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nearly half was derived from timber dues and approximately $190,000 

 from the fire tax of one cent per acre per year for lands under license. 

 The total revenue for the year is the largest since 1912-1913, when the 

 revenues closely approximated $2,000,000. The area under license at 

 the close of the fiscal year is reported at 16,888 square miles, or 574 

 square miles greater than for the previous year. 



The permit system for regulating settlers' clearing fires is working 

 out well in practice. During 1918 9,590 permits for the burning of 

 slash by settlers were issued, as against 3,486 for the previous season. 

 According to the report of the Forest Service, the acreage covered by 

 these permits amounted in 1918 to 39,683, as against 15,186 acres for 

 the previous season. The permits are issued by members of the fire- 

 ranging staff, and the Provincial Forester reports that, generally speak- 

 ing, the settlers co-operate heartily and appear to appreciate the wisdom 

 of the new regulations. 



The maximum number of rangers and supervising officers was 1,190. 



The forests of Cyprus are now in a fair way again to be a source of 

 prosperity to the island. In 1879, the year after British control was 

 established, an ordinance for the delimitation and preservation of the 

 forests was passed. At first protection was the only means at hand, 

 due to the small annual amounts at the disposal of the forest officers, 

 but since 1907 special tree-planting has progressed, 300 miles of fire 

 traces have been made, and goats will gradually be excluded by the 

 enforcement of legislation passed in 191 3 on the principle of local 

 option for each village. Police protection has for the most part been 

 good. The forests now extend to over 700 square miles. The principal 

 trees are Aleppo pine and Quercus alnifolia, used in the manufacture 

 of native plows and carts. Arbutus is found on the slopes of the hills 

 and is used for rough furniture. It has been observed that of late 

 years rainfall seems to have increased. — Quarterly Reviezv, Interna- 

 tional Review of the Science and Practice of Agriculture. 



Members of the Government service in this country will be interested 

 in the remark quoted by a writer in the Rcznie dcs Baux et Forcts for 

 April, 1919, that "every able-bodied man who has spent more than five 

 consecutive years in the public service ought to be immediately returned 

 to active life. This is the only way to do away with the bureaucratic 

 oligarchy that is now consuming the. country." The writer remarks 



