Excerpt from Fox Family News, Vol. 5: March, 1916 When the first Forest Commission was established and organized the first appointment was that of Col. Wm. F. Fox on November I, 1885. To the position of Assistant Secretary. One could hardly appreciate his position at that time, c0n fronted with so much that was new and no resource upon which to draw for reli able information. Yet the report for 1885 shows that he had a clear insight into the requirements. The organization of a fire protection force, ejecting squatters upon the lands and enforcing the law, all with a small untrained force, were initial prob lems. From 1888 to 1891 we find him as Assistant Forest Warden, actively engaged in executive, administrative field and rout ine work. In I893 the Commissioner became the subject of legislative investigation and as a result, a new forest law was passed and a new Commissioner appointed. How ever, it is pleasing to note that this same act particularly specified that the present Superintendent should be continued in office. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.