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NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



The bill fathered by the Society for the Protection of New 

 Hampshire Forests appropriating $5,000 for an examination of 

 the White Mountain region by the Bureau of Forestry has been 

 passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor. The 

 work will be done during the coming summer. 



TIMBER AND LAND. 



Justice White of the New York Supreme Court in a decision 

 recently handed down, declared timber to constitute a part of the 

 land en which it stands, and when the land is covered by a mort- 

 gage the timber can not be removed without consent of the party 

 holding the mortgage. This is of course in line with the laws of 

 the majority of the states, for they tax the total value of the land 

 plus the timber upon it as one value. There can be no very great 

 objection made to this procedure when the timber isof the original 

 stand. It may then, perhaps with some right, be looked upon as 

 a natural resource, a gift of God even as the minerals beneath the 

 surface. When it is no longer the natural stand that exists, but 

 one tended by man, raised by him, even created on barren soil, 

 is it still a part of the soil or is it a crop ? Should the forest crop 

 be taxed and the field crop go free, should the crop of a century 

 be burdened that the crop of a year may thrive ? 



PHII^IPPINE FORESTRY SERVICE. 



The following notice has been received from Capt. George P. 

 Ahern, Chief of the Philippine Forestry Bureau : 



WANTED. 



Foresters and Inspectors for the Philippine Forestry Bureau. 



The salaries of Foresters range from $1200 to $2400 per year. 



The salaries of Inspectors range from $900 to $2400 per year. 



There are a number of vacancies in the different grades, and 

 good men are urgently needed for this interesting and important 

 work. The work of the Foresters is, to a large extent, technical ; 

 that of the Inspectors more administrative and less technical 

 knowledge is required. 



