184 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



After the full consideration of various questions in committee 

 and general meetings the Conference, sitting in full session on 

 22nd July, adopted the following resolutions, which the delegates 

 will bring to the notice of their respective Governments : — 



1. Forest Policy. — In view of the great importance to the 

 Empire as a whole, as well as to each of its component parts, 

 of producing a sustained yield of all classes of timber, and of 

 encouraging the most economical utilisation of timber and other 

 forest products, and of maintaining and improving climatic condi- 

 tions in the interests of agriculture and water supply, each of 

 the Governments of the Empire should lay down a definite forest 

 policy to be administered by a properly constituted and adequate 

 forest service. 



2. Survey of Resources. — The foundation of a stable forest 

 policy for the Empire and for its component parts must be the 

 collection, co-ordination and dissemination of facts as to the 

 existing state of the forests and the current and prospective 

 demands on them. 



3. Constitution and Status. — In order to attain continuity in 

 the development of forest resources, it is desirable that certain 

 elements of stability be secured in the constitution of the forest 

 policy. This may be done by the following measures : — 



(1) The definition, where this has not been done already, 



of forest policy in a Forestry Act or Ordinance. 



(2) The reservation for the purpose of economic manage- 



ment and development of forest land under condi- 

 tions which prevent the alienation of any which is 

 primarily suitable for forests, except for reasons 

 consistent with the maintenance of the forest policy 

 as a whole. 



(3) The assurance to the Forest Authority of funds sufficient 



to carry out the accepted policy for a series of years. 



(4) The grant to members of the forestry service of the 



status of civil servants with due provision for pension. 



(5) The appointment as the chief officers of the forestry 



service of persons having a high standard of training 

 in forestry, their selection and promotion being by 

 merit alone. 



(6) The establishment in each of the larger parts of the 



Empire and for the Colonies not possessing respon- 

 sible government collectively, of an officer, or officers, 



