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THE report on the “Census of Woodlands and Census of Production of Home-grown Timber, 1924,” recently issued by the Forestry Commission,1 is an interesting production, since it records, probably for the first time, the approximate areas, nature, and conditions of the woods of Great Britain. In England and Wales most of the data were collected by public-spirited private individuals, selected for their knowledge of particular districts. In Scotland the work was done by the Forestry Commissioners′ “regular local correspondents” (the term appears obscure), and by the technical staff. The six-inch Ordnance map was used, and the acreage of all woods exceeding 2 acres in extent was marked on the maps. These maps were then sent to the individual proprietors concerned, who were asked to indicate on the map the type and age-classes of their woods. The census was commenced in the autumn of 1921, but was not completed until the end of 1926. The year 1924 has been adopted as the date of the census, as most of the work was carried out in that year, and adjustments have been made from the statistics collected in other years.
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Woodlands of Great Britain. Nature 122, 869–870 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122869a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/122869a0