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"This dismal condition is undoubtedly in store for us unless 

 we avert it by prompt and energetic action. And no lialf-way~ 

 measures will suffice. If we would make sure of success we must 

 boldly inaugurate a system whicb will in all probability meet witli 

 strong opposition from real-estate owners ; — a system which may 

 be regarded by the few as a violation of personal rights, but 

 which nevertheless must be enforced in the interests of the many. 

 There should be a Fores ter-in- chief appointed for the whole 

 country, whose business it shall be to supervise and direct the 

 operations of the Bureau. 



" Every man owning ten acres or more of land should be com- 

 pelled to devote one-half of his land to the cultivation of trees, 

 and all forests now existing should be maintained in vigorous 

 health and growth, and their limits gradually increased year by 

 year. 



"Since the above was written, we notice an article on the 

 same subject in the Advertiser, from the pen of Mr. Gibson, 

 which presents some new ideas on this subject, worthy of 

 consideration." 



