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this seedling crop. If climatic conditions continue favorable through 

 1920, a large percentage of the seedlings will become established ; but 

 if we should have a severe season, nearly the entire crop may be de- 

 stroyed. Unless climatic conditions during the next year or two are 

 such as to completely overshadow other factors, an unparalleled oppor- 

 tunity will be afforded for the study of survival as related to influence 

 of the mother stand, brush disposal, grazing, and the character of the 

 soil. G. A. P. 



The Post-Office appropriation act, besides increasing by $200,000,000 

 the total fund available under the Federal-aid roads act, makes avail- 

 able for expenditures by the Secretary of Agriculture $9,000,000 for 

 roads and trails within or partly within the National Forests, and also 

 authorizes the Secretary of War to transfer to the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture material, equipment, and supplies suitable for highway improve- 

 ment and not needed by the War Department, of which not to exceed 

 10 per cent may be reserved by the Secretary of Agriculture for use in 

 building National Forest roads or other roads constructed under his 

 direct supervision. 



The $9,000,000 fund may be used for maintenance as well as survey 

 and construction. The new legislation, like the Federal-aid roads act. 

 makes the building of roads and trails necessary for the use and de- 

 velopment of National Forest resources or desirable for the proper 

 administration, protection, and improvement of any Forest contingent 

 upon co-operative local contribution ; but in addition contains a new 

 feature of much importance, which permits the Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture, without the co-operation of local officials, to build and maintain 

 "any road or trail within a National Forest, which he finds necessary 

 for the proper administration, protection, and improvement of such 

 Forest, or which in his opinion is of national importance." 



The New Zealand Department of Lands has published a small book 

 by D. E. Hutchins on the "Waipoua Kauri Forest," in which occurs 

 the statement: "There were two gigantic Kauri in the Tutamoe State 

 Forest, each having a diameter of 22 feet, and the best one having a 

 clean bole of 100 feet. This was estimated to contain 295.788 board 

 feet, which is twice the size of the largest California big tree, one of 

 the Calaveras grove containing 141.000 board feet." 



It is strange that at the present day the claims of California for 

 large-sized trees should be contested by New Zealand. The following 

 data show that even though New Zealand has some immense trees, as 



