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THE Annual Report of the Forest Department in Kenya Colony (to Dec. 31, 1928) directs attention to a fact which is well known in forestry economics, that any serious set-back to the country as a whole, whether due to climate, invasions of pests, disease or other troubles, will at once react on the forest sales and revenue. During the year here reviewed, the rains were everywhere much below the average, and a very serious infestation of locusts affected all parts of the country. The inevitable consequences followed, as stated in the report: “These two factors brought about a considerable restriction in trade and development of the Colony, which seriously affected the sales of timber and the partial drought greatly handicapped the Department's planting schemes”. A check came to the continuous rise in revenue shown since 1926, as also in the rate of planting. This check is, however, regarded as purely temporary.
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Forestry in Kenya Colony1. Nature 124, 893–894 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124893a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/124893a0