THE FORESTRY ACT, I 9 1 9. I 5 



Destructive Insects and Pests Acts, 1877 and 1907, so far as A.r>. 1919- 

 those powers relate to insects or pests destructive only to forest 4 o& 4 iVict. 

 trees and timber, but, so far as they relate to other insects or - Edw. 7. 

 pests destructive or injurious alike to fruit trees or farm crops 

 and to forest trees and timber, the Commissioners shall exercise 

 such powers in consultation with the said Departments : 



Provided that the Departments from whom the powers and 

 duties aforesaid are transferred to the Commissioners shall, if 

 arrangements are made for the purpose, continue to exercise 

 and perform on behalf of the Commissioners such of the trans- 

 ferred powers and duties as may, from time to time, be agreed 

 between the Commissioners and the Department concerned. 



(3) Subject to any directions which may be given by the 

 Treasury, the Commissioners shall have power to do any of the 

 following things : — 



(a) Purchase or take on lease and hold any land suitable for 



afforestation or required for purposes in connexion 

 with afforestation or with the management of any 

 woods or forests, and manage, plant, and otherwise 

 utilize any land acquired, and erect such buildings 

 or execute such other works thereon as they think 

 necessary : 



(b) Sell or let any land which in their opinion is not needed 



or has proved unsuitable for the purpose for which it 

 was acquired, or exchange any such land for other land 

 more suitable for that purpose, and pay or receive 

 money for equality of exchange : 



(c) Purchase or otherwise acquire standing timber, and sell 



or otherwise dispose of any timber belonging to them, 

 or, subject to such terms as may be mutually agreed, 

 to a private owner, and generally promote the supply, 

 sale, utilisation, and conversion of timber : 



(d) Make advances by way of grant or by way of loan, or 



partly in one way and partly in the other, and upon 

 such terms and subject to such conditions as they think 

 fit, to persons (including local authorities) in respect of 

 the afforestation (including the re-planting) of land 

 belonging to those persons : 



(e) Undertake the management or supervision, upon such 



terms and subject to such conditions as may be agreed 

 upon, or give assistance or advice in relation to the 



