| Description | Correspondence and other records primarily relating to Post-War Policy, meetings and the activities of the Royal English Forestry Society (REFS) Policy Committee, Sir William Jowitt's report on Post-War Policy, and Wilfred E Hiley's case for private woodland owners to be submitted to the government in connection with the Forestry Commission. Correspondents include: Leonard Elmhirst; Sir George Campbell; A Terrell; Wilfred E Hiley; R William-Ellis; members of the House of Commons including Sir William Jowitt, C York, Lord Keynes, and G Palmer; the Duke of Buccleuch; the Ministry of Supply; F Storey; and members of the REFS including J Genese, R Coke, A Wilkinson, R Gardner, G C Wolryche-Whitmore, and W St A Warde-Aldam.
Subjects include: proposals for a separate Commissioner for Private Woodland; education, and Forester's Diplomas; Post-War Policy, and Private Estate Forestry Policy; the National Home Grown Timber Council; the restoration and operation of privately owned woodlands; Wilfred E Hiley's supervision of the production and extraction of pit props in the South Western area for the Ministry of Supply and his temporary release to prepare a case for private woodland owners; timber in the Thyancombe area, Wishdown and Channer Head Plantations, and Harbourne Wood; the employment of persons in positions as the staff of PEP; and the establishment and meetings of a Forestry Sub-Committee for the Conservative Agricultural Committee of the House of Commons.
Material includes: handwritten comments by Wilfred E Hiley and Leonard Elmhirst on Sir William Jowitt's report on Post-War Forestry; proposals for 'Post-War Forest Policy in Relation to Private Woodlands'; a 'Report on Private Forestry in Britain, together with Proposals for Measures designed to improve it'; a memorandum by Lord Mansfield 'Private Woodlands, Proposed Scheme of Assistance'; a list of recommendations and resolutions submitted by the REFS to the Government; and papers including 'The Future of British Forestry', 'Private Estates and Government Control', 'Death Duties', 'Forestry and its place in the machinery of Government'. |