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ilescrlbes various plant combinations and successions and their aspects ; pnrt 4 

 gives an account of the njrricultural conditions In the reRion ; and part 5 

 reviews the principal results of the investipiticm with reference to land and 

 plant geography. A number of supplementary charts, togetlier with a bibliog- 

 raphy on the subject, is appended. 



Report of the division of forestry of the Board of Agriculture and Forestry 

 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916, C. S. Judd {Hawaii. Forester and 

 Agr., IS {1916), No. 8, pp. 28^-286).— A concise report covering the operations 

 for the fiscal year ended Juno 30, 191G, principally along the line of forest pro- 

 tection and forest extension. At tlie close of the year tlie total amount of 

 forest lands in tlie Territory in forest reserves amounted to 798,229 acres. 



Notes on state forestry in Ireland, II. R. MacMillan {Forestry Quart., 14 

 {1916), No. 3, pp. 461-466). — A popular descriptive account of the organization 

 and activities pertaining to state forestry in Ireland. 



Report on the knowledge of forest conditions on the east coast of Sumatra, 

 P. VAN ZON {Boschbouick. Tijdschr. Tcctona, 9 {1916), No.i. 4, pp. 251-268, pi. 

 1; 5, pp. 349-374; 6, pp. 429-448, pi. i).— An account of forest types, forest 

 management, and luml)ering activities on the east coast of Sumatra. 



Annual progress report on forest administration in the Western, Eastern, 

 and Kumaun Circles of the United Provinces for the forest year 1914—15, 

 P. H. Clutterbuck, H. G. Bixlson, and F. F. R. Channer {Ann. Rpt. Forest 

 Admin. West., East., and Kumaun Circles [India}, 1914-15, pp. 71+LXVII+7). — 

 The usual progress report relative to the constitution, management, and admin- 

 istration of the state forests in the "Western, Eastern, and Kumaun Circles of 

 the United Provinces, including a financial statement for the forest year 1914-15. 



All important data relative to forest areas, foi-est surveys, working plans, 

 forest protection, miscellaneous work, yields in major and minor forest prod- 

 ucts, revenues, expenditures, etc., are appended in tabular form. 



Cost of logging large and small timber, W. W. Ashe {Forestry Quart., 14 

 {1916), No. 3, pp. 441-452, figs. 4)- — In this paper data are given to sliow for 

 several of the different steps of a sawmill operation the comparative cost of 

 handling trees and logs of different sizes, and also to call attention to the field 

 of utility of the results as a factor to be considered in determining the cost of 

 producing lumber and as a potent argument in certain cases in favor of leaving 

 the small trees to grow to a larger size for future cutting. The results here 

 given are recorded merely as preliminary to intensive studies along this line. 



Helps in marketing waste, J. T. Harris {Jour. N. Y. State Forestry Assoc., 

 3 {1916), No. 1, pp. 12-14, fig- 1)- — A popular account of assistance rendered by 

 the Forest Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, other forest agencies, 

 end lumber organizations in finding a market for and the utilization of waste 

 material resulting from various wood-using industries. 



The preservation of wood, G. he la Praille {Rev. G&n. Chim., 19 {1916), 

 Nos. 1-2, pp. 1-16, figs. 11; 3-4, pp. 41-50). — A review of the present knowledge 

 relative to methods of preserving wood from decay as developed in different 

 countries. 



The preservative treatment of farm timbers, G. M. Hunt {U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Farmers' Bui. 744 (1916), pp. 32, figs. jf7).— This publication supersedes Farmers' 

 Bulletin 387, previously noted (E. S. R., 22, p. 740). the subject matter having 

 been revised and brought up to date. It discusses the nature of decay, methods 

 of prolonging the life of posts without the use of preservatives and by means of 

 preservatives, and methods of prolonging the life of other forms of farm timbers. 



