148 EXPEKIMENT STATION RECORD. 



ice and progress of forestry in the Territory are also considered, together with 

 future plans and recommendations for the betterment of the work. 



During the year 7 new forest reserves have been established, with an aggre- 

 gate area of 126,825 acres, of which G2.425 acres have been actually set apart. 

 The total number of forest reserves is now 12, with a combined area of 8o7,147 

 acres, of which 117,532 acres of unleased government land has been actually set 

 apart. 



Tabular data are given showing the area of leased, unleased, and private for- 

 est reserves in the islands of Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii, together with 

 maps showing the location of the 12 reserves established on these islands. A 

 record is also given of the year's lires on the islands of Hawaii, Oahu, and 

 Kauai. 



The division of forestry has undertaken .3 kinds of rubber experiments. A 

 systematic trial of Ceani x-ubber {Mauihot f/lazioi-ii) has been made in various 

 localities throughout the territory to ascertain definitely where this species will 

 grow. The importation of seed or seedlings of other rubber-iiroducing trees, 

 together with their propagation and distribution, and systematic experiments 

 in tapping rubber trees that have reached sufficient size for this purpose are 

 also discussed. 



Progress report of forest administration in the province of eastern 

 Bengal and Assam for the year 1905-6, W. F. L. Tottenham (A'/>^ Forest 

 Admin. East. Bengal and Assam, 19(15-6, />/>. ()2, map 1). — This is the annual 

 report in regard to the constitution, management, protection, sylviculture, exploi- 

 tation, and financial results of the State forests of eastern Bengal and Assam 

 for the fiscal year 190.5-G. All the important phases of the work are presented 

 in tabular form. 



During the year 17,200 acres were added to the reserve forests, making the 

 present total area 3,841,820 acres. The gross revenues amounted to 1.254,787 

 rupees ($002,297.76) and the expenditures to 675,863 rupees (.$.324,414.24). 



There are 4 rubber i)lantations aggregating 2,928 acres scattered through the 

 province, of wliich the most important is at Charduar, where 2.746 acres of Ficus 

 clastica have Iteen planted out. The net reveiuie of the year from the rubber 

 plantations is given as 23,381 rupees ($11,222.88) and the commercial value of 

 the undertaking appears to be established. The text is accompanied with a map, 

 showing the forest areas in this province. 



Notes on western [Australian] timbers, 11. .J. Dalton (Af/r. Gas. A'. S. 

 Wales, IS (nxn), A^o. 2, pp. 1^3-1 Jfo, fig. i).— A list is given of 16 kinds of tim- 

 ber found in western Australia, with notes on the uses of each. 



The silva of Colorado. I. Trees of the pine family in Colorado, F. 

 Ramaley (inir. Colo. Studies, Jf (1907), No. 2, pp. 109-122, pi. 1, fig. 1).— This is 

 the first of a series of papers to be published with respect to the trees and 

 shrubs of Colorado. The present paper deals with the pine family in that State, 

 including the pines, spruces, and firs. General considerations are given with 

 regard to the economic and other values of forests, together with a list of books 

 dealing with the trees of Colorado, and keys with descriptions of the genera and 

 species of the pine family in this State. 



The uses of beech wood, H. Zolikoffer (Ann. GemMoux, 11 (1907), No. 

 5, pp. 26.'f-279). — An account is given of the mechanical and physical properties 

 of beech wood, together with its use for railway ties, construction purposes, 

 manufacture of carriages, furniture, etc., as well as its value for firewood and 

 the manufacture of charcoal. 



With reference to its use for railway ties as compared with oak the following 

 illustration is given: A section of 808 oak ties on the railroad between Paris 



