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ent needs, it was hoped that there could be 

 an interchange of products between them 

 so as to make the Empire self-supporting 

 in its forestry needs. 



From the 14 to the 20th of July, a tour 

 of Scottish forests was made, and en re- 

 turning the committee which had besn ap- 

 pointed at the previous meeting presented 

 their report, resolutions were discussed 

 and adopted and on the 21st an address was 

 presented to the King at Buckingham Pal- 

 ace from the conference. 



In the afternoon, there was a discussion 

 of the foundation of an Imperial Forestry 

 Bureau and the session concluded by a 

 banquet to the delegates given by His 

 Majesty's Government. 



On the 23rd a visit was made to Windsor 

 Forest with a luncheon at the Royal Hotel 

 Ascott. 



In every way the conference was a great 

 success and should be one of the brightest 

 mile-stones in the history of forestry. The 

 fact that the British Empire sees the need 

 for proper forestry management of its tim- 

 ber resources and that men were gathered 

 together from all parts of the world to 

 discuss these questions in common is of 

 the very greatest importance. 



To sum up generally one's impression 

 of this conference, the first thing was the 

 splendid hospitality of the Forest Author- 

 ity's members to the delegates. The meet- 

 ings were conducted in the most business- 

 like way that the writer has ever seen and 

 moved more smoothly and a greater amount 

 of work done per unit of time than it has 

 ever been his experience to witness. 



The delegates were promptly in their 

 places at the opening of the sessions ; 

 speeches were short, business-like and with- 

 out oratorical efforts and when anyone 

 commenced to get oft the subject which was 

 being discussed by the conference he was 



promptly brought back to the matter in 

 hand. 



Lord Lovat, as chairman, handled these 

 sessions in a most masterly manner, and to 

 him is due a great part of the success of 

 the conference. 



The English Authorities did all in their 

 power to encourage the delegates from 

 overseas to express their opinion and to 

 take the major part in the debate and in 

 all the proceedings, and their fine hospi- 

 tality will never be forgotten by any of 

 those present. 



The problems confronting foresters in 

 all parts of the world were found to be 

 practically the same; lack of money, lack 

 of continuity of policy, lack of trained per- 

 sonnel, lack of definite information in re- 

 gard to forest resources, interference by 

 political authorities, lack of definite forest 

 policy and an insufficiently formed public 

 opinion were found to be common to all the 

 countries represented. 



The setting up of a Forestry Commis- 

 sion in Great Britain has been a wonder- 

 ful step in advance and this commission 

 has been given a free hand and an appro- 

 priation of 15,000,000 pounds to be spent 

 in reforestation of waste land and to en- 

 courage private planting for the next ten 

 years. Great Britain learned a lesson dur- 

 ing the war in its lack of timber supplies, 

 and the necessity of importing everything 

 from overseas. The present policy will be 

 to establish sufficient forests to fill the 

 needs of Great Britain for three years 

 should any future war occur. 



The situation in India was perhaps the 

 best of any country because there Forest 

 Authority has the full backing of the In- 

 dian Government and as this great domin- 

 ion is not a democracy, the necessary power 

 to establish a definite policy and to insure 

 its continuity is present. 



Pulpwood Timber Tracts 



Canadian restrictions on exportation of crown licensed timber and 

 a vanishing source of pulpwood supply in the United States have 

 lead to the buying of many large tracts of freehold pulpwood, both 

 for immediate operation and for reserve, within the last few 

 years. Is your supply insured? There are now available a few 

 desirable tracts, one of which may meet your requirements. Let's 

 talk it over. : ; iXHTfiiFi 



James D. Lacey & Co., 



Service Sta bility Standing 



7 East 42nd St., NEW YORK CITY 



Chicago New York Seattle Portland, (Oregon) 



PULPWOOD 

 TIMBER 



IN 



Alaska, California 

 and Montana 



The United States Forest 

 Service wishes to invite the 

 attention of paper manu- 

 facturers and other inter- 

 ested persons to several 

 available areas of pulp 

 timber with possible water 

 power development, located 

 within the Tongass Nation- 

 al Forest, Alaska; the Plu- 

 mas and Tahoe National 

 Forests, California, and the 

 Blackfeet National Forest, 

 Montana. Information re- 

 garding these areas and the 

 conditions under which the 

 timber may be purchased 

 will be furnished upon re- 

 quest by the District For- 

 ester, Missoula, Montana, 

 with respect to the Mon- 

 tana area; the District For- 

 ester, San Francisco, Cali- 

 fornia, with respect to the 

 California areas, and the 

 District Forester, Portland, 

 Oregon, with respect to the 

 Alaskan areas. 



