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would be made to submit the management of their forests to the State. 

 He concludes "if we would diminish our wood and coal importation and 

 not impoverish (from day to day) our timber which already covers 

 an insufficient area, it is absolutely necessary, in order to avoid waste, 

 to establish a serious future control of private forests whose area com- 

 prises two-thirds of our forest domain, and increase this domain by 

 forestation composed chiefly of conifers because they alone can in a 

 minimum of time repair the damage of war and furnish the wood which 

 we are seeking outside France." Judging from this excellent article, 

 Raux would vote for the Pinchot program rather than for the more 

 moderate legislation which has been proposed. Clearly with higher 

 prices and the chance for immense profits timber owners in France are 

 cutting into their growing stock to a dangerous degree. Raux con- 

 cludes that the sure way to enforce the proper practice of forestry is 

 to have the marking done by trained foresters. T. S. W., Jr. 



Reprint from Revue des E. et F., Nov. 1, Dec. 1, 1919, with the addition of 

 "conclusions." 



MISCELLANEOUS 



In these days of expanded forest research in 



forest Research this country and in the establishment of forest 



Institute in India, research stations in eastern United States the 



very informing article in the February number 



of the Indian Forester on the new Forest Research Institute at Dehra 



Dun is of more than passing interest to American foresters. 



Very little research work was done in India during the first half 

 century of the existence of the forest department. The energies of the 

 department were taken up in the selection, settlement, demarkation and 

 protection of the large areas of government forests and in the introduc- 

 tion of working plans. The scientific work done was the result of the 

 individual efforts of professional men who devoted their leisure to 

 research. It was not until 190() that a real commencement was made 

 in organized research under Sir Eardley-Wilmot, the inspector of 

 forests to the Government of India. Institute buildings completed in 

 1914, consisted of offices, laboratories and museums, also lecture rooms, 

 workshops, and library. 



The institute as originally organized included five main branches of 

 research, namely, Silviculture, Forest Botany, Forest Economic Prod- 

 ucts, Zoology, and Chemistry; each branch being in charge of a research 



