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f eiture. Before any land in a pastoral lease is made available for selec- 

 tion, under conditional purchase, it must, except in the southwest divi- 

 sion, be resumed, and twelve months' notice be given to the lessee, who 

 is also entitled to compensation for any prescribed improvements on 

 the land so resumed. All pastoral leases granted under the Act expire 

 in December, 1928. 



Apart from the settlement of crown lands, the government may also 

 repurchase alienated lands for the purpose of cutting them up into 

 blocks of suitable size and throwing them open for settlement on cer- 

 tain terms and conditions. In western Australia lands wanted for 

 closer settlement can only be acquired voluntarily. Under the Agri- 

 cultural Lands Purchase Act (1909), which repealed and consolidated 

 previous legislation, sums not exceeding $19,466.80 in the aggregate 

 (since increased to $2,920,020) may be expended on the repurchase of 

 lands near the railways suitable for immediate cultivation. A land 

 purchase board has been appointed to administer the Act. After 

 reservation of part of the land for public purposes, the remainder is 

 thrown open for selection — the selling price being then equal to 105 per 

 cent of the purchase price plus the cost of any improvements. Pay- 

 ments of principal and interest are spread over twenty years in half- 

 yearly installments of $18.92 for each $487 of the selling price. There 

 are also improvement conditions. The maximum land selected under 

 the scheme must not exceed 1,000 acres; in exceptional cases, 2,000 

 acres. 



Farm forestry. By John Arden Ferguson, Professor of Forestry 

 at the Pennsylvania State College. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New 

 York : Chapman & Hall, Ltd., London. 1916. Pp. 233. 



This is a text-book for students in agricultural colleges and high 

 schools. As would be expected, it covers in a rather simple manner the 

 aspects of forestry which it seems desirable to impart to students who 

 are seeking a general knowledge of the subject without intending to 

 pursue it to any great depth. The book takes up briefly some of the 

 economic aspects of the woodlot, the structure and life processes of 

 trees, and the various subjects connected with the establishment, care, 

 protection, and management of a woodlot. Discussions of the more 

 important North American trees found east of the Rocky Mountains 

 and their adaptability to different regions, the measuring and harvest- 



