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paragraph 8 be adopted, they should be regarded as only 

 preparatory and leading up to the arrangement suggested in 

 paragraph 7 above. 



"10. The question of buildings and equipment will depend 

 upon which of the foregoing is adopted. 



"II. Forestry Experiments. — 11. We have had before us a 

 memorandum submitted by the Board of Agriculture and Fish- 

 eries setting forth the general principles underlying the problems 

 of forestry research and silvicultural experiment, and detailing 

 methods by which these problems might be attacked. 



" 12. We find ourselves in very close agreement with this 

 memorandum, with the exception of the paragraphs dealing with 

 the regeneration of woods. We have accordingly amended 

 this section and we recommend that this memorandum, as 

 amended, be adopted by the Board as a basis for action as 

 occasion may arise. 



" 13. We recommend that landowners be requested to give 

 the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries the right to maintain 

 plots of woodland for experimental purposes for a sufficient 

 number of years certain, and under such conditions as will 

 enable these experiments to be effectually carried out, and that 

 the Royal English Arboricultural Society be invited to co-operate 

 with the Board in obtaining the offer of such experimental plots 

 from their members and others. 



" 14. Such conditions might be roughly as follows : — 

 (a) The term should be, if possible, as long as may be 



required for the full duration of the experiment. 

 {b) The Board should have full control over the silvicultural 

 operations (including due protection from ground game) 

 on the plot during the whole period, should bear the 

 expenses thereof, and should have the right for them- 

 selves and any persons authorised by them of ingress 

 and regress at all reasonable times. 

 {c) The landlord should undertake to provide sufficient 

 labour as and when required, for which he would be 

 repaid by the Board ; all the proceeds to remain the 

 property of the landlord. 

 {d) Rates and taxes to be paid by the landlord as before, 

 but the Board to pay a lump sum down by way of 

 acknowledgment for the use of the area during the 

 term. 



