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laying down certain principles of technique to be followed by working 

 plan officers. It is hoped that its publication will increase the interest 

 of all in the professional side of their work and improve the details 

 of forest management in all divisions ; it may even be found useful in 

 stimulating the interest of politicians in the forest activities of the 

 province and so induce a more sympathetic attitude towards the aims 

 and objects of forestry. If so, the compilers' labour will not have been 



in vain. 



o. o. TREVOB. 



E. A. SMYTHIES, 



