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forest operations. Let us hope, that good progress will be 

 made in this direction in the immediate futm-e. This being 

 so, I need hardly point out, that a fully equipped forester must 

 have, in addition to l)eing a Sylviculturist, a mathematical 

 mind, so as to do full justice to the financial aspect of the 

 industry. This branch of a forester's education is in no way 

 of less importance than the study of natural history, which, 

 in the past, has only ton often been mistaken for the sole basis 

 of forestry by specialists, who had not succeeded in grasping 

 the true objects aimed at l)y the forest industry conducted on 

 economic lines. 



Before concluding, I desire to offer my thanks to Mr. L. 

 Gisboriie Smith, late of the Indian Forest Department, for 

 his assistance in passing this volume through the press. 



W. SCHLICH. 



Coopers Hill, 

 \st Jannari/, 1905. 



