THE EMPIRE FORESTRY JOURNAL. 4 1 



Transport problems are receiving attention from a special staff 

 of trained forest engineers. 



In a brief article on Forestry and the National Finances, the 

 High Commissioner of Australia emphasises the view that a 

 reorganisation of the timber resources with a view to provision 

 for the future is not only a national and Imperial need but a 

 certain source of national wealth. 



Professor Troup deals with Forestry in Kenya Colony. He 

 gives a rough classification of the main forest types met with in 

 the colony, of which the Cedar forests and the Temperate Rain 

 forests are the most important. A transition form between 

 these occurs on the southern lower slopes of Mount Kenya and 

 in part of Mau forest, which he considers might be converted 

 into cedar forest. The "Cedar" \s> Juniperus procera^\i\c\\ is 

 of special value in pencil making, and which, Professor Troup 

 states, ought to be more widely utilised and known than it is at 

 present. The most important tree in the Temperate Rain forests 

 is the so-called "camphor," Ocotea usambarensis, which furnishes 

 timber of excellent quality and great durability. Unfortunately, 

 these trees occur in limited quantity and in difficult country 

 which somewhat hinders their proper exploitation. 



Gold Coast forestry is dealt with by Major T. F. Chipp, 

 formerly Conservator of the Gold Coast forests. These forests 

 are rapidly being reduced through lack of a firm forest policy, 

 but this is scarcely to be wondered at in the light of the 

 conditions on the Gold Coast. The system of shifting cultiva- 

 tion in vogue, whereby the native steadily encroaches on the 

 forest in order to continue his cropping, is the chief factor acting 

 against forestry. In addition to this, however, the drying 

 Harmattan winds, which blow during December and January 

 from the Sahara, and the forest fires which seem inevitably to 

 follow these winds, are constantly encroaching on the northern 

 edge of the forest and thus threatening its very existence. 

 Forest conservation in the Gold Coast is, therefore, an extremely 

 difficult problem, but its solution is urgently necessary if the 

 West African forests are to be saved. 



One of the most interesting articles in the Journal is that by 

 Professor Hosmer on Forestry Education in the United States 

 of America. A brief summary is given of the history of forestry 

 education in the States, and a full account of the revised 

 curricula now in force in the various schools. America has 



