MISCELLANEOUS. 1199 



Twenty months of the administration of the minister of agriculture, E. J{. 

 Mexia (Vcintc Mcscs dc AilDiiiiistnuion oi d MuiistviiD lic Agricultura. 

 Buciio.s Ayrcs, 190S. inh ,>[)!). — This is a report of the minister of agriculture of 

 Argentina for the 2o months ending with ()ctol)er, 1!»()7. 



Report of the department of agriculture of Finland, 1905 {Ldndtbr. Sti/r. 

 Mcddcl, l'JU7, \o. JJ, pp. X+2I8). — The nsnal reports ou the agricultural con- 

 ditions of the year are given, together with data as to the work of the various 

 agricultural, educational, and research institutions for the advancement of 

 agriculture. 



Report of the department of agriculture of Sweden, 1906, .M. vox Ff.il- 

 iTZKN ET AL, ( 7v . Laiultbr. Stin: rud< rdiin'Kju Ber. 1906, pp. [ri]+504 + VII). — 

 The report contains the usual accounts of the various awncies for the promo- 

 tion of Swedish agriculture, with reports of the worl< of the agricultural and 

 other schools, and the chemical and seed control stations during the year. 



Report of the Third Scandinavian Agricultural Congress, Christiania, 

 1907, H. TvETER (Beretning oni den 3 die Nonliske Landbnigskongres i Kri.sti- 

 ania 1907. Chrisiiania, 1908, i'o?.s. /, pp. 170; 2, pp. ff7.'/ ) .—Volume 1 contains 

 the transactions of the congress, with reports of the discussions following the 

 reading of the pajtors. which are given in full in volume 2. 



The agricultural service and laboratories of Indo-China (Bnl. Eeon. Indo- 

 Chine, n. ser.. 11 (1908), No. 70, pp. 1-33).— A detailed description of the 

 organization and work of the Indo-China agricultural service, including the 

 Bureau of Agriculture, inspection and control work, and experiment stations. 



The work of the minister of agriculture, industry, and commerce through 

 the public library, V. Stringhek (L'Opera del Ministero d'Agricolt uru, I iid ustria 

 e Commcrcio per 1e Bihlioteelie Popohtri. Rome: Govt., 1909, pp. J/o; Bol. Ufflc. 

 Mill. Agr., Indus, e Com. [Rome], 7 (1908), VI, No. 7-8, pp. 721-760).— An ad- 

 dress presented at the First National Tuhlic Library Congress, held at Rome, 

 December 6-9, 190S. An account of the organization of agricultural circulating 

 libraries is presented, together with the regulations adopted and catalogues of 

 the books sent out by the various organizations engaged in this work. 



The traveling instructor in agriculture and the public library, E. Fileni 

 (Bol. Qttind. tioc. Agr. ItaL, If, (1909), No. 3, pp. 101-107).— An address de- 

 livered at the above congress in which the use of circulating libraries in exten- 

 sion work is discussed. 



General index to volumes 26-40 of Centralblatt fiir Bakteriologie, Para- 

 sitenkunde und Infektionskrankheiten, Erste Abteilung: Medizinisch-hy- 

 gienische Bakteriologie und tierische Parasitenkunde, U. Linuau [Jena. 1908, 

 III). '/..\0).— This contains an author index, a subject index, and an index of illus- 

 trations to these volumes. 



General index to volumes 11-20 of Centralblatt fiir Bakteriologie, Para- 

 sitenkunde und Infektionskrankheiten, Zweite Abteilung: Allegemeine, 

 landwirtschaftlich-technologische Bakteriologie, Garungsphysiologie und 

 Pflanzenpathologie, K. Tautz {Jena, 1908, pp. 2'i6). — This contains an author 

 index, a subject index, and an index of illustrations to these volumes. 



