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Annuairc des Eaux ct Forets pour 1885, contenant L& Tahleaii 

 coinplcte au V^ Avril 1885, Dn 'personnel de V Administration 

 des forets, du service forestier de VAlgerie, la liste des promotions 

 de VEcole forestidre, le budget de V Administration des ForUs ct de 

 nomlrcux documents statistique, 24l° annee. Paris: Au Bureau 

 de la Eevue des Eaux et Forets, 1885. 



This little duodecimo annual, issued only to the subscribers of our 

 French contemporary La Revue des Ecmx et Forets, whose two recent 

 issues contain some valuable forestal papers, the gist of which may 

 soon be laid before our readers, has no representative in the English 

 language. Its contents no doubt cater for the special needs of the 

 great French forest service; but they indicate a plan of collecting yearly 

 a mass of geographical, statistical, personal, and other items, which 

 would undoubtedly be of service to the great English-speaking 

 brotherhood in one way or another interested in wood or woodlands. 

 In 1883, the number of forest agents acting on the systbnc Lorentz 

 was 807 : this was augmented to 845 in 1884, and reduced to 836 

 in 1885 ; but in 1865 there were 955 forest agents, while in 1875 

 there were only 880 agents, including the crown foresters. In 

 1884, there were sixteen agents retired; but in 1885, no fewer 

 than fifty-six. 



The Indian Forester. April 1885. Eoorkee and London. 



Besides other Indian articles of much interest to foresters, this 

 number contains, in full. Colonel Michael's report on the Indian 

 section of Edinburgh Forestry Exhibition, which, amongst other 

 most satisfactory items, shows how the Colonel effected a saving of 

 about £125 out of the .£575 sanctioned. Mr. Cole, the assistant, 

 well known at the Exhibition, receives due praise. 



The Journal of the Society of Arts. 



Numbers for April 10th and I7th contain the prize essay by Mr. 

 Jackson of Kew, " On Substitutes for Boxwood," submitted to the 

 Committee of the late Forestry Exhibition. 



The Eev. Dr. C. Brown is about to issue another volume of the 

 forestal series published in commemoration of the Edinburgh 

 Forestry Exhibition, entitled Forests and Forestry in Poland, 

 Lithuania, and the Ukraine, with notices of the timber exported 

 from Memel, Dantzig, and Eiga. 



