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(2) The establishment of an efficient forest staff fit to carry out 



that policy. 



(3) The selection and demarcation of an area of State forests 



sufficient : Either to provide permanently the produce 

 required by the country, with due consideration of the 

 Empire as a whole ; Or, at any rate, to make the country 

 safe against an emergency, and encourage and assist 

 corporations and private parties to produce the required 

 balance of produce. 



(4) Efficient protection of the forests especially against damage 



by fire, and the prevention of waste. 



(5) Regeneration of the forests, especially of the valuable 



species, and the planting of an adequate proportion of 

 conifers, wherever soft woods are deficient. 



(6) Construction of suitable means of transport and the opening 



out of at present unmarketable or inaccessible forests 

 according to requirements. 



(7) The establishment of systematic research, so as to improve 



the methods of treatment, the quality of the produce and 

 the development of local industries which rely on forest 

 produce for their raw material. 



(8) The introduction into the markets of species hitherto 



unknown, or considered inferior for use. 



13. The British Empire Forestry Conference. 



The conference, consisting of 43 delegates from practically 

 all parts of the Empire, was opened on July 7th, 1920, by the 

 Right Hon. The Lord Mayor of London at the Guildhall. It 

 considered, with the above indicated information before it, the 

 desirability of a rational forest policy of the Empire and, after six 

 days' discussion, it passed the following resolutions, which have 

 been brought by the delegates to the knowledge of their respective 

 Governments : — 



(1) Forest Policy. — In view of the great importance to the 

 Empire as a whole, as well as to each of its component parts, of 

 producing a sustained yield of all classes of timber, and of 

 encouraging the most economical utilization of timber and other 

 forest products, and of maintainmg and improving climatic con- 

 ditions in the interests of agriculture and water supply, each 



