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any of the timber unless the terms of the contract were fulfillecl. 

 Before the contract was broken, the phaiutiff, at the request of the 

 defendant, had paid defendant's brother £20 on account of the 

 price of the timber, and also incurred £1 or £8 expenses. He now 

 souglit to recover his outlay under both these heads, and also the 

 profit which he might reasonably have expected from the transaction 

 had the defendant carried it out. 



The jury found for the plaintiff, £45 damages. 



JUetters to the Editor. 



BRITISH AND FOREIGN FORESTRY SYSTEMS 



COPEXHAGEX. 



SIK, — In your issue of June, a letter appeared, signed " Thunder- 

 bolt," containing some sentiments with which I fully agree, 

 and which ought to be acted upon by all foresters and forest-lovers 

 of Great Britain. It is quite correct that no German, Trench, or 

 foreign system of forestry can in its entireness he iwactical in 

 Britain. The conditions of the island clime, with the vicinity of 

 the great warm southern currents, the ofttimes very peculiar form 

 of the hills and high lands and the different formations, the character 

 and customs of the population, and the great facility for transport, — 

 all these factors are so different from those which rule the administra- 

 tion of the forests on the Continent, that it must be evident to the 

 merest tyro that it will be necessary to form a peculiar scheme for 

 the re-afforesting of the British isles ; and all the information we 

 can obtain in as brief and business-like a manner as possible will 

 be most valuable to those whose work it may be to form the above- 

 named scheme. Only to mention one point, I will beg to notice 

 that the careful observations of tlie yearly growth of each kind of 

 tree in various kinds of forest and under varying conditions, as 

 well as the form-quotient (Formzahl), whereby the actual amount of 

 wood or timber per acre is calculated in a standing forest, as well 

 as giving a clue to the looked-for result of young forests, are bound 

 to be subject to considerable alterations. The tree which in 

 Germany culminates in its 60 th year, may in Great Britain cul- 

 minate in its 30 th year, and thereby alter the whole plan for its 

 cultivation. The habit of obtainino; the most of Encjlish timber 

 from abroad is, another difficulty. In regard to "Thunderbolt's" 

 proposal to form an association of foresters, I sincerely trust that it 

 may prosper ; and if I, though at present living abroad, can be of 

 any service to this forest "Foresters' Association," I should be 

 happy to assist in any way possible to yours obediently, 



D. HowiTZ, Forest Conservator. 



