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industry in Scotland, regular supervision and inspection are 

 essential. They recommend, therefore, the appointment of 

 a thoroughly qualified expert in practical poultry-keeping as 

 Commissioner under the Administrative Authority, with such 

 assistants as may be thought desirable, under whose direction 

 and control should be placed the work over the entire 

 country. 



In 1907 the Commissioners of H.M. Woods and Forests 

 completed the purchase of the Inverliever Estate, containing 

 about 12,530 acres lying at an elevation 



Afforestation of the between about 120 and 1,400 ft. above 



Inverliever Estate. sea level on the north-west side of Loch 

 Awe, in the county of Argyll. The 

 land is occupied as sheep farms, except about 290 acres, 

 which is under timber. 



The purchase was made for the purpose of carrying out a 

 scheme of afforestation in Scotland on scientific and economic 

 lines, and the estate was carefully selected with a view to its 

 suitability for this purpose. It is proposed to plant it gradu- 

 ally at the rate of 150 acres per annum. A forester, who will 

 act under the general supervision of the Commissioners and 

 reside on the estate, has been appointed. 



The Board have been furnished by the Commissioners of 

 Woods with the following statement of the progress which 

 had been made up to April last : — 



Work to the end of April has been entirely of a preparatory 

 nature. It has been impracticable to proceed with planting 

 in the area selected, as local labour was unobtainable, and 

 for outside workmen dwelling accommodation was not pro- 

 curable. A corrugated iron bothy has accordingly been 

 erected at Cruachan, the most convenient spot, to accommo- 

 date twelve men, and a similar but smaller structure has been 

 put up for the nurseryman at Ford. Shelter-sheds in the 

 nursery and upon the site to be planted next season have also 

 been built. 



The area to be planted during the next two seasons has yet 

 to be fenced against sheep and cattle, but the erection of the 

 fences will be commenced almost immediately. A site for a 

 nursery, which will eventually be about seven acres in extent, 



