NATIONAL AFFORESTATION 



not the least being the thirty or forty years 

 required before the money expended on 

 planting can be even partially repaid. Grants 

 of money might, however, be made by the 

 Government to estate owners and municipali- 

 ties on some well-devised scheme in aid of 

 afforestation. 



^i^Arlorestation should be carried out on broad 

 inclusive lines and in the interests of the 

 nation as a whole, and in order to ensure 

 uniform policy and administration the estab- 

 lishment of a Board of Forestry for the whole 

 of the United Kingdom is strongly recom- 

 mended. 



Unfortunately for forestry, the President of 



the Board of Agriculture is changed with 



every change of Ministry, the policy thus 



being in the hands of the party in power, and 



therefore subject to complete alteration. 



Forestry should have nothing to do with 



politics, as once a policy like afforestation has 



been settled it should not be liable to change, 



and the officials connected with it should be 



permanent. 



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