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larch, Japanese larch, and of the pines, white, Scotch, red, and pitch. 

 The Pennsylvania Department of Forestry has also offered to the 

 French Government a gift of 4,000,000 forest-tree seedlings, to be used 

 for reforesting the war-ridden portion of the country, subject to ac- 

 ceptance any time within the next year or two. If the offer is ac- 

 cepted, it may be that members of the Forest regiments now in France 

 will be retained to help with the planting. 



Burning of slashings during June, July, August, and September of 

 each year so long as the war shall last, has been forbidden by the Mon- 

 tana Council of Defense. In Order No. 9, which has been printed on 

 cloth and posted throughout the timbered regions of the State, it says : 



"It appearing to the Montana Council of Defense that, owing to the extremely 

 dry weather conditions now prevailing throughout the State of Montana, dis- 

 astrous fires are liable to occur not only in the timbered areas, but on the ranges 

 and in the harvest fields, and that in the event of fires originating through care- 

 lessness or otherwise, not only will valuable property be destroyed but large 

 numbers of men will be called into service for the purpose of fire fighting; and 

 it further appearing to the council that it is of extreme importance not only that 

 crops and timber shall be protected against fire but that the man power of the 

 State be conserved for the purpose of harvesting and taking care of crops at a 

 time when the danger from forest and prairie fires is greatest. 



"Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered by the Montana Council of Defense that 

 during the months of June, July, August, and September of each year, during 

 the continuance of the war in which the United States is now engaged, the burn- 

 ing of slashings, underbrush, timber, stumps, straw, grass, weeds or waste matter 

 of any kind, whether located upon land belonging to the State of Montana, the 

 Government of the United States, railway rights of way, public roads or private 

 property, is prohibited. 



"It is further ordered that campers shall, before leaving camp even tem- 

 porarily, see to it that all camp fires are completely extinguished and the ground 

 around such fire saturated with water or the ashes and coals covered with dirt 

 to a sufficient depth to insure the complete extinguishment of tlie fire and t!ie 

 safety of adjacent timber and grass." 



The Swedish Trade Journal for June contains the following business 

 gossip from Germany : 



The so-called "Ungerska Triibanken Kreditinstitutet ung Ilolzhand- 

 ler" has decided to increase its capital stock from 40 to 72 million 

 Austrian crowns ($8,120,000 to $14,210,000). partly in order to take 

 over the shares in the Ungarische Holzhandel A. G. and partly for re- 

 serve funds for the extraordinary expenses after the war. The lumber 

 business in Austria-Hungary has received a tremendous impetus during 



