5 OCTOBER 1907, Page 19

The Government, we are glad to learn, have 'bought the

estate of Inverliver, in Argyllshire, from Colonel Malcolm of Poltalloch, in order to convert it into a State forest. The estate has an area of nearly thirteen thousand acres. At present there are only about ninety acres of plantations, and it will be a generation before any new timber will become saleable. But in the meantime the estate will be a school of forestry, and a certain number of acres will be planted every year. It will be managed by the Office of Woods and Forests, and it is believed that eventually it will be self-supporting. We congratulate the Government on their wise experiment.