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financial success of State forestry as a whole is now 
assured in India, but even so it is not possible 
that the forests of each district should produce a 
profit until they have been so organized as to 
discount the ill-treatment of the past; and it is 
certain that, at the introduction of scientific forestry 
in any locality, reasonable liberality in expenditure 
pays far more in ,the results attained than rigid 
ecohomy merely for the sake of saving, and equally 
is it sure that any system that restricts expendi- 
ture in a fixed proportion to the revenue of the 
past years must result in limiting the expansion of 
the income of the future. The estimates of reliable 
and experienced experts are vain if it is insisted on 
that an increased revenue should precede an in- 
creased expenditure ; nor is this believed to be the 
mode of business adopted by progressive commercial 
firms in any country in the world. 
The growing importance of forestry in India has 
demanded a proportionate increase in professional 
knowledge and in the strength of establishments. 
It has been shown how during the past few years 
these matters have received practical consideration 
involving somewhat expensive improvements in con- 
ditions of service and recruitment. There remains 
one other, perhaps the most important, attribute of 
the Forest Officer that should be fostered, and 
that is enthusiasm, a virtue that may spread by 
contagion through all classes, from the jungle savage 
to the head of the Government. Without en- 
thusiasm persuasion and personal influence are 
ineffective, but enthusiasm is difficult without 
contentment. 
