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give to the scheme, at any rate during its critical early 

 years, the value of their influence and experience. One 

 of the Commissioners should be nominated Chairman, 

 and at least one of those in receipt of a salary should 

 be a technically trained Forest Ofiicer. 



(2) The chief executive officers of the Commission should be 



Assistant Commissioners ; one of whom should be 

 appointed for each of the parts of the United Kingdom 

 which are independent units for agricultural adminis- 

 tration. Their chief duty would be to carry out the 

 policy of the Commission in close touch with the agricul- 

 tural authorities. 



(3) There should be Consultative Committees for England, 



Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, to assist the Commissioners 

 in their work, containing representatives of the interests 

 affected by the work of the Commission ; on these 

 Committees the Board of Agriculture should be 

 represented. 



(4) For the purpose of securing a certainty of steady and 



systematic development, a Forestry Fund should be 

 created to cover the expenses during the first 10 years, 

 upon which the Commissioners can draw as seems to be 

 required by the progress of the work. An account of the 

 expenditure of each year, and a forecast of that of the 

 next year, should be placed before Parhament, and the 

 work of the Commission would, of course, be subject to 

 audit in the usual way. 



(5) The powers and duties of the Commission should be defined. 



Powers must be taken to purchase and to lease land for 

 afiorestation and purposes connected therewith, to 

 manage and develop any land so acquired, to dispose by 

 sale or lease of land not suitable or not required for the 

 purposes of the Commission, and generally to do all 

 things incidental to the business of forestry. Various 

 other powers now exercised by other departments, 

 having reference to forestry, should be transferred to the 

 Commission. It should be in a position to undertake, 

 on behalf of the body concerned, the charge and manage- 

 ment of the Crown forests and woods now under the 



