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fforest s protecting water reservoirs . 



In this country only a beginning has 

 been made in th« institution of municipal forestry. 

 But a type of forest property that has already taken 

 hold in some degree, and which is in every way 

 suitable as a reservation extending the city park 

 development, is the forest protecting areas. Although 

 the preponderance of land constituting these tracts 

 surrounding reservoirs and protecting catchment 

 areas is privately frwftfcii, and in all too many cases 

 inefficiently managed, if subject to forestry methods 

 at all, there are numerous examples worthy of 

 study. 



In England, the Liverpool Corporation 

 carries out a most systematic program of management 

 and afforestation on their catchment areas at 

 vyrn«swy and Revington. On the Vyrn^rvy tract, the 

 afforestation is proceeding on an extensive scale. 

 In 1897 there were only 170 acres wooded. In 1903 

 these had been extended by planting, to 660 acres, 

 and by 1918 to 1383 acres. The ultimate aim is a 

 magnificent forest of 5000 aeres, to be scientifically 

 managed for sustained yield. The corporation provides 

 the land and plants the seedlings. The government 

 pays in advance the cost of planting and the profits 

 are divided equally by the two parties. This sort 

 of scheme obtains with many of the English and Irish 



