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Given the necessary staff, the organisation and development 

 of the forests should in future proceed even more satisfactorily 

 than it has done in the past, for the pioneer work is approaching 

 completion and the results of scientific research cannot fail to 

 make themselves felt in an increasing degree. The present 

 yield of the forests as judged by the productive capacity of the 

 soil is a mere fraction of what it might be, and gives little idea 

 of their potential value when fully brought under scientific 

 management. India may therefore rest assured that in her 

 vast forests she has an asset of great potential value which 

 holds out a bright promise for the future. 



