PREFACE 
O WING to the nature of the enquiry, which involved carrying out 
seasoning tests with a variety of species, distributed all over 
India and Burma, it was not possible to restrict the experiment to one 
locality, while the duration of the experiment was fixed at three years. 
Under the circumstances it was found impossible to do more than exercise 
central control from the Forest Research Institute, to carry out the final 
inspection at the more important centres and to enlist the help of the 
Divisional Forest Officers in respect of all other work. It would have 
been quite impossible to carry out this detailed experiment had not 
the officers concerned taken a real personal interest in the work, and 
most loyally co-operated during all phases of its operation. 
The writer’s best thanks are due to Sir H. A. Farrington, Bart, and 
to Messrs. J. L. Baker, J. Homfray, H. S. Gibson, B/A., and J. R. P. Gent 
of Bengal; to Messrs. T. R. Bell, J. Dodgson, A. G. Edie, G. E. Marjori- 
banks, A. C. Hiley and N. E. Shrigley of Bombay; to Messrs. 
P. H. Clutterbuck, V.D., C.I.E., F. F. R. Channer, E. R. Stevens, 
R. St. G. Burke, J. N. Oliphant, B.A., J. V. Collier, B.A., S. H. Howard, 
B.A., M. W. Clifford, B.A., and G. 0. Coombs of the United Provinces ; 
to Messrs. R. McIntosh, M.A., A. D. Blascheck, F.C.H., R. N. Parker, 
F.C.H., H. L. Wright^ B.A., E. A. Greswell, B.A., Munshi Imam-ud-din, 
Khan Bahadur (Retired,) and Pandit Gokal Das, Rai Bahadur (deceased), 
of the Punjab; Messrs. M. Hill, C.I.E., J. Carr of the Central 
Provinces ; and to Messrs. H. H. Haines, F.C.H., R. Kirkpatrick, G. M. 
Cooper, A. P. Mudaliar and 0. A. Dodsworth of Bihar and Orissa. 
