Chapter VI. 



CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT. 



The Scheme. 



It is necessary, in the first place, to define the nature of the 

 task before the Central Forest Authority. And it will be well to 

 clear our minds at once of continental comparisons ; for we have 

 not now to deal with the complex machinery of a great Forest 

 Service such as France and Germany require for the control of 

 great areas of established forests, but with the comparatively 

 simple needs of an afforestation scheme in its infancy. This 

 chapter will be confined to a consideration of the questions of 

 control and management which would arise in the course of 

 carrying out the scheme which is described in this Report. 



These questions may conveniently be considered under two 

 heads : — 



1. The number and composition of the staff required in the 



first or planting period. 



2. The material available at the present time. 



It is first necessary to explain the scheme of control and 



chain of responsibility, and this may best be expressed in the 



form of a diagram. 



Central Forest Authority. 



With the Central Authority, of which the composition is 

 indicated in Appendix A, this chapter has no concern except 

 to note that the higher administration will be in its hands. 



Under the Central Authority there will be three classes of 

 forest officers : 



I. Officers controlling Demonstration areas, Education, 

 Research and Publications. 



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