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Administration report of the forest circles in the Bombay Presidency, 

 including Sind, for the year 1918—19 (Admin. Rpt. Forest Circles Bombay, 

 1<J18-1'J, pp. lSS+3). — A report of iuluiiiiistration and nuiuagement of the State 

 forests in Bombay and Sind for the fiscal year 1918-19. Data relative to forest 

 areas, forest surveys, working plans, forest protection, miscellaneous work, 

 yields in major and minor forest products, revenues, expenditures, etc., are 

 appended. 



Forestry in Netherlands India, Van Asbeck (Jaart. Dcpt. Landb., Nijv. en 

 Handel Nederland. Indie, 1918, pp. 241-263). — A progress report on the admin- 

 istration and management of the forests, including rubber plantations, in 

 Netherlands India for the year 1918. 



Twelftii annual rejjort of the Washington Forest Fire Association, 1919 

 {Wash. Forest Fire Assoe. Ann. Rpt., 12 (1919), pp. 27). — A report on the activi- 

 ties of the State Forest Fire Association, witli tabular data showing the burned 

 area and losses for the season of 1919. 



Fire warden's handbook (Oregon: State Bd. Forestry, 1919, rev., pp. 51). — 

 This handbook briefly indicates the forest policy of the State, and supplies 

 the information needed by the State fire wardens in the discharge of their 

 duties. The full text is given of the forest laws, together with opinions of the 

 Attorney General in digest form relative to several important sections. 



Forest aerial photographs, L. A. Nix (N. Y. Forestry, 7 (1920), No. 3, pp. 

 8-11, figs. 2). — ^.This article briefly reveals some of the facts regarding the Inter- 

 pretation of aerial photographs, with special reference to their use in forest 

 mapping. 



Collection of data as to the rate of growtli of timber ([Gt. Brit.] For- 

 estry Comn. Bui. 1 (1919), pp. 16, pi. 1). — This bulletin contains instructions to 

 statistical field parties and to parties collecting timber samples for testing 

 purposes, together with forms used in the work. 



Rate of growth of conifers in the British Isles, W. H. Guillebaud, H. M. 

 Stevan, and R. E. Maesden (Gt. Brit. Forestry Comn. Bid. 3 (1919), pp. 66, 

 pi. 8). — This bulletin presents the results of a survey of the development of 

 coniferous trees grown under silvicultural conditions in the British Isles. The 

 first three chapters deal with the general methods employed in the field and 

 in working up the collected data into yield data for the principal species. In 

 the succeeding chapters, the data secured are submitted to statistical analysis 

 with a view of determining the effect of locality upon the growtli of larch, 

 Scots pine, and spruce. In the concluding chapter, the evidence secured as 

 to the prevalence of canker in larch, crown damage in Scots pine, and heartrot 

 in larch, Scots pine, and spruce is briefly discussed. 



Results of the timber census, A. B. Recknagel (N. Y. Forestry, 7 (1920), 

 No. 3 pp. 3-5, pi. 1). — A tabular estimate is given of standing timber of various 

 species in the State of New York according to the 10 forest districts in 1918-19. 

 The data given and discussed are based on a war-time census by the New York 

 State Conservation Conwuission in cooperation with the Forest Service of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture, The Society of American Foresters, and State 

 agencies. 



Rubber and coffee selection, W. Bally (Meded. Proefsta. Midden-.Java, 

 No. 33 (1920), pp. I-XII).—A lecture delivered before assemblies at the Solo 

 and Semarang Experiment Stations. It discusses methods employed in con 

 ducting selection work with rubber and coffee. 



On tapping systems, W. Bally (Meded. Proefsta. Midden-Java, No. 3Jf 

 (1920), pp. 7-13). — A discourse on methods of conducting rubber tapping experi- 

 ments presented at the General Assembly of the Central Java Experiment 

 Station, Semarang, May 17, 1920. 



