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INTEODUCTION 1 



PART I.— THE UTILITY OF FORESTS 11 



Chapter I.— Direct Utility of Forests 14 



1. The Produce of Forests 14 



2. Forests as Objects of Industry 16 



Chapter II. — Indirect Utility of Forests 25 



1. Effect of Forests on the Temperature of the Air and 



Soil 27 



2. Effect of Forests on the ]\Ioisture of the Air and the 



Movement of Water in Nature 34 



3. Mechanical Effect of Forests 41 



4. Hygienic Effect of Forests 44 



5. Esthetic Effect of Forests 46 



Chapter III. — Summary of Conclusions 47 



PART II.— THE STATE IN RELATION TO FORESTRY 53 



Chapter I. — Duties of the State in Regard to Forestry . . 57 



Chapter II. — Protection Forests 61 



Chapter III.— State Forests 64 



1. Reasons for Maintaining State Forests ... 64 



2. Reasons against Maintaining State Forests . . 66 



3. Conclusions 67 



4. General Principles according to which State Forests 



should be Managed 68 



Chapter IV. — Forests op Communes, Corporations, etc. . . 70 



Chapter V. — Private Forests 74 



PART III.— FORESTRY IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE 79 



Chapter I. — British Possessions in Asia 88 



East India 88 



1. Physical Configuration of the Country ... 88 



2. Climate and Rainfall 92 



3. Forest Policy of the Government of India , . . 98 



