6 FIRST REPORT, &c. 



of the regv.lations and powers they have fuggefted ihould be thought proper to be 

 adopted, llie Cominiiiioners think the objects of them might, to a certain extent, 

 and in a con!:derab!c: degree, be forwarded, if tliofe powers were given previous to 

 the completion of the inquiries directed by the preient Act ; and that both the 

 objects of the prcfent inquiry and of future regulations would l>c thereby mate- 

 rially facilitated, more particularly as the regulations the Commiiiioners have 

 ftiggefted mu'ft (as they conceive) neeefi'arily precede any final arrangement for 

 rendering the Foreft productive of Timber, and that by connecting the prefent 

 inq'iiry with the additional regulations they have propofe.l, tiio principal object 

 iviJl be advanced at lead twelve months. 





JA' ABERCROMBIE. 

 Jan" 1807. JOHN VEBNON. 







