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educated provincial forester who would take charge of the 

 forests — the potential value of which they estimate at something 

 like ;j^6o,ooo,ooo — and who would advise and educate the 

 public regarding methods of conserving and improving such an 

 immense national asset. He would also conduct an investigation 

 into the use and restoration of the barrens and carry out 

 experimental forest-planting on suitable areas. They conclude 

 their report by saying that, owing to the presence of an intelligent 

 and well-distributed population, Nova Scotia is the most favour- 

 ably circumstanced of all the portions of the Continent for the 

 immediate inauguration of a definite practical forest policy. 

 A valuable paper by Dr Howe on the distribution and reproduc- 

 tion of the forests in relation to underlying rocks and soils forms 

 the second part of the report. R. G. 



OBITUARY. 



LiEUT.-CoL. F. Bailey, R.E., LL.D. 

 ( With Portrait. ) 



As was briefly announced in last issue our Colonel Bailey died 

 on 2 1 St December 19 12, just before the issue of the January 

 part of the Transactions, the preparation of which was almost 

 entirely his work. The Society thus lost its Honorary Editor 

 and one who had not only its interests but also those of 

 forestry generally much at heart, as he had shown throughout 

 long years of activity. 



The son of an officer of the Royal Engineers, Colonel Bailey 

 obtained his commission in that corps in 1859, and after passing 

 through the School of Military Engineering, and serving as 

 Adjutant at Aldershot for three years, embarked for India in 

 1864. He there served with the Bengal Sappers and Miners 

 on the Bhutan Expedition of 1864-5, ^"^ obtained a medal 

 for his services. In 1872 he was raised to the rank of 

 Captain, was appointed Major in 1881, and obtained the rank 

 of Lieutenant-Colonel in July 1887. His interest in forestry 

 may be said to have dated from 187 1, when he became attached 

 to the Indian Forest Service. Shortly afterwards he was 

 entrusted with the formation and superintendence of the Survey 

 Branch of that Department, a position he continued to hold 

 until 1884. In 1878 he was appointed a Conservator of Forests, 

 and organised the Central Forest School at Dehra Dun, of 



