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forest guards must be directly under his charge. Of these twelve 

 or thirteen will be necessary over the whole area in the beginning. 

 The work of planting, etc., will employ about thirty men with a 

 number of boys to assist. In addition ten men will be employed 

 in clearing and removing birch, etc., while three men will be 

 required to take charge of the fencing. Thus in the first period 

 the staff will include — 



I Head forester. 



3 Assistant foresters. 



7 Forest guards. 



6 Rabbit trappers (temporary). 

 30 Planters. 



6 Boys (to assist planters). 

 ID Woodcutters. 



3 Foremen fencers, 



In the season e.xtra labour will be necessary in the nursery. 

 The work of fencing, draining and bracken cutting can be 

 undertaken out of the planting season, while the work of road- 

 making can fall in any period when work is otherwise scarce. 

 The amount of labour required will remain fairly constant for the 

 first twenty-five or thirty years, after which it will increase 

 considerably. The labour demanded in wood cutting, trans- 

 port, road-making, etc., is at least three times that necessary in 

 planting alone. 



