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than if the forest now in Puna is held indenitely as an unpro- 
ductive asset. 
To put into practice the principle here set forth a form of 
contract has been drawn up that meets the ideas of the applicant 
and is legally satisfactory to the administration. This contract 
contains a number of forest provisions looking to the more com- 
plete utilization of the trees cut, the protection of the forest and 
the reforestation of the area to be retained under a forest cover. 
A copy of this contract is submitted herewith, but special attention 
may be called to the clauses relating to protection from forest fire, 
systematic work, disposition of tops and other waste, protection of 
the remaining forest growth, inspection, and the right to modify 
the license fee during the second half of the term of the license. 
Very respectfully, 
Ralph S. Hosmer, 
Superintendent of Forestry. 
THE NATIONAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION. 
For some time past there has been felt the need of a popular 
organization which should enable individuals tO' unite in an ef- 
fective way in furthering what have come to be known as the 
policies of Conservation. That need has now been met by the 
creation of the National Conservation Association, under the 
presidency of Dr. Charles W. Eliot, until recently President of 
Harvard University. In a recently issued circular the reasons 
for the formation of this new society and a statement of its pur- 
poses are given as follows ; 
NATIONAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION. 
WHAT IT IS. 
‘‘Since the Governors’ Conference at the White House in May, 1908, 
conservation sentiment has steadily grown into a national demand. To- 
day there is no section of the United States which it does not reach. 
It has become a deep-seated conviction of the people. 
“The National Conservation Association believes that this public 
sentiment, to be effective, must be concentrated upon specific measures 
and organized pernianenty for energetic and persistent work, 
“To this end the National Conservation Association has been formed. 
It makes its appeal directly to the people. It is organized upon the 
basis of individual membership, thus affording opportunity for every 
citizen to share in the constructive work through which the Association 
proposes to cooperate with government officials and voluntary associa- 
tions. 
“The Governors of the States have appointed forty-two Conserva- 
tion Commissions; the presidents of fifty-one great national or^aniza^^ 
