CO129-584-4 Botanical and Forestry Department- comments on annual report 1939 13-12-1940 - 29-4-1941 — Page 5

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Mr. Monson

Mr.

Mr.

Sir A. Burns.

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Mr. G. L. M. Clauson.

Mr. C. J. Jeffries.

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Mr. A. J. Dawe.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

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FURTHER ACTION.

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Sir,

Downing Street,

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March, 1941.

I have etc. to invite

reference to your third personal

note of the 13th December forwarding

copies of the Report of the

Superintendent, Botanical and

Forestry Department for the year

1939.

2.

This Report has been read in this Depor.

heee with interest, and it seems

clear that with the restrictions

imposed by limitation of staff, the

Department is doing excellent work.

I note in particular that further

progress has been made with

reafforestation. The old system of

On the Firestry side

forest lot planting obviously left

much

a good deal to be desired, and I

agree with the conclusion in

paragraph 14 of the Report that

it was time that this scheme was

replaced by something more

satisfactory Mature.

3.