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afforestation in this country will never proceed 

 any length by those means. A contented agrico- 

 forestal population must be settled in the forestry 

 areas (I am alluding to those of any size), and this 

 will only be possible by giving the social conditions 

 and requirements of this population a recognized 

 position in the undertaking. 



This is the case for the individual worker. But 

 the afforestation question has a wider scope. By 

 afforesting a considerable area of the waste lands at 

 present providing scanty employment to a sparse 

 population, you create a new source of labour 

 supply, you settle on these areas, and consequently 

 retain in the country, a hardy population, an over- 

 flow from the more densely populated districts. 



And with the increase of the forest area and 

 purely forestry work will arise minor forest in- 

 dustries, dependent upon the forests for their raw 

 materials, which will provide work for an amount 

 of labour far in excess of that which the manage- 

 ment of your new forests will maintain. And these 

 industries will increase the rural prosperity. 



As examples of such industries may be mentioned 

 turnery of many articles of domestic use, now 

 brought from abroad, the manufacture of cask 

 hoops, bobbins, hurdles, spokes, toys, and the many 

 other uses to which small woodwork can be put with 

 the aid of the simplest machinery. 



These are some of the social aspects of this 

 question, and their importance from the view point 

 of labour is undeniable. 



