Excerpt from Gold Coast: Report on ForestsFor some years past the Government of the Gold Coast had been endeavouring to procure the temporary services of an Indian Forest Officer with a view to getting professional advice on the best means of regulating the haphazard methods of exploiting the mahogany forests then in vogue.Their Object was to secure a report on the forest resources of the country and the measures that should be adopted for the preservation of the forests against excessive exploitation.For one reason or another such an officer could not be found, and it was finally decided that my services should be lent for that purpose by the Southern Nigerian Government for a period of four months.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.