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munications should also be made by any gentlemen desirous of bring- 

 ing any subject of arboricultural interest before the meeting, or who 

 may wish to exhibit at it any article of interest or importance to 

 foresters ; such as collections of cones, and seeds of forest trees grown 

 in Britain ; drawings or photographs of remarkable trees, or notable 

 forest scenery ; specimens of rare or curious woods ; new or improved 

 examples of foresters' tools and implements ; or any other object that 

 is likely to be interesting or instructive to a gathering of the leading 

 practical and amateur representatives of arboriculture from all parts of 

 the United Kinodom. 



YviOiitliQ Fifty -fifth Bcport of Her Ifaj'esty's Commissioners of Woods, 

 Forests, and Land Ecvenues, we glean some interesting information in 

 reference to the profits derived from the timber, 8cc., produced by the 

 Royal Forests and Woodlands, and the expenditure upon their sur- 

 veillance and working. The report is for the year ending on the 31st 

 March last, during which period the total receipt from Windsor Parks 

 and Woods amounted to <£5,509 18s. 6d. ; and the expenditure for the 

 maintenance of the same amounted to ^2':t,587 Is. lid. These figures 

 include all the items connected with the management of the Woods 

 and Ranger's Departments, and the Home Park ; the receipts of 

 the Woods Department for sales of produce, consisting of bark, poles, 

 cordwood, fagots, &c., amounting to i^2,115. The value of timber 

 used for buildings, fences, &c., is £334 9s. 4d. ; and the rents of land, 

 cottages, &c., and various other receipts, i;;l,993 2s. 6d., giving a total 

 of ct4,442 12s. 6d. income from the Woods Department. The salaries 

 and allowances in the department to the surveyor, clerk of works, 

 foremen, and woodmen amount to £1,507 17s. 4d. ; and the expendi- 

 ture for new works, maintenance, management, &c., amounts to 

 £18,395 4s. 2d.; the "new works" costing £3,366 12s. Id. of that 

 amount. The income from the Ranger's Department, including the 

 sale of live stock, grazing rents, venison fees, &c., is .£937 6s. The 

 salaries and allowances to ranger, bailiff, parkkeepers, gamekeepers, 

 gatekeepers, &c., amount to .£2,571 6s. 4d., and the purchase of live 

 stock, maintenance, and management entails an expenditure of 

 £2,191 17s. 9d. The income from the Home Park is £130, and the 

 expenditure £72 6s. 3d, It thus appears that the expenditure upon 

 Windsor parks and woods exceeds the income from them by 

 £19,228 13s. 4d., a large sum perhaps, but the country has the satis- 

 faction to know that it is well expended in the thorough maintenance 

 of such a splendid regal domain. 



