| Description | Records regarding Wilfred E Hiley's visit to Kenya to conduct an economic survey of the Forest Estates in Kenya (1949-1950). Material includes: correspondence between Wilfred E Hiley and members of the Forest Department, Kenya; calculations for annual yields and financial returns for cypress and conifer plantations; figures for timber imports into Kenya and Uganda (1948); graphs, statistics and yield tables for cypress plantations; memoranda including 'Future Expansion of Conifer Plantations', 'Project of Expanded Forest Management', 'Cypress Plantations', 'The Marquand Scheme for Increased Timber Production in East Africa' and 'Conversion Loss of Cypress Thinnings'; minutes from a meeting on forest production and disposal of timber; costings for Visoi Saw Mills Limited; progress report forms; reports on plantations including a 'Report on Chomme Forest Reserve'; and a report on 'South African Timber Milling'. |