having the responsibility for the expenditure of this appro- 

 priation and composed of such men as Lord Lovat, Mr. F. D. 

 Acland, M.P., and Mr. R. L. Robinson, has set aside a con- 

 siderable proportion of this fund for the purpose of assisting 

 the owners of private but unproductive lands to plant them 

 with trees and is reimbursing such owners to the extent of 

 two pounds per acre for land thus brought under sylvaculture. 



One other significant fact in connection with forestry 

 conditions in the countries visited, particularly in respect to 

 Sweden, is found in the attention given by the State to the 

 establishment and maintenance of institutions of instruction 

 in forestry. These include both colleges for the training of 

 the higher forest experts and schools for the development of 

 forest rangers and other workers. As a result of the work of 

 these institutions the foresters of Sweden, Norway and Fin- 

 land may fairly claim to equal if not excel in efficiency and 

 in scientific equipment those of any other country. The result 

 of this is shown in their work, and proves that the investment is a 

 profitable one for the countries undertaking it. There is less 

 doubt and uncertainty as to a given course in forestry opera- 

 tions in these countries than in any other, with the possible 

 exception of Germany, where forest culture, prior to the 

 war, was admitted to have reached a very high plane. 



The articles herewith reproduced were given a wide 

 circulation through the Canadian press. They were printed 

 by the Montreal GAZETTE, the Toronto GLOBE, Montreal 

 LA PRESSE, the Winnipeg TRIBUNE, the Moncton TRANS- 

 CRIPT, the London FREE PRESS, the Hamilton SPECTATOR, 

 the Quebec TELEGRAPH, the Saskatoon PHOENIX, the Border 

 Cities STAR, the Ottawa JOURNAL, the Charlottetown GUAR- 

 DIAN, the Vancouver WORLD, the Calgary HERALD, the Ed- 

 monton JOURNAL, the Victoria TIMES, the Saskatoon STAR, 

 the Halifax LEADER, and other daily newspapers, as well as by 

 the Canadian Pulp and Paper Magazine, the Journal of 

 Commerce, Canadian Forestry Journal and a number of other 

 periodicals. They have provoked some editorial discussion 

 and, it is believed, have assisted in some degree in building up 

 a public opinion in Canada in favour of a better and more 

 enlightened treatment of Canadian forests, particularly upon 

 the part of the various governments upon whom rests the 

 responsibility for maintaining Canada's natural resources. 



