INTRODUCTION 11 
them reluctant to afford aid in the introduction of 
any novelty that appears to them to threaten their 
prescriptive rights to an area which they have up 
till now looked upon as their exclusive property. 
It will need much tact to remove that active oppo- 
sition which is prohibitive of any success, and it 
will take much patient teaching before eager help 
will be afforded; but when that is forthcoming it 
will provide the proof that the people have recog- 
nized the fact, that though under the new régime 
the wanton destruction of the forest wealth is pro- 
hibited, yet they enjoy, even as before, all the 
advantages of its products, while at the same time 
they are able to earn good wages when employed in 
carrying out the works incidental to a regulated 
management. 
As a general rule the forester spends more than 
one-half of the income of the forest on its improve- — 
ment and management, while the greater portion of 
that income is paid in, not by those who live in the | 
vicinity of the forest, but by purchasers from a | 
distance. Thus, the work of the Indian Forester 
provides a considerable sum of money to the State, 
and distributes a large proportion of it locally ; and 
this tends towards creating a population who, in the 
course of time, learn to take a personal interest in 
the welfare of the forest. 
When the population in the vicinity have ceased 
to be actively hostile, or have even shown in practice 
their concurrence in forest conservancy, there still 
remains the vital question of successful finance, which 
is based on the proper exploitation of the forest crop. 
It is easy with forestry to pay dividends out of 
