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properties. There is every reason to believe that not a small 

 proportion of these owners, ceteris paribus, would prefer to insure 

 in woods were it a sensible act to do so. It would seem reason- 

 able to suppose that if there were a definite intention of extend- 

 ing forestry, there should be at all events ^ prima facie case for 

 an exchange of ideas between progressive landowners anxious 

 to plant and a Central Forest Authority desirous of increasing: — 



(rt) The wooded area. 



ili) The number of country dwellers. 



{c) The economic resources of landward districts. 



