544 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



tant data relative to alterations in forest areas, progress on working plans, 

 forest snrveys, forest settlements, forest protection and exploitation, revenues, 

 expenditures, yields, etc., together with a tinancial statement, are i)resented in 

 tabular forni. 



Progress report on forest administration in the Province of Eastern 

 Bengal and Assam for the year 1906-7, W. F. L. Tottenham (Rpt. Forest 

 Admin. East. Bnujal onil Assam, 1906.-7, pp. 6'/+.?, map 1). — Data similar to the 

 above are presented relative to the constitution and management of State for- 

 ests in the I'rovinee of Eastern Bengal and Assam. 



Annual progress report on forest administration of the lower provinces 

 of Bengal for the year 1906-7, A. L. McIntire (Rpt. Forest Admin. Bengal, 

 1906-1, pp. //+J/+5). — Data similar to the above are i)resented relative to the 

 administration of the State forests of the lower provinces of Bengal. 



Report on the forest administration of Southern Nigeria for 1906, H. N. 

 Thompson (Colon. Rpts., Misc. [Gt. Brit.], No. 51, pp. Ji-90). — A report on 

 operations in the forest reserves of the Western, Central, and Eastern provinces 

 of Southern Nigeria including an examination of the forest areas, alterations 

 in area, forest protection, silvicultural operations and the exploitation of timber, 

 rubber, gums, fibers, oil beans and seeds, with a financial statement for the 

 year. Notes are also given on the work of the botanical stations and cultui-al 

 experiments with various agricultural crops. In the appendices are descriptive 

 notes on the forests of Southern Nigeria as well as notes on the climate of that 

 country, and miscellaneous tabular data connected with the report. 



The use of fluorid as a preserving material for wooden poles, R. Nowotny 

 {dsterr. Chem. Ztg., 11 (1908), No. 12, pp. 164-166). — A description is given 

 of experiments under way in Austria in which zinc fluorid is being tested as a 

 preserving fluid for telegraph poles, including data relative to the methods of 

 impregnation, and penetration. 



With poles treated with zinc fluorid in 1905 and 190G and examined in 1907, 

 from 88 to 100 per cent were found to be free from fungus attacks, whereas 50 

 per cent of the poles treated with copper sulphate were found to be more or 

 less seriously attacked. With creosoted poles treated at the same time 93 

 to 100 per cent were found to be completely free from attack. 



The chemical industries utilizing w^ood — its products and industrial 

 extracts, P. Dumesny and J. Noyer {Ulndustrie Chimique dcs Bois — lews 

 Derives et Extraits Indastriels. Paris [1908], pp. III+Jf02, figs. 101). — This 

 is a scientific and technical treatise on the utilization of wood in the produc- 

 tion of chemicals and extracts. The work is designed to meet the needs of 

 both the manufacturer and the student. 



Part 1 treats of the distillation of wood. General consideration is given to 

 the development and extent of the industry and the physical and chemical 

 properties of the principal products of distillation — charcoal, methyl alcohol, 

 creosote, acetic acid, and acetone. An account follows of the important analyt- 

 ical methods and processes, including equipment employed in producing these 

 and derived products. 



Part 2 of this work deals with the analytical methods, processes, and ap- 

 paratus employed in the manufacture of various tanning extracts, including 

 extracts of chestnut, oak, quebracho, sumac, and various other tanning ma- 

 terials. Data are also given relative to capital employed, estimated cost of oper- 

 ations, importance and extent of the extract business in France, Corsica, and 

 Italy, and imports and exports of extracts in France since 1900, as well as an 

 account of the utilization of tanning extracts in the tannery. 



Italian camphor, I. Giglioli {La Canfora ItaUana. Rome: Min. Agr., Indus., 

 e Com., 1908, pp. 292, pi. 1, fig. 1; Atti 6. Cong. Internaz. Chini. Appl., // 



