1885.] REVIEWS OF BOOKS. 383 



Keviews of 3ooks. 



INDIAN FOREST SERVICE REPORTS. 



1. Progress Report of the Forest Administration in Ajmere-Mervjccra 



for 1883-84. By A. E. Loweie, Esq., Officiating Assistant 

 Conservator of Forests. With Eemarks by the Commissioner. 

 A Eeview by the Chief Commissioner, and Orders by the 

 Government of India. 1884. 



2. Progixss Report of Forest Administration in the Central Pro- 



vinees for 1883-84. By E. H. E. Thompson, Esq., Officiating 

 Conservator of Forests. With a Eeview by the Chief Com- 

 missioner, and Orders by the Government of India. 1885. 



3. Progress Report of Forest Administration in British Burma for 



1883-84. By Lieut.-Colonel W. J. Seaton, M.S.C, Con- 

 servator of Forests, Tenasserim Circle ; and H. E. Hill, Esq., 

 Officiating Conservator of Forests, Pegu Circle. With a Eeview 

 by the Chief Commissioner, and Orders by the Government 

 of India. 1885. 



4. Progress Report of Forest Administrcdion in Assam for 1883-84. 



By G. Mann, Esq., Conservator of Forests. With a Eeview by 

 the Chief Commissioner, and Orders by the Government of 

 India. 1885. 



WE .shall again return to the above reports; meanwhile we 

 note that Mr. Lowrie receives credit for his work, which 

 included selecting specimens for the Edinburgh Forestry Exhibition. 

 In the Central Provinces, the Forest Department is not to deal in 

 timber, liut to sell the trees as they stand in the forests, leaving 

 the further distribution and sale of the timber to private agency. 

 In the Pegu and Tenasserim Circles of British Burma, there has 

 been an addition of 982 acres in excess of those of the previous 

 year, principally stocked with teak, which His Excellency in Council 

 notices with satisfaction, as teak wood will be scarce here, and 

 present employment is given to Karens living near the reserves. 

 86 02 maunds of rubber were collected during the period embraced 

 by this Eeport in Assam. 



Nurse7'i/men's Season's Catalogues. 

 Edward Sang & Sons, Kirkcaldy, send a Catcdogue of Vegetalle 

 and Flower Seeds, Nurserg Plants, ete., which is worthy of per- 

 manent preservation for its exquisite cover alone ; and Messrs. 

 Woods & Ingram, Huntingdon, an Illustrated Catalogue, which is 

 a vade mecum of cultural information. 



