TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 



AN INTRODUCTION. 



CONCERNING THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF 

 WOODLANDS AND OF THE AFFORESTATION OF LAND. 



PAGB 



The Effects upon Climatic Conditions and upon the Locality . 1-6 



As regards the Temperature of the Air and Soil . . I 



As regards the Moisture in the Atmosphere . - . 2 



As regards Soil Moisture . . . 4 



As regards Protection against Erosion and Denudation . 4 



As regards Shelter and Protection from Storms . . 4 



As regards the Salubrity of the Atmosphere ... 5 



Conclusion ....... 5 



The Effects upon the Labour Market . . . 6-9 



As to the Direct Effects of Afforestation with respect to Labour 6 

 As regards Afforestation as a Means of affording Work for 



the Unemployed . . . ... 8 



The Financial Returns which Afforestation is likely to yield . 9-20 



As to the Possibility of Permanent Advances in the Price of 



Timber . . . . . . . 13 



Considerations in favour of General Afforestation Schemes . 14 

 Considerations which point to the Inadvisability of General 



Afforestation Schemes in this Country . J ; > ... . 15 



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