4 FOREST POLICY. 



most economic manner, meet the demands which are made on 

 them in the interests of the conmimiity as a whole. The task of 

 Forest Pohcy is of considerable extent, being practically a smn- 

 mary of conclusions based on the experience gained in the exercise 

 of the several branches of the forestry business. It may, for the 

 present purpose, be divided into the following two parts : — 



Part I. — The Foundations of Forest Policy, dealing with the 

 utility of forests, the factors of production, and the State in 

 relation to forestry. 



Part II. — Forestry in the British Empire, showing the 

 manner in which the different parts of the Empire have 

 shaped their forest poMcy in the past. 



