April, 1920] FORESTRY 135 



930. Anonymous. Casuarina woods in Mauritius. Agric. News [Barbados] 18: 5. Feb. 

 22, 1919. — This article consists of extracts from a letter of H. A. Tempany, Director of Agri- 

 culture, Mauritius. Casuarina equisetifolia L., locally known as "Filao," is extensively 

 planted along the sea coast of Mauritius on the "Domaine publique" which consists of all 

 of the land along the coast to a minimum depth of 81 metres. The trees form a useful shelter 

 belt and produce a valuable supply of fuel. In the shade of the trees the West Indian grass 

 (Stenotaphrmn glabrum Trin.) known locally as "herbe bourrique" grows luxuriantly and is 

 utilized for cattle pasturage. — C. V. Piper. 



931. Anonymous. Garden, field and forest. Jour. Bd. Agric. British Guiana 12: 37-44. 

 1919. — Descriptions and uses of the saman tree (Pithecolobium saman) and the cannon ball 

 tree (Couripita guianensis) . — /. B. Rorer. 



932. Anonymous. [W. N. Sands.] The Mahoe cockon tree in relation to cotton stainer 

 control in St. Vincent. Agric. News [Barbados] 18: 154-155. May 17, 1919.— The "Mahoe 

 cockon" tree (Slerculia caribaea R. Br.) a breeding plant of the cotton stainer {Dysdercus 

 delauneyi Leth.) is discussed with reference to the control of the insect.— C. V. Piper. 



933. Anonymous. [M., J. M.] A note on planting and sowing. Trans. Roy. Scottish 

 Arboric. Soc. 33: 88-90. 1919.— This article takes up briefly the considerations which should 

 govern the choice of sowing or planting in reforestation or afforestation operations. — C. R. 

 Tillotson. 



934. Anonymous. Om gjeita og skogen. [Goat grazing and the forest.] Tidsskr. Skog- 

 bruk 27: 74-75. Mar .-Apr., 1919. — The goat is a common domestic animal on Norwegian 

 mountain farms. If the animal is starved in winter it will devour large quantities of spruce 

 and pine buds and new shoots when let out. Sometimes it gnaws the bark as well. The 

 greatest damage is done by eating all the one-year seedlings it comes across. This is the choice 

 dish and it does not pass them by if ever so full. — J. A. Larsen. 



935. Beeson, C. F. C. Food plants of [British] Indian forest insects. Part I. Indian 

 Forester 45: 49-56. 1919. — An annotated list of Coleopterous species from India, of which 

 the food-plants are known, with their distribution and feeding habits. The present paper 

 lists 30 species with 89 records of host plants. — E. N. Munns. 



936. Beeson, C. F. C. Forest Insect conditions in Gorakhpur Division [British india]. 

 Indian Forester 45: 10-15. 1919. — A description is given of the borers, defoliators and 

 insects destructive to young growth. — E. N. Munns. 



937. Bell, Francis. A forestry policy for New Zealand: Address by the Commissioner 

 of State Forests. New Zealand Jour. Agric. 18: 313-318. 1919.— This office, recently sepa- 

 rated from that of the Minister of Lands and not yet made a department, does not deal with 

 private forest land although this may become part of its future work, especially in the pur- 

 chase of private lands for state forests. It is advocated that sawmills be granted licenses 

 only on the condition that no timber sawed at their mills shall be sold for export. Approxi- 

 mately 1,654,214 acres are in state forests of which 1,464,000 acres are actually under forest. 

 These state forests include only lands so proclaimed under the State Forests Act. There is 

 an urgent problem in Crown lands not yet proclaimed State forests because of the present 

 demand for land for settlement. In accordance with the present policy where such land is 

 good agricultural land it will not be withheld from clearing when needed by settlers. It has 

 not yet been found possible to classify the forest and agricultural land but a system cf pro- 

 claiming provisional State forests is being followed which it is hoped will prevent hasty action 

 in settling land better adapted to forest purposes than to cultivation. — The commissioner 

 has power to protect the forest-covered watersheds of streams to prevent floods in those non- 

 navigable and to conserve a constant flow in those which are navigable. Regulations have 

 limited the export of certain classes of timber and power has been taken to fix the prices of 

 every class of milled timber in New Zealand. The sale of standing timber is prohibited, or 



