Current Literature and Reviews. 33 



The Indian Forester. Calcutta, India. 



July. 



The Influence of Forests on Cultivation in the Hills. By Ram 

 Swarup, D. D. R. 



White Ants as a Pest of Trees. 



Forest Administration in British India during 1899- 1900. 



We find here complete figures of the Indian administration, 

 from which we take the following : 



Total area of reserved forests, 86,970 square miles, yielding a 

 gross revenue of $6,370,000, and a net revenue of $2,661,640. 



Danger of Wood Pulp Paper. Publishers' Weekly. 



August. 



Fire Protection in Teak Forests in L/Ower Burma. By H. C. 

 Walker. 



The Timber Resources of the Australian Commonwealth. By 

 E. T. Scammell. 



In which the following figures are given : 



Total Area, Forested Area, 



Acres. Acres. 



Queensland 427,838,000 40,000,000 



N. S. Wales 198,638,000 20,000,000 



Victoria 56,245,700 11,797,000 



S. Australia 578,361,600 3,840,000 



W.Australia 624,588,800 97,920)000 



Tasmania 16,778,000 11,000,000 



Total 1,902,450,100 184,557,000 



Dr. W. Schlich, C. I. E., writes of these figures that " only 

 about 10% of the area of Australia is under timber forest, and 

 enough has been said and written to show that these are on the 

 highway to ruin. 



September. This number contains matter of home interest 

 solely. 



Les7ioj Journal. Published bi-monthly by the Forestry Associa- 

 tion in St. Petersburg. 

 March-April. 



Square Plantations in Steppe Forests. By D. K. Domoslevsky. 



The Pine in the Chulym Basin in the Tomsk Province ; its 

 usual growth and some peculiar ones ; based on the last re- 

 searches in Siberian forests. By I. G. Frinden. 



A Basis for Regulating the Forests bordering the Amour. 

 By P. Delle and V. Korsch. 



