120 FORESTRY AND AGRICULTURE 



assistance of the agricultural authorities. Friction 

 between the agricultural and forestal authorities will 

 inevitably occasion delay in the operations of the 

 latter, and will be prejudicial to the smooth working 

 which is an essential to the amelioration of the 

 conditions of life of the rural populations of the 

 districts whose improvement the afforestation 

 Scheme should contemplate. 



