414 SECTIONAL TRANSACTIONS.— K*. 



SUB-SECTION K*.— FORESTRY 



(For references to the publication elsewhere of communications entered in the 

 following list of Transactions, see page 449.) 



Thursday, August 5. 



Following upon the Presidential Address and the paper by Dr. T. F. 

 Chipp in Section K (q.v.) : — 



Visit to the Department of Forestry to inspect the various sections of 

 the Department. 



1. Address by the Chairman of the Sub-section, the Rt. Hon. Lord 



Clinton. 



2. Mr. A. C. Forbes. — Some Critical Points in Forest Economy. 



In its widest sense forest economy may be regarded as a term defining a complex 

 condition of affairs in connection with national forests which is beneficial to the 

 community, but not necessarily bound up with financial problems or questions of 

 direct profit or loss. In its narrowest sense, forest economy means the use of the 

 smallest quantities of material or the least expenditure of money to produce a definite 

 result. The wider aspects of forest economy involve State supervision or control, 

 or, in other words, a forest policy, and this policy may have difierent effects, or 

 require very different methods of treatment. 



3. Mr. L. Chalk. — An Anatomical Study of the Development of Seco7idary 



Wood of Frasienus Excelsior. 



Friday, August 6. 



4. Mr. W. E. HiLEY. — The Financial Return from Scots Pine and 



Corsican Pine. 



5. Sir James Calder. — Timber and some of the Ways it is Used. 



6. Mr. F. H. J. Jervoise. — Underwood and its Uses. 



Divided into two classes : (1) underwood with oak standards, (2) underwood pure, 

 mainly either ash and hazel mixed or pure, and often with a certain admixture of 

 birch or chestnut pure, or oak pure. 



In many parts of the country the industry is ' dead ' for varying reasons. In 

 other parts the industrj' varies according to the degree to which it has been fostered 

 as an adjunct to agriculture and village industries. 



In Sussex at the present time the utilisation of chestnut underwood is a thriving 

 industry due to the great demand for chestnut fencing. 



In Hampshire and other counties the utilisation of hazel underwood is capable 

 of giving employment to many men in the villages, either in the first process of 

 ' cutting down ' or in the more skilled employment of ' working up.' 



The present trade in the products of the industry is quite considerable, such as 

 crate-rods, barrel-hoops, etc. 



The wages to be earned are quite good in agricultural districts, and classes for 

 hurdle-making are distinctly popular, especially among boys. 



The financial aspect can be distinctly good for the same reasons that apply to 

 other industries, besides serving the additional advantage that it gives employment 

 to agricultural labour which is not required during the winter months. 



