commissioners of Woods and 
Forests would not be unwilling to consider any proposals in this 
respect, if it is made clear to them that systematic economic 
management does not mean cutting the woods down, but, on the 
contrary, leading them over into a condition in which they will 
give an increased yield and revenue. 
There being no State forests in Scotland, I think the Govern- 
ment would not go out of its way if it were to buy an estate, a 
considerable proportion of which is already under wood, and to 
affiliate it with the Forestry School at the University of Edin- 
burgh, with a duly qualified wood manager in residence on the 
spot. This wood manager, under the advice of the Lecturer on 
Forestry and a duly constituted committee of control, would have 
to draw up a working plan of the area, giving full details of the 
objects to be aimed at, and the manner in which they will be 
utilised. This area could at once be utilised for the practical 
illustration of many of the theories set forth in the lecture-room, 
and it would also afford opportunity for the training of working 
foresters. Proposals for the establishment of such a training 
ground are, I understand, now before the President of the Board 
of Agriculture, and I trust he will see his way towards providing 
the means for its utilisation. 
But can we not achieve something more? Could we not 
