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A FOREST POLICY FOR AUSTRALIA. 
heads of the Departments in each State, when in conference, have shown the 
seriousness of the situation, and repeatedly brought their resolutions before 
various Governments.. On the last occasion, the subject was laid before the 
Premiers’ Conference. What is now needed is a forest policy for Australia as a 
whole, a definite line of action which will be recognised by all Governments as 
being essential to the general welfare of the Commonwealth. 
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SER RRSE RC a 
BLUE GUM (EUCALYPTUS SALIGNA) GOSFORD DISTRICT, NEW SOUTH WALES. 
In the first place, a thorough stock-taking of the land is needed. The land 
should be classified according to its possibilities. of development, and all land 
unfit for agricultural purposes should be examined with a view to determining its: 
capabilities for growing timber. . If forest is already growing on the land, then 
the classification should show clearly the boundaries of the portions that may be: 
put to agricultural use after the timber has been utilized, and land which it 
will not pay to clear for such a purpose. Here there may be a clashing of interests, 
