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merit of municipal forest parlis. The text of the laws of Ohio relating to for- 

 estry are am^eudcd. 



Review of forest administration in British India for the year 1908—9, 

 with a quinquennial summary, F. B. Bryant (Rev. Forest Admin. Brit. 

 India, 1908-9, pp. 58, maps 2). — This is the customary annual progress report 

 on the constitution, management, financial results, and administration of the 

 state forests in the various Provinces of British India for the year ended 

 June 30, 1909. 



All the imiwrtant data relative to forest areas, various forest operations, 

 forest products, yields, returns, etc., are appended in tabular form, including 

 summarized data showing the financial returns for the quinquennial periods 

 from 1873-4 to 1907-8. Maps are also appended showing the distribution of 

 forests and waste lands as well as the progress of forest surveys and working 

 plans in India. 



The total area of forest lands under control of the forest department was in- 

 creased during the year by 3,905 square miles to a total of 241,774 square miles, 

 or 24.5 per cent of the area of British India. In addition some 12,193 square 

 miles of forest lauds are controlled by other departments. Of the total area 

 of reserves, 46,432 square miles, or 40 per cent, was under systematic fire 

 protection. 



Experiments carried out by the forest department have shown that Para 

 rubber (Hevea hrasiliensis) can be SMCcessfully grown in southern Burma and 

 Ficiis elastica in Assam. Little success has attended the efforts to grow these 

 and other rubber-producing species in other parts of India. 



The gross revenue for the year was 25.456,799 rupees ($8,258,949.30), the 

 gross expenditure 14,726,034 rupees ($4,777,567.21), and the surplus over ex- 

 penditure directly chargeable to revenue was 17,820.061 rupees ($5,781,462.39). 



Progress report of forest administration in the Province of Eastern 

 Bengal and Assam for the year 1909-10, A. V. :Monro, H. Carter, and W. E. 

 Mellor {Rpt. Forest Admin. East. Bengal and Assam, 1909-10, pp. 

 16+15+li7+3, map 1). — This is the usual progress report relative to the con- 

 stitution, management, financial results, and administration of the state forests 

 in the Western and Eastern Circles, Eastern Bengal, and Assam, for the year 

 ended June 30, 1910. 



All the important data relative to forest areas, various forest operations, 

 forest products, revenues, returns, etc., are appended in tabular form. 



The need of afforestation in the United Kingdom of j&reat Britain and 

 Ireland, A. D. Blascheck {8ci. Prog. Twentieth Cent., 5 (1911), No. 20, pp. 

 611-641). — This consists of a resume of the history of forestry in Great Britain, 

 together with a discussion of forestry in relation to the employment of land, 

 capital, and labor and the indirect effects produced. The paper concludes with 

 suggestions for the improvement of existing forests. 



Suggestions for woodlot owners in Maine, J. M. Briscoe (Maine Sta. Doc. 

 1/02, pp. 27, figs. 8). — The author considers that for the individual owner of 

 woodland in Maine there is no tree better suited either for regeneration by 

 methods of natural reproduction or for planting than the white pine. The chief 

 characteristics of this species are described in detail and directions are given 

 for the best methods of treatment in the development of pure stands and of 

 stands mixed with hard woods. 



The farmer's plantation, A. Mitchell (Dept. Int. Canada, Forestry Branch 

 Bill. 10, 1910, pp. 23, figs. 13). — A bulletin of poplar information prepared to 

 assist farmers in arranging their forest plantations to the best advantage and 

 in bringing them to a successful issue. The following phases are discussed in 

 detail: Narrow v. broad belts, arrangement of plantations, home plantations, 



