But this is not all, for apart altogether from the question of immediate labour, what an industry would be opened up in years to come by the planting of waste grounds! In the first instance there would arise the necessity for clearing, fencing, draining, and planting the ground, subsequently the tending of the plantations in various ways would give employment. Thinning would commence about the tenth year, after which the erection of sawmills and the conversion of the timber would open a vast and ever-increasing industry, providing highly remunerative work to thousands of the unemployed. There are other ways in connection with forestry in which the unemployed could be usefully and profitably set to work, such as in preparing osier beds, planting dogwood for gunpowder charcoal, and in the formation and stocking of tree nurseries, the produce of which could with advantage be used in the formation of plantations. Osiers for basket-making, charcoal for gunpowder and heating purposes, and seedling plants for afforestation will all be greatly in demand after the war when foreign supplies will not be forthcoming. Regarding the most desirable centres at which to commence planting operations, I would suggest those counties where the greatest areas of waste lands exist, and where, in addition, advantages are offered in the matter of cheap land purchase, as well as in a demand for and easy removal of the produce. Thus we have:— England Yorkshire and Northumberland with 1,010,924 acres. Scotland Inverness and Argyleshire with 3,087,312 acres. Wales Breconshire and Merionethshire with 461,320 acres. Ireland Donegal and Kerry with 657,337 acres (exclusive of 172,436 acres of bogland). From these figures it will be seen that in case of necessity we could get all the ground required for this afforesting scheme in two of the counties of England and Scotland, or in three of Wales and Ireland. The cost of procuring suitable land for afforesting purposes need not be considered as any obstacle to the scheme. From extensive inquiries made the price on an average would not be greater than £2 per acre. Through the kindness of the agent on the Gwydyr Estate, in Carnarvonshire, I have been allowed to look over the sale contracts on several of the properties, and from these I find that 7,412 acres were disposed of at an average price of £2 2_s._ 3_d._ per acre. The ground was excellent for the production of timber, as the Larch on adjoining lands clearly evidenced. Again, the Crown recently purchased 12,500 acres in Scotland at the modest rental of £2 per acre. Many other instances could be quoted, but the above suffice to show that land in every way suitable for the production of high-grade timber can be bought at probably less than £2 per acre.