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antipathy with them when they emigrated. With the changes 

 in economic conditions and life of the old world, and with the 

 greater development of certain colonies themselves, the " shop- 

 keeping" instinct asserted itself, and extensive lumbering 

 operations were started. In this way, and by settlement on 

 the land, the forests became the victims of ruthless exploiters. 

 The process of denudation and destruction has met with 

 obstacles in recent years, but much yet remains to be done. It 

 is in finally checking the useless destruction of forests, and in 

 instilling into the mind of the general public some ideas of 

 forestry, and its dependence on it, that the Jotirnai will advance 

 the cause it champions. Its potentialities for good are 

 immense. Its pages are to be read throughout the world, and 

 when they, with the weight and influence of the Association 

 behind them, support the views that have for so long been set 

 forth in less pretentious local productions, those formerly 

 sceptical of forestry will give the matter renewed consideration. 

 We may hope that the reconsideration will be unbiased. 



To provide a publication that will keep the technician 

 abreast of new theories and developments in his line of business, 

 and at the same time interest the general reader, is a difficult 

 task. Few men outside the circle of foresters would care to pay 

 for a volume in which pages are taken up with a technical 

 discourse on the various methods of calculating the growing 

 stock of a forest, or on similar problems. Not only so, but the 

 presentation of articles of a theoretical nature would tend to 

 foster in the mind of the ordinary reader an impression that 

 forestry was not a wholly practical science. Nor do we think 

 the forester would at present demand such articles, although he 

 might find them interesting. Under present-day circumstances 

 we can commend the intention of i\\& Journal to provide material 

 that will interest a wide class of general readers, and at the 

 same time not be without interest to the forester. Reviews of 

 books, abstracts and notes from all quarters, might form part of 

 each issue, and these would be of special use to those engaged 

 in forestry work. In course of time it may be that Empire 

 Forestry could be issued in two parts, one of which might be 

 severely technical, and the other have the sole object of educating 

 the masses to the utility and importance of forests and their 

 products. 



The present issue of the Journal does not err on the side of 



