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LEG TUBE ON ENGLISH FORESTS. [Jan. 



14. On the Supply of Teak Wood for Ship-building purposes. 



15. On the Utilisation of Forest Produce in the Manufacture of 



Paper. 



The Executive Committee are anxious to obtain Eeports on the 

 Forest Productions of our o',vn Crown Colonies, or Foreign Countries, 

 accompanied by Specimens. The Secretary is Mr. George Cadell, 

 3 Geor«'-e IV. Bridge, Edinburgh (late of the Indian Forest 

 Department), and the Offices are at 3, George IV. Bridge, Edinburgh. 



LEGTUBE ON ENGLISH F0BE8TS. 

 N the evening of Tuesday, the 11th December, Mr. Paterson, of 

 Hunstrete, delivered a lecture to an appreciative audience, in 

 the Town Hall of Farnborough, in aid ofj the funds of that 

 Institution. The subject of the lecture was ' English Forests, with 

 their Historical and Legendary Associations.' The lecturer introduced 

 subject by interesting remarks upon forests in general : trees and their 

 his beauties ; and the influence of forests upon the mind, in the varying 

 seasons of Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter ; primeval forests in the 

 uninhabited parts of the world, and their uses from the early stages 

 of civilization to the present day ; mentioning many interesting 

 particulars regarding the old Forests of Windsor, Epping, Dean 

 Forest, Dartmoor, the New Forest, and the forests of the middle and 

 north of England, with many of their historical associations, and 

 stories of their legendary lore. 



The chair was ably filled by the Eev. Henry Cooper, M.A., Ptector 

 of Farnborough, who cordially endorced many statements of the 

 lecturer, and was awarded a hearty vote of thanks from the lecturer 

 and audience, for so ably and kindly presiding over the meeting. 



The Fate of the Canadian Forests. — The Governmeut of Ontario has caused 

 to be prepared an elaborate repoit on the state of the forests of the province, 

 which comprises an account of what is now being done to preserve forests in other 

 countries throughout the world, together with much practical information on the 

 subiect of forest management. The report gives a lamentable account of the 

 reckless destruction of forests in Ontario, and predicts that unless powerful 

 efforts be made in the direction of replanting, the cultivated portions of the 

 country will ere long become denuded of trees, since experience shows that 

 isolated patches of forest left standing will not, without care, continue many years 

 in a state productive of timber, or, what is still more important, beneficial to the 

 climate. That other Governments are alive to the supreme importance of the 

 climatic influences of forests is abundantly showed in the report. It appears that 

 as far back as the year 1696, the attention of the French Governors was drawn to 

 the wasteful destruction of the Canadian forests, and they were called upon to 

 check it. ' Nothing, however,' adds the report, ' was done by them, and little 

 hiis been done s^nce.'—Baili/ iXews. 



