A FOREST POLICY FOR AUSTRALIA. 
In this article I have attempted to sketch what has led up_to the serious 
forestry situation we are face to face with, and, at the same time, to suggest 
the remedy. Australia has a maximum of legislative enactments and regulations 
governing her forests, a minimum of forests, and the amount of sylvicultural 
work she has done is so small as to excite laughter in other lands where forestry 
is an accepted national policy. The remedy is the adoption of a forest policy. 
throughout the whole of Australia, such a policy to include:— 
_ 1. The classification of the land with a view to the demarkation and survey 
of the forest estate. 
2. The permanent reservation of this estate. ' 
3. The appointment of a certain number of highly-trained working plans 
officers to draw up the plans necessary for the management of the 
forests. 
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BREAKING DOWN A WANDOO LOG WITH A BAND-SAW. 
4. The establishment of one sound forest school for the training of the 
professional staff. 
5. The training of a subordinate staff in the practice of forestry. 
6. The establishment of a Forest Research Institute attached to the 
Forestry School. ; 
7. The establishment of one or more Forest Products Laboratories to 
investigate the commercial possibilities of our wealth of forest 
produce. 
8. The initiation of a wide publicity campaign in order to awake a forest 
conscience in the minds of the people. 
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