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A review of the net revenues from the Saxony state forests for the year 

 1915, Waplee (Tharand. Forstl. Jahrb., 66 (1915), No. 6, pp. 420-431).— A 

 statistical review relative to the yield in major and minor forest products, 

 revenues, expenditures, etc., for the various districts of Saxony for the year 

 1913. 



Annual progress report upon state forest administration in South Aus- 

 tralia for the year 1914-15, W. Gill (Ami. Rpt. State Forest Admin. So. Anst., 

 1914-15, pp. 13, pis. 7). — This is the usual report relative to the administration 

 and management of the state forests in South Australia, including a financial 

 statement for the year ended June 30, 1915. Data relative to forest areas, 

 planting and other forest operations, revenues, expenditures, etc., are presented 

 in tabular form. 



[Report of the forestry division], J. M. Pxjkves (Nyasaland Dept. Agr., Ann. 

 Rpt., 19 to, pp. 25-28). — A brief progress report on operations in the forest 

 nurseries and plantations in Nyasaland, together with a financial statement for 

 the year. 



Progress report of the Forest Research Institute for the year 1914r-15, 

 L. Merceb (Rpt. Forest Research Inst. [Dehra Dun}, 1914-15, pp. 22-).' — ^A 

 progress report of investigations in silviculture, forest botany, forest economy, 

 forest zoology, and forest chemistry. Lists of recent publications and of all 

 publications issued since the institute was established are appended, together 

 with a financial statement for the year. 



Forestry in Netherlands India, C. S. Lugt (Het Boschbedrijf in Neder- 

 landsch Indie. Haarlem: H. D. Tjeenk Willinlc d- Son, 1912, pp. 125, pi. 1, figs. 

 35). — This is the second of a series of handbooks dealing with the agricultural 

 products of the Dutch East Indies. 



The present work takes up the history, development, administration, and 

 exploitation of teak and wild timber forests on Java and other islands of 

 Netherlands India. Information is also given relative to cultural operations, 

 transportation, yields, and revenues from forest operations. 



Suggested alterations in the law relating to estate forestry, B. W. Adkin 

 (Quart. Jour. Forestry, 19 (1916), No. 1, pp. 1-9). — In this paper the author 

 x'ecommends certain changes in laws pertaining to timber estates in England. 



Practical forest assessment and survey, E. H. F. Swain (Dept. Forestry, 

 N. S. Wales, Bui. 9 (1914), pp. 16, figs. 3).— The system of forest strip survey 

 here outlined is an Australian adaptation of the methods adopted by European 

 and American forest, services and timber firms. 



Collection of statistics, W. Schlich and L. S. Wood (Quart. Jour. Forestry, 

 10 (1916), No. 1, pp. 4^-5t). — In this article the authors give suggestions for 

 the collection of forest data in Great Britain to be used in the preparation of 

 volume tables and preliminary tables of the volume and value increment of 

 trees and woods. Sample measurements of 36 beech trees are given in order to 

 explain the method recommended. 



Preservative treatment of fence posts, G. B. MacDonald (Iowa Sta. Bui. 

 15S, abridged ed. (1915), pp. S-31, figs. S). — An abridged edition of the bulletin 

 previously noted (E. S. R., 34, p. 153). 



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Some observations on the study of plant pathology, G. Massee (Jour. Econ.. 

 Biol., 10 (1915), Nos. 1-2, pp. 29-48). — This is a somewhat general presentation 

 of results of the author's observations on diseases of plants, resistant varieties, 

 distribution of disease, legislation in this connection, the training of plant 

 pathologists, and the mycoplasm theor5\ 



