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national importance. The methods adopted in thedevelopmentof the various ranges ofecononiy 

 naturally differ froni each other in accordance with the difference in the respective tasks 

 set to each country. These facts render it impossible to conipare valuations based upon 

 the area of standing forestland and afforestation. This accounts for the fact that, für in- 

 stance, the afforestation in Canada is very little developed. The only task of anything like 

 importance in the regeneration of forests consists in the investigation of the possibilities 

 of natural regeneration of species of importance. Forest-protection, on the other hand, is 

 a matter of vast importance in Canadian forestry. The causes of and the methods adopted 

 for fighting against forest fires in Canada have been investigated and worked out most 

 excellently and to the last detail, whereas the methods of fighting the natural enemies of the 

 forests have, so far, been badly neglected. But the investigation and development of this 

 question is now being taken up. The utilization of forest-produce, considering this matter 

 broadly, is, so to speak, but in its infancy, but in spite of it already far advanced. These 

 remarks apply especially to the System of transport and technological wood-research. The 

 System of management, on the other hand, is one in which but the utmost necessity has 

 been met, as the natural conditions of forest-growth present great difficulties in this respect 

 A change in the Canadian forest management in the sense of German forestry could 

 only be brought about under the following conditions: 



1. great increase in the population of Canada, together with a corresponding development 

 of the Inland market, 



2. great increase in the value of timber, in comparison to other products, 



3. amalgamation of the Canadian national economy with an organized economy of the 

 British Empire, 



4. creation of an organized world economy with corresponding means of meeting ensuing 

 demands, 



we must reckon with a long continuation of the present system and aims of development, 

 since, according to human estimation, there is no likelihood of the aforesaid conditions assum- 

 ing the importance required in order to achieve their purpose. The aini of development 

 so far followed up is clearly characterised in the proposals contained in the Canadian report 

 of the last Conference on forestry of the British Empire in the year 1927. 



