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areas, however, bein<; completed, I am in a position to say that 

 every assurance can be given of a successful and profitable scheme 

 being wrought out, and that the District Committee need have no 

 hesitation in proceeding with the same. I consider the proposed 

 scheme, taken as a whole, to be outstanding in that : — 



1. It will fulfil a national purpose. 



2. It will be of material assistance to the Water Under- 



taking, 



3. It will be financially profitable in due course. 



4. It will provide a new and practical feature in connection 



with the treatment of tuberculosis, affording healthy 

 and suitable employment and the requisite training in 

 forestry work to enable many to earn their livelihood in 

 this industry in future years. 



5. It will foster and assist forestry in the West of Scotland 



by creating excellent demonstration areas within easy 

 reach of the teaching centre of the West of Scotland. 



10. The Present Condition of Forestry in Italy.* 



By Prof. Lonovico I'lcciou, 

 Forest Inspector M Catanzaro (Calabria). 



In order to give an idea of the condition of our forest wealth, 

 and of the difficulties which are encountered in framing a single 

 code of forest legislation without prejudice to the interests and 

 customs of the population, it is sufficient to review rapidly the 

 uncertain and desultory evolution of the laws in their hydraulic, 

 economic, hygienic and pastoral aspects. 



Between i860 and 1877 every region of Italy had its own 

 forest laws. In what had been the kingdom of Naples on the 

 mainland, the law of Francis I., of 21st August 1826, which was 

 extended to Sicily by the decree of 26th March 1827, was still 

 in vigour. It was perhaps wiser than the others, and it might 

 have been extended to the whole peninsula with advantage to 

 the forest economics of the country. In Tuscany, after the 

 edict of Peter Leopold, dated 24th October 1780, the greatest 

 liberty prevailed. Piedmont obeyed the letters patent of Charles 

 Albert, dated 1st December 1833, and 28th January 1834, and 



' Reprinted from the Monthly BidUtin 0/ Agricultural Intelligence and 

 Plant Diseases, iv., No. 2. 



