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WE welcome the issue of the first number of a new forestry publication appearing in the Journal of the South African Association (No. 1, Oct. 1938, Pretoria, published by the Association, April and October, 1938). The number opens with a fitting memorial to the late Mr. J. P. Bekker, administrator of the Transvaal, who was keenly interested in forestry, and one of the earliest advocates of extensive afforestation in the Transvaal. The most important article, which alone would make this number of the Journal of high value, is the “Historical Sketch of the Development of Forestry in South Africa” by N. L. King, chief management officer, Division of Forestry. To those interested in forestry progress in the Dominion, a perusal of the paper is recommended. There is a strange omission, however. The author, although he alludes to the early settlers who landed at the Cape in 1652, makes no reference to the fact that they imported in the seventeenth century the oaks and poplars.
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Forestry in South Africa. Nature 144, 279–280 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144279c0
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