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(18) In some cases the logging and conversion of timber by licensees 

 is carried out wastefully and inefficiently, and an improvement in this 

 respect is desirable (paragraph 29). 



(19) The present system of extracting timber by oxen might with 

 advantage be superseded by mechanical means of extraction where con- 

 ditions are favourable (paragraph 30). 



(20) Tenders should supersede fixed royalties in future concessions 

 except in special cases : royalty on out-turn has more to be said against 

 it than in favour of it : it is suggested that in future concessions 

 measurements for the assessment of royalty should be made after and not 

 before the trees are felled (paragraph 31). 



(21) Timber leases and licences should in future be limited to a period 

 not exceeding 20 years : the issue of further leases and licences should 

 ordinarily be suspended until working plans are prepared (paragraph 32). 



(22) The further issue of free timber permits should cease except 

 in special cases (paragraph 33). 



(23) Future supplies of fuel should be ensured by means of planta- 

 tions of fast growing eucalypts : future policy in respect of railway fuel 

 will depend on a decision as to whether oil or wood is to be used (para- 

 graph 34). 



(24) A systematic survey of possible minor products of economic 

 value should be undertaken by the Research Officer (paragraph 35). 



(25) The prospects of success in the development of a bamboo pulp 

 industry depend mainly on the possibility of obtaining large quantities 

 of suitable limestone at sufficiently cheap rates (paragraphs 3645). 



(26) Although the organization of forest work is far from complete, 

 the Forest Department has made commendable progress in certain direc- 

 tions (paragraph 46). 



(27) The Forest Department should be run on commercial lines, and 

 should receive full payment for produce supplied to other departments 

 (paragraph 47) : it should remain, as at present, entirely separate from 

 the Agricultural Department (paragraph 48) : a Forest Department 

 Code, now under preparation, will be a useful aid to the work of the 

 Department (paragraph 49) : the annual reports of the Forest Depart- 

 ment should be printed (paragraph 50). 



(28) The European forest staff is divided into the Administrative 

 and the Executive branches, and there is also a non-European subordinate 

 staff (paragraph 51); the question of recruiting and training Forest 

 Officers for service in the Empire generally is now under consideration, 

 and Kenya Colony should benefit by the scheme so far as the Adminis- 

 trative branch of the service goes : the training of the Executive staff 

 (Foresters) should be of a practical nature, and should include a fair 

 knowledge of surveying : the more promising non-European subordinateb 

 should receive a practical training under selected Foresters, and the 

 question of a training institution for them should be considered later 

 (paragraph 52). 



(29) A regra.ding of the Administrative branch is proposed, one 

 senior post to be filled by the appointment of an officer with special 

 experience of working plan operations (paragraph 53). 



