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than was anticipated. A table is given in the Report showing 

 the revised planting programme for the first five years. Tables 

 are also given showing the acquisition of land up to 30th 

 September 1920, and the extent and kind of plantations and 

 species planted during that year. A Forestry Commission map 

 of Great Britain and Ireland is attached, which indicates the 

 location and nature of the different schemes in various parts 

 of the countries concerned. The total area planted in the year 

 covered by the Report amounted to 1595 acres, of which 1474 

 acres were placed under coniferous, and 121 acres under broad- 

 leaved, species. The total addition to the woodland area of the 

 United Kingdom was 1034^ acres, the remaining plantations 

 being on the sites of felled woods. The number of plants used 

 in making these plantations was 3,433,000, of which 36 per cent, 

 were Scots and Corsican pines and 37 per cent. Norway and 

 Sitka spruces. A note at the beginning of the Report states 

 that the Commission are now in possession of 103,100 acres 

 of land, of which 68,100 acres are classified as plantable. The 

 total area now planted by the Commission approximates 8000 

 acres, and the nursery stocks have been increased to meet the 

 approved planting programme. 



The policy of the Commission is to plant as much land 

 as possible in the earlier years, in order to relieve the heavy 

 undertakings and burdens towards the end of the first decade. 

 Planting operations have been spread over as many centres as 

 possible, in order that valuable local experience might be 

 gained by the local officers as to the best methods of procedure. 

 A perusal of the Report brings out the fact that the Commission 

 are fully aware of the necessity of private co-operation in re- 

 establishing and extending Britain's woodland areas. The 

 forest policy adopted by Parliament depends not only on the 

 establishment of State forests, but also on the maintenance 

 and improved management of the existing 3,000,000 acres of 

 privately and corporately owned woodlands. To this end the 

 Commission are assisting, to the limit of their statutory powers, 

 in the education and training of foresters in universities, 

 colleges, and woodmen's schools, also by the provision of 

 expert advice and the offer of grants and proceeds-sharing 

 schemes. Research and experimental work is being carried 

 out with a view to lessening the cost of establishment and 

 maintenance of woodlands, and it is proposed to continue the 



