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single chief of division, it will often be possible to assign to an 

 individual project a man of lower calibre than would otherwise 

 be possible (a very important consideration at this time when 

 trained personnel is so scarce) who, while competent to give 

 satisfactory service under another's supervision, would be 

 unsuitable to take charge of more independent work. As soon 

 as opportunity permits, and the time has not yet come, we will 

 secure, either by direct appointment or by training, men 

 competent to act as " inspecting forest nurserymen," or 

 " supervising forest nurserymen " — men who are thoroughly 

 familiar with all the details of the most modern nursery 

 practice (having gained such familiarity not merely from theory 

 but from actually doing the work themselves). Under the 

 supervision of the division chief they will spend all or most of 

 their time in visiting the various projects, reporting to the central 

 office on the results achieved in each place in proportion to cost, 

 etc. ; as well as on the relative ability of the various local 

 personnel ; correcting mistakes before they have been carried too 

 far; giving advice for improvement wherever it is possible; 

 keeping the man in charge of each project in touch with what 

 has recently been learned in other projects, etc., etc. Such work 

 and such a corps of men is of fundamental importance ; in fact, 

 it is impossible to see how satisfactory results can be accomplished 

 without them, although at the present time such men in the 

 Forest Service are very few, and the difficulties in the way of 

 securing others seem, just at present, so great as to be well-nigh 

 insuperable. 



Provincial Division. 



This division has supervision over all forestry work carried 

 out by or in the various provinces, except in the case of 

 those projects (such as forest nurseries) directly established and 

 maintained by the Forest Service itself. To the chief of this 

 division there will be referred, through the director-general 

 and the co-directors, all correspondence received from the 

 provincial forest commissioners, and from any provincial 

 forestry bureaux ; and he will prepare for the signature of 

 the proper official whatever instructions or suggestions it may 

 be desired to send to the provincial authorities. He is expected 

 to keep himself thoroughly informed at all times of the progress 

 made in forestry in each of the provinces, and he will maintain 



