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Iral Provinces, India, Rpt. 1902-3, pp. 184). — A report is given of the forest admin- 

 istration of the Northern, Southern, and Berar circles of forest administration of the 

 Central Provinces of India. This includes a classification of forest areas, a report on 

 survey and demarcation of the forests, a progress report on the scientific working of 

 the forests, the operations carried on during the year with special reference to for- 

 est products, the financial results, etc. 



The total area of forests under government control in these regions amounts to 

 22,869 sq. miles, of which nearly one-third is systematically protected against fire, 

 grazing, etc. Investigations are heing conducted in which certain areas which have 

 small value as forests are to he systematically burned over each year in order to 

 obtain information on the subject of the relative yield of fodder and grazing on 

 burned and unburned areas. Other portions of the forests which are of little value 

 for forest purposes are to be transferred to grazing areas, and grazing in the more 

 valuable forests is to be restricted in order to permit natural reproduction and growth 

 of seedlings. 



Progress report of forest administration in the Madras Presidency ( Forest 

 Dept., Madras Presidency, India, RpA. 190-2-3, pp. 163). — A progress report is given of 

 the forestry administration in the Madras Presidency for the year ending June 30, 

 1903. During this period a slight reduction in the forest area is noted, the reserved 

 forests and the reserved lands now amounting to 19,455 sq. miles. The results of 

 preliminary investigations in the different districts in which the boundaries of the 

 various forests and reservations were examined are reported upon, together with 

 forest surveys, management of State forests, etc. 



Progress report of the forest administration in the lower provinces of Ben- 

 gal, A. L. McIntire (Forest Dept., Bengal, India, Rpt. 1902-3, pp. 60). — This report, 

 which covers the year 1902-3, gives statements regarding the operations in the 

 reserved forest area in which it appears that at present 8.92 per cent of the area of 

 the provinces is now entered on the books of the forest department. Statements are 

 given regarding the areas in the forest settlement, boundary inspections, surveys, 

 management of State forests, including working plans, and the protection of forests 

 from fire, grazing, etc. 



Annual report of the conservator of forests, 1902, T. R. Sim (Natal Agr. 

 Dept. Rpt. 1902, pp. 69-92). — A description is given of the forests of Natal as observed 

 by the author in the short period that intervened between his appointment as for- 

 ester and the time for preparation of his report, and a plan for the conservation of 

 the forests is outlined. 



The chemistry of the forest, J. B. Weems (Proc. Iowa Park and Forestry 

 Assoc., 3 (1903), pp. 31-36). — The author describes the various chemical processes 

 connected with forest growth, beginning with the planting of the seed in the soil. 

 The results of analyses of various commercial parts of trees are given, and attention 

 called to some of the principal products derived from trees aside from lumber, 

 timber, etc. 



Treatment designed to add to the durability of posts, F. W. Card and 

 A. E. Stene (Rhode Island Sta. Rpt. 1903, pp. 226-229, pis. 2). — A description is given 

 of the preliminary treatment given posts to test the relative efficiency of the differ- 

 ent methods for prolonging their durability. 



The posts used were green chestnut, and when planted half of the posts were set 

 top end down and the other half bottom end down. In addition one row was set 

 without any treatment. The second row had the ends set in the ground charred by 

 placing them over fire until thoroughly blackened and somewhat burned. The 

 pu>ts of the third row were painted with coal tar. Those of the fourth row were 

 painted in the same manner with hot pine tar. The posts of the fifth row were 

 treated with lime by being set in pits, the bottoms of which were filled with fresh 

 lime on which the posts were set, the spaces being filled with the lime and water 



