154 BEVIEWS OF BOOKS. [Dec. 



"We have to acknowledge, with brief reference and a promise of 

 more detailed notice later on, the Report of the Department of 

 Agriculture, and Statistics of the Province of Manitoba for the 

 Year 1882. Published at Winnipeg, by E. M. Howakd James, 

 Printer, 1883 ; also the Tropical Agriculturist for November, and 

 Progress Report upon State Forest Administration in South 

 Australia, by J. E. Brown, Conservator of Forests, Adelaide. 

 E. Spiller, Government Printer, 1883 ; and Suggestions Ecgarding 

 Forest Administration in the Central Provinces of India, by W. 

 ScHLiCK, Ph.D. Calcutta : The Home Department Press, 1883. 



We have also received the Indian Forester for October, and the 

 Florist and Pomoloist for November, containing two beautifully 

 coloured plates. 



'Haxbs' Afternoon Tea.' — Mr. F. Allen, of 36, King William Street, 

 London Brido-e, has sent us a sample of his famous tea, which is also known as 

 * Five Shilling Tea.' Whether tea be good for brain workers or not, no one 

 disputes its eminently refreshing qualities. But it is most essential to obtain it 

 good. We have tried this tea, and certainly consider it to be very good indeed. 



EucALiPTrs IN Spain. — In a recent report from Malaga it is stated that the 

 cultivation of the Eucalyptus has of late attracted considerable attention in the 

 province of Malaga, which has been deprived of all but fruit trees, in order to 

 supply the constant demand for charcoal caused by the extensive use of the fuel 

 for cooking purposes. Large numbers of Eucalyptus in a healthy and flourishing 

 state may now be seen along the line of railway from Malaga to Bobadilla, and 

 in other places, and they are reported to have been efl'ective, to some extent, in 

 destrovino' fevers in the low" districts, which were formerly uninhabitable. The 

 Eucalyptus trees are also successfully used for avenues, and afi'ord shelter from 

 the sun on the roads near the city. — Gardener's Chronicle. 



Timber Sales. — Mr. H. Walters held a sale at Longton on the 2nd ult., when 

 a laro-e quantity of Oak, Birch, Elm, Ash, and other growing timber, on the 

 Weston Coyney Estate, was offered by public auction. The timber was divided 

 into fourteen lots, and realised the following prices per lot : — Lot 1, Oak, Ash, 

 Sycamoie, Beech, and Larch trees, ^36 ; lot 2, ditto, £37 ; lot 3, 79 Oak and 23 

 Ash trees, i.'60 ; lot 4, Birch, Alder, Ehn, and Chestnut trees, £14 10s. ; lot 5, 

 100 Oak trees, £38 ; lot 6, 60 Oak trees, £24 ; lot 7, 41 Oak trees, £10 10s. ; lot 

 8, Scotch Spruce, Chestnut, Elm, and Poplar trees, £24 ; lot 9, ditto, £60 ; lot 

 10, ditto, £60; lot 11, ditto, £100 ; lot 12, ditto, £.30 10s. ; lot 13, 38 Oak, 11 

 Ash, and 5 Sycamore trees, £38 ; L^nderwood (33 acres), not sold. — Messi-s. 

 Sedt^wick, Son, & Weall, of Watford, held the annual sale of timber on the 



tree, which realised an average price _ ^ ^ ^^ 



which sold at about 8d. a foot, and a few Beech and Ash. The principal buyers 

 were Mr. Key. Mr. East, and Mr. Eead, of Berkhampsted ; Messrs. Foster, 

 Boxmoor ; Mr. France, Deptford ; Messrs, Longmire & Bulge, London ; Mr. 

 Walter Eogers, Watford ; Mr. Burgoyne and Mr. Miskin, St. Albans. 



