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partment, in which the changes are noted to fur- 

 nish a basis for the revision of plans for the 

 future. 



It will have become clear that the business 

 conduct of a forest management is, as every other 

 business, influenced by the economic conditions, 

 general and local, surrounding it. Much that is 

 possible under the settled conditions of such coun- 

 tries as Germany and France will not be practicable 

 under our conditions, until they have become more 

 fixed and stable. 



But the technical art silviculture which is 

 the more important since it furnishes the basis 

 for any kind of forest management, being based 

 mainly on natural laws, is applicable everywhere, 

 just as in Germany or France, where its methods 

 have been developed and practised for centuries. 



