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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Forest railways for the extraction ol 

 timber in Burma, by P. A. Leete, p. 

 34-54; Some aspects of fire protec- 

 tion in chir forests, by E. A. Smythies, 

 p. 54-62; The hygienic treatment of 

 forest trees, p. 62-3; Notes on Hard- 

 wiclcia binata, by S. Sunderlal, p. 63-5. 



Philippine agriculturist and forester, 

 March, 1911. — Reforestation, by Felix 

 Franco, p. 53. 



Quarterly journal of forestry, April, 1911. — 

 Forestry in Russia, by L. S. Wood, p. 

 101-19; Quercus ilex or evergreen oak 

 at Halkham, by D. Munro, p. 119-24; 

 A tour in Canada, by P. T. Maw, p. 

 124-32; The growth of oaks in France, 

 by J. M. D. Mackenzie, p. 133-7; Me- 

 lampsoridium betulinum, by W. S. 

 Jones, p. 137-9; Form factors of various 

 conifers, by R. L. Robinson, p. 140-5; 

 Ring-barking of trees, p. 182-8. 



Revue des eaux et torets, April 1, 1911. — 

 Le revenu imposable des forets; sa de- 

 termination, by A. Vlolette, p. 193-204; 



Le mouvement forestier a I'etranger; 

 Allemagne, by G. Huffel, p. 204-10. 

 Zeitschrift tiir forst- und jagdwesen, March, 

 1911. — Studien iiber den wassergehalt 

 einiger baumstamme, by M. Biisgen, 

 p. 137-54; Wer Cattenbiihl, das heutige 

 lehrrevier der Forstakademie Miinden, 

 im 18. jahrundert, by J. Busse, p. 

 154-74; Kritische gedanken iiber forst- 

 diingungsversuche, by P. Ehrenberg, p. 

 174-202; iiber die luftinfektion des mut- 

 terkornes und die verbreitung pflanz- 

 licher infektionskrankheiten durch 

 temperaturstromungen, by R. Falck, p. 

 202-27; Standorts- und bestandesbesch- 

 reibung im dienste einer bestandes- 

 geschichte, by Fricke, p. 227-47; Bini- 

 ges zu der buchenmast 1909, by Michae- 

 lis, p. 267-83; tjber die frucht und die 

 entwicklung der rotbuche im ersten 

 jahre, by J. Oelkers, p. 283-95; Der 

 wald und die landwirtschaft, by von 

 Seelhorst, p. 315-21; Schutz der buche, 

 by Selihelm, p. 321-6. 



NATIONAL FOREST WORK 



Forest Assistants Appointed 



Examinations have recently been held 

 by the Civil Service Commission for posi- 

 tions as forest assistant, and seventy-two 

 of those who successfully passed the exam- 

 ination have been certified for permanent 

 or temporary appointments and assigned 

 to the different districts. The assignments 

 are as follows: 



District 1. Headquarters at Missoula, 

 Montana. 



Permanent — Frederick R. Mason, Howard 

 A. Green, John F. Forsythe, Whiting Alden, 

 Kenneth D. Swan, James C. Whitham, 

 Louis R. Stadmuller, Alfred B. Hastings, 

 Henry W. de Nancrede. 



Temporary — Otto Katz, Arthur F. Oppel, 

 Waldo D. Barlow, Ernest F. Jones, Samuel 

 R. Donnelly. 



District 2. Headquarters at Denver, 

 Colorado. 



Permanent — Leigh J. Young, Fred R. 

 Johnson, George Z. Mason, George R. Mor- 

 rison, Arthur F. C. Hoffman, Myron W. 

 Thompson, George R. Monell, Gordon Par- 

 ker, W. G. Baxter. 



Temporary — Huber C. Hilton, Philip L. 

 Buttrick, Jay J. Fitz, Walter A. Hopson, 

 Dwight S. Jeffers, Charles E. Beaumont, 

 Devillo T. Wood. 



District 3. Headquarters at Altuquerque, 

 New Mexico. 

 Permanent— Albert E. Moss, Quincy 

 Randies, John S. Boyce, H. Basil Wales, 

 Otto F. Swenson, John F. Pernot, John W. 

 Spencer, Ernest C. Pegg, Thomas E. Mc- 

 Cullough. 



Temporary — Irving W. Gilson, William C. 

 Koepke, Clifford W. McKibbin, N. Curtis 

 Case, Robert W. Shields. 



District 4. Headquarters at Ogden, Utah. 



Permanent — J. Warrington Stokes, Ed- 

 ward P. McCarthy. Edwin C. Shepard, Lee 

 O. Miles, Edward J. Hanzlik. 



Temporary — Hubert C. Williams, Arthur 

 F. Fisher, Charles E. Edwards. 



District 5. Headquarters at San Francisco, 



California. 



Permanent— TheoAore W. Dwight. Doug- 

 las K. Noyes, Edward I. Kotok, Richard 

 H. Boerker, Jesse W. Hough, Neal T. 

 Childs, George W. Lyon, Carl L. Hamilton. 



Temporary — E. T. Bushnell, Loren L. 

 Bishop, Howard de Forest. 



District 6. Headquarters at Portland, 

 Oregon. 



Permanent — Arthur F. Karr, Abraham 

 Rosenmond, Walter H. Leva, Frank J. 

 Mosher, L. Wernstedt. 



Temporary — Lawrence B. Pagter, Car- 

 rington McFarlane. Percy T. Smith. 



The new men are graduates of various 

 forest schools. The assignments are made 

 as far as possible on the basis of the per- 

 sonal wishes of the men, their suitability 

 to certain regions, and the needs for the 

 different districts. The permanent ap- 

 pointments are at $1,200 annually, and the 

 temporary appointments are made for three 

 months on a basis of $1,000 annually. The 

 temporary appointments may be made per- 

 manent when the exigencies of the Service 

 require. 



