XVlli INTRODUCTION. 



of the United Provinces only cover 7 per cent, of the whole area : a 

 tally inadequate amount. Much of this small area ig given up to 

 razing and efforts are constantly being made by interested parties to 

 iduce the nlready inadequate area of the forests. 



The effects of forests on the stability of the hills, on the run off 

 on the spring level, on local climate and precipitation are nowadays' 

 generally known. We have ahown that ruin inevitably follows in the 

 tram of deforestation, that the forest is the friend of man and 

 indispensable to him. It, therefore, behoves us to make the most of the 

 small area still remaining, to conserve it with the greatest care to 

 introduce fee best and most intensive systems of management to the 

 end that the greatest possible amount of produce may be available to 

 meet the ever-increasing needs of all. 



