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{d) To undertake the management or supervision of woods 



belonging to private persons or corporations, 

 (e) To establish woodland industries or assist in estabhshing 



them. 

 (/) To collect, publish and distribute statistics relating to 

 forestry, promote instruction in forestry, and conduct 

 or assist research. 

 (g) To aid, or aid in making, enquiries for securing an ade- 

 quate supply of timber in the United Kingdom, and 

 to promote the production of timber in the Empire. 



In this and the preceding clauses the expression 

 " timber " includes all other forest produce. 

 Clause 4. Where trees or tree plants are being, or hkely to be, 

 damaged by rabbits, hares or vermin, the Commissioners 

 may, after due notice, cause the rabbits, hares or vermin to be 

 killed and taken, and recover from the occupier the net cost 

 incurred by them. For this purpose vermin includes squirrels. 

 Clause 5. For the purpose of exercising the administrative 

 powers and duties of the Commissioners, they shall appoint 

 three officers to be Assistant Commissioners for England and 

 Wales, Scotland and Ireland. 

 Clause 6 provides for the establishment of Consultative Com- 

 mittees for England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, such 

 Committees to include representatives of various bodies as 

 weU as persons having expert knowledge of forestry. 

 Clause 7 gives power for compulsory acquisition of land. 

 Excepted lands are parks, demesnes, gardens, pleasure 

 grounds, home farms, lands required for amenities, and a 

 variety of other lands. 

 Clause 8 estabhshes a Forestry Fund of 3| milhon pounds and 

 aU receipts of the Commissioners, to meet the expenses of the 

 first 10 years commencing on April 1st, 1919. It provides 

 also for the rendering of an annual account to the Comptroller 

 and Auditor-General, annual reports to ParUament, and 

 control of the Fund by H.M. Treasury. 

 Clause 9 gives the Commissioners or their servants power to 



enter and survey land. 

 Clause 10 deals with the superannuation of the Commissioners 

 and their staff. 



