June, 1920] FORESTRY 297 



sowing of sal under the protection of telia (Wendlandia cxserla) was continued. Cin 

 mommum camphor a sowings were made in frost holes in the Bilaspui Division with the ob; 

 of protecting the young sal. Sixty-eight thousand, six hundred and seventy-nine acres 

 exploited under the coppice with standards system against 62,037 acres the preceding year. 

 Mechanical tests showed that Allapilli teak differed hut little from Burma teak, the Lat1 

 having a slight advantage in transverse strength and the former in shearing and compri 

 sion strains. Chanda teak is said to he valuable for ornamental purposes and in furniture 

 and panel work as it takes a smooth finish. — E. It. Hodson. 



2030. Holmes, J. S. The forests of North Carolina. Bull. North Carolina Dept. Agric. 

 40 8 : 12-13. 1919. — Brief statement of forest resources and policies in North Carolina with 

 outline of plan to promote conservation. — F. A. Wolf. 



2031. Horton, Robert E. Measurement of rainfall and snow. Monthly Weather Rev. 

 47:291-296. 1919. — The object of this paper is to describe methods of measuring rainfall 

 and snow and to discuss the errors and inaccuracies of such measurements, with the view of 

 suggesting methods of securing rainfall records with the highest possible degree of accuracy 

 and usefulness. Some attention is given to the question of reliability of results obtained 

 from a single raingage as applied to the larger or smaller area around it. — Robert E. Horton. 



2032. Josm, Shambuoo Datt, and others. Annual report on the forest administration 

 in Ajmer-Merwara for the year 1917-1918. 26 p. Ajmer, India, 1919. — A routine report on 

 forest operations in the province with financial statement. Covers changes in forest areas, 

 management, protection, silviculture, planting, research, and experiments, in brief sum- 

 maries. — E. R. Hodson. 



2033. Klason, Peter. Kolning och torrdestillation av ved och darvid framstallbara prc- 

 dukter. [Charcoal burning and dry distillation of wood, and the resultant products.] Skogs- 

 vardsforen. Tidskr. 17: 125-190. 87 fig. 1919. 



2034. Latham, H. A., and others. Administration report of the forest department of the 

 Madras Presidency, 1917-18. 147 p. Madras, British India, 1919. — Annual report for the 

 province covering forest operations, with detailed tabular statement. The area of reserved 

 forests increased to 18,838 square miles and the total area of reserved forests and reserved 

 lands at the close of the year was 19,506 square miles. Approved working plans cover an area 

 of 8259 square miles. The areas under the various sylvicultural systems were as follows: clear 

 felling, 130 square miles; selection felling, 1016 square miles; simple coppice, 690 square 

 miles; coppice with standards, 1807 square miles and improvement felling, 1224 square miles. 

 Large quantities of the bark of Anogeissus latifolia were supplied to the Munitions Board 

 for tanning purposes. This is a new discovery made in the Madras Leather Trade School. 

 The leaves of this tree are also a valuable tanning material. Experiments in the inoculation 

 of Butea frondosa and Zizyphus xylopyra with lac culture are being made by the Govern- 

 ment Entomologist in the Central Coimbatore Division. — The outstanding feature of the 

 work of the Forest Department, during the year, was the varied activities designed to meet 

 the demands of the Military Department. Large supplies of hay and tanning stuffs were 

 procured for the Munitions Board and the department did a great deal to increase the supply 

 of timber required for war purposes. — E. R. Hodson. 



2035. Lie, Haakon. Fjeldskogen. [Mountain forests.] Tidsskr. Skogbruk 27: 145-190. 

 1919. — The author seeks to awaken the public and foresters to greater appreciation and 

 care of the more elevated forested lands in Norway. The introduction deals with general 

 requirements of the trees and plants, relative importance of the climatic factors, the abun- 

 dance and distribution of trees in different parts of the country, the characters, peculiarities 

 and functions of the mountain forests in particular. A discussion follows bearing on the 

 present lower altitudinal limit of the forest than in earlier times. This is explained on the 

 ground of a warmer climate evidenced by shellfish which now live farther south in Europe 



