1884.] DB. LYONS, M.P., AND F0BESTB7 ABBOAD. 333 



for the use of the House of Kepresentatives, 7,500 for the use of the 

 Senate, and 2,500 copies for the Commissioner of Agriculture; 

 provided, however, that the total number of pages of said report shall 

 not exceed six hundred and fifty. 



'Passed by the House of Eepresentatives, March 26, 1878. 



' Passed by the Senate, April 4, 1878.' 



' Department of Agriculture, 

 'Washington, D.C., Dec. 13, 1877. 



* Sir, — By the provisions of " an Act making appropriations for the 

 legislative executive and judicial expenses of the Government for the 

 year ending June 30, 1877, ,and for other purposes," approved 

 August 15, 1876, the Commissioner of Agriculture was required to 

 appoint some man of approved attainments, and practically well 

 acquainted with the methods of statistical inquiry, with a view 

 of ascertaining the annual amount of consumption, importation, 

 and exportation of timber and other forest products; the probable 

 supply for future wants ; the means best adapted to the preservation 

 and renewal of forests ; the influence of forests upon climate ; and 

 the measures that have been successfully applied in various 

 countries for the preservation and restoration or planting of forests, 

 and to report upon the same to the Commissioner of Agriculture, to 

 be by him transmitted in a special report to Congress. 



'On the 30th of August, 1876, Hon, Frederick Watts, then 

 Commissioner of Agriculture, appointed Dr. Franklin B. Houf^h, 

 of Lowville, Lewis County, New York, to the discharge of this 

 important duty. 



' Dr. Hough seems to have diligently prosecuted his investigations 

 and inquiries, not only throughout the United States, but also in 

 foreign lands, entering into a correspondence with officers of foreign 

 Governments connected with the forest management and forestry 

 schools in Europe, where the vital importance of this great interest 

 is well understood, and where for many years an intelligent and 

 settled policy has prevailed, looking to the increase of the woods. 

 * * * # ♦ 



' ( Signed) William G. Le Due, 

 ' Commissioner of Agriculture. 

 'To the President.' 



Mr. Ralph Carr-Ellison, who, we regret to say, died on the 4th ult,, in his 

 79th year, at Dunston Hill, Durham, was an old subscriber and a contributor to 

 our colnmus. He was a great lover of trees. 



