SOCIETIES INTERESTED IN FORESTRY. 



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1,450 square miles in which the water rights are held by 250 local 

 authorities and 14 private companies. The catchment areas are 

 for the most part situated on high ground ; they contain a good 

 deal of unplantable land, but also a fair proportion of land fit for 

 afforestation, which, it is hoped, will be put under forest during 

 the next 20 years. The Corporations of Liverpool, Manchester, 

 Leeds and Birmingham have taken the lead in these planting 

 schemes. 



Some of the university colleges and semi-State departments are 

 also holders of woodlands, such as : — 



The Ecclesiastical Commissioners . 17 square miles. 



The Duchy of Lancaster ... 3 



The Duchy of Cornwall . . .2-5 



Oxford Colleges 

 Cambridge Colleges. 



Total 



9 

 2-5 



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The Duchy of Cornwall has recently begun planting at the rate of 

 250 acres a year on Dartmoor, and intends to work up to 8 square 

 miles in the locality. 



The City of London is the holder of Epping Forest covering 

 some ten square miles. It was made over to the City by the 

 State, and it serves as an amenity wood, more especially for the 

 East End of London. 



10. Societies Interested in Forestry. 



Forestry in the United Kingdom has undoubtedly been 

 materially advanced by various societies interested in the subject. 

 They have kept the importance of forestry before the public, 

 stimulated private endeavour, urged upon Government action on 

 the part of the State and supported forest development generally. 

 The following are the more important of these societies : — 



(1) The Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, founded in 



1854, and comprising now 1,750 members. The society 

 publishes Transactions half-yearly. 



(2) The Royal English Arboricultural Society, founded in 1882, 



with 1 ,450 members at the present time. It publishes the 

 Quarterly Journal of ForeMnj. 



