FOKESTKY. 343 



Progress report on forest administration in Coorg for 1906-7, C. McCarthy, 

 {Rl)t. Forest Admin. Coorg, 1906-7, pp. 1-i). — Data similar to the above are 

 presented relative to operatious in Coorg. 



Annual administration report of the forest department of the Madras 

 presidency, 1906-7 (Admin. Rpt. Forest Dept. Madras, 1907, t)p. 50-\-CXXyi 

 +5). — Data similar to the above are presented relative to forest operations in 

 the northern, central, and southern circles of the ^Madras presidencj'. 



Progress report on forest administration in the Punjab for 1906-7, C. P. 

 Fisher (Rpt. Forest Ad)nin. Punjab, 1906-7, pp. 66). — Data similar to the 

 above are presented relative to the administration of the State forests in the 

 Punjab. 



Annual progress report of forest administration in the western and east- 

 ern circles of the United Provinces for the forest year 1906-7, W. H. Love- 

 CiROVE and H. Jackson (.1//;?. Rpt. Forest Admin. West, and East. Cireles [India], 

 1906-7, pp. 120). — Data similar to the above are presented relative to the admin- 

 istration of State forests in the eastern and western circles of the United 

 Provinces. 



Progress report of the Imperial Forest Research Institute for 1906-7 (Rpt. 

 Imp. Forest Research Inst., 1906-7, pp. 13). — An outline is given of the progress 

 made during the year 1906-7 in the various branches of forestry, including 

 administration, investigation, and research, working plans, forest botany, 

 zoology, and economics, together with a summary of revenues and expenditures 

 for the year. 



Forest service of Indo-China, G. Capus (Bui Eeon. Indo-Chine, n. ser., 10 

 (1907), No. 69, pp. 9-'/9-98-J ) .— An account of the history, development, organiza- 

 tion, direction, work, and purposes of the forest service of Indo-China. 



Note on experimental rubber cultivation in the Bombay presidency, G. A. 

 Gammie (Proc. Agr. Conf. Alimedahad, 1907, pp. 25, 26). — Brief notes on cul- 

 tural and tapping experiments being made by the Bombay presidency with 

 Cryptostegia grandi flora. Fieus elastica, Maniliot glaziorii, Castilloa elastiea, and 

 Hevea brasiliensis. 



From the results thus far secured the author considers ceara rubber {M. 

 glaziovii) the only rubber plant worth growing under general conditions in the 

 Bombay presidency. It is believed that Cryptostegia may yield a little revenue 

 as an adjunct to village resources. 



Cultivation of rubber plants on the Malay Peninsula, E. Carle {Bui. 

 Econ. Indo-Chine, n. ser., 10 (1907), No. 67, pp. 761-782, figs. //).— An extract of 

 a report on the rubber industry of the JNIalay Peninsula, in which some general 

 information is given relative to the cultivation and production of rubber, tapioca, 

 and lemon oil, together with a moi-e detailed account of the production of Para 

 rubber, including a study of the soils, methods of soil preparation, planting, 

 planting distances, the condition of the trees, tapping operations and implements, 

 the age at which the trees are tapped, yields, subsequent treatment of planta- 

 tion enemies of Hevea and their control, labor, and value of plantations. 



On the extraction of rubber from dried rubber plants, P. Alexander and 

 K. BiNo (Tropenpflauzer, 12 (1908), No. 2, pp. 57-68). — An account, together 

 with tabulated results, is given of some extraction tests made with a view of 

 determining the feasibility of producing rubber from dried rubber plant mate- 

 rial. The material used consisted principally of the leaves, branches, bark, 

 and wood of EicJcxia elastica trees of various ages. The experiments showed 

 that there was only an inconsiderable quantity of rubber in the material tested. 

 The largest amount secured was with the bark of the 7 and 8 year old trees, 

 from which 2.7 per cent of rubber was obtained. 



