222 EXHIBITION INTELLIGENCE. [Jan. 



Exhibition Intelligence. 



THE INTERNATIONAL FORESTIiV EXHIBITION. 



ESSAY AND REPOKT AWAltDS. 



THE Executive Committee have just issued tlieir List of Awards 

 for the Best Essays and Reports on Forestry subjects. It is as 

 follows : — 



1. On the Formation and Management of Forest Xurseries — ■ 

 E. P. C. Brace, Les Vaux-Salbris (Loir et Cher), gold medal ; Thomas 

 Berwick, 56 North Street, St. Andrews, silver medal. 



2. On the Formation and Management of Plantations in various 

 Sites, Altitudes, and Exposures — David Cannon, Les Vaux-Salbris 

 (Loir et Cher), France, gold medal ; E. E. Hodson, Hollybrooke, Bray, 

 silver medal; Donald Stalker, forester, Kilmun, bronze medal; D. 

 Tait, Owston Park, Doncaster, diploma ; J. W. Inglis, Myrtle Bank, 

 Trinity, ditto. 



3. On the Present and Prospective Sources of the Timber Supplies 

 of Great Britain, with Statistics of the various descriptions of Timber 

 imported during the past twenty-five years — Robert Carrick, Gefle, 

 Sweden, silver medal; D. L. Simmonds, 35 Queen Victoria Street, 

 London, bronze medal. 



4. Eeport, with Specimens, of any Hardwoods likely to supply 

 the place of Boxwood for Wood-Engraving — John P. Jackson, 

 Curator, Museum, Kew, silver medal. 



5. On the Afforesting of Mountains and other Waste Lands, with 

 details of the method adopted and the results obtained. To be 

 accompanied with drawings, photographs, or models — Thomas Milne, 

 Glenburnie, Aberdeen, diploma. 



G. On tlie Effects of Forests on Humidity of Soil and Climate, 

 from personal observations made by the Author, in any country or 

 locality — None received. 



7. On the Treatment of Coppice and the I^tilization of Branches 

 and Fragments of Forest Produce, with the view of diminishing 

 waste — G. S. Boulger, 9 Norfolk Terrace, London, gold medal ; John 

 Fairley, 20 Ward Street, St. Eollox, Glasgow, bronze medal. 



8. On the Growth and ]\Ianagenient of Eucalyptus Plantations, 

 and their Economic Uses — E. P. C. Brace, Les Vaux-Salbris (Loir et 

 Cher), France, silver medal; D. L. Simmonds, 35 Queen Victoria 

 Street, London, bronze medal. 



9. On the Best Method of I'reventing Erosion on Eiver Banks, 

 with illustrations — J. W. Inglis, Myrtle Bank, Trinity, diploma. 



10. On the Comparative Advantages of the various Methods of 

 Producing and Harvesting Cinchona Bark, with specimens — J. 

 Alexander, Udapussellawa, Ceylon, bronze medal. 



