The Relation of Forestry to the Development 



of the Country. 



Description of Some European Forest Conditions by Mr. R. H. Campbell, Dominion 



Director ol Forestry. 



^VIlile on a visit to the Old Country 

 reoently I lia.l tho o{«|>ortunity of vi.sitin}j 

 Sir William Schlieh, the head of the Forest 

 tN'hool at the University of Oxford. Dr. 

 Sdiliih is the oldest forester now in Eng- 

 land and has had the longest experience 

 in forestry work. He had the honor, with 

 Sir Dietrich Brandis, of organizing the 

 forest service in India and spent twenty- 

 five years in that service. He then re- 

 turned to Eiifrland to the forest school 



liam has since the inception of the forestry 

 work in Canada taken a very keen interest 

 in it, and was very much jdeased to learn 

 of the progress that is being made. 



Dr. Schlich Discusses Forestry Situation 

 in Canada. 



I'r. Schlich was kind enough to discuss 

 the Canadian situation somewhat fully, 

 and after doing so he advised me that the 



Mature Scotch Pine, Ballochbuie Forest, Scotland. 



which was then located at Cooper's Hill 

 at which the forest students for the Indian 

 service were educated, and has since 

 been engaged in preparing men for the 

 Indian forest service, which requires very 

 high technical qualifications in its officers. 

 Within the last few years the forest school 

 was moved to Oxford and is now being 

 carried on in connection with the Uni- 

 versity. Sir William is still active and 

 able to attend to his work in the school 

 and deliver lectures, although he is begin- 

 ning to feel the effects of age. Sir Wil- 



best policy to follow was to have forest 

 reserves established wherever there were 

 lands suitable for that purpose, and then 

 go forward and develop a permanent policy 

 of administration on these reserves. This 

 wa-s the policy followed in the develop- 

 ment of forestry work in India, and from 

 Dr. Schlich 's experience he was satisfied 

 that this was the important basis for any 

 advance in forest management in Canada. 

 A statement of this kind from a man of 

 Sir William Schlich 's long experience both 

 in forest management and in education, is 



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