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export trade from that harbor being the products of these 

 pineries. 



B. E. F. 



Indian Forester, July, igii. 



An unsigned article on "Pensions" reviews and criticises the 

 present scale and system of Indian Forest Service pensions. The 

 writer beheves that after retirement a European pension of £500 

 is too small and advocates pensions after a definite age limit rather 

 than after a period of years service. Assuming the average 

 forest officer to enter at twenty-three years, it is recommended 

 that the retiring age be placed at forty-eight with a possibility of 

 continuing service in meritorious cases provided that additional 

 pension funds can be secured. The new plan advocates con- 

 tinuing an officer's service say to the age of 55 with the maximum 

 pension for Conservators at ^750, for Chief Conservators at £800 

 and for Inspector Generals at £850. 



A reprint from the "Pioneer" entitled "Provincial Forest Ser- 

 vice" gives the new regulations in regard to the pay of the Pro- 

 vincial Forest Service. 



"Influence of Forests on Atmospheric and Soil Moisture" indi- 

 cates that the Government of India is considering experiments to 

 determine : 



"The local differences in the rainfall, temperature and humidity 

 inside and outside forest areas." 



"The local differences in the level of the underground water 

 table in areas near to, and far from, forest lands, respectively." 



"The local differences in the height and duration of floods after 

 similar amounts and durations of rainfall in channels fed from 

 forest and non-forest areas, respectively." 



The article is concluded by a note by Dr. G. T. Walker on the 

 effect of forests on climate and rainfall. 



"Want of a Definite Forest Policy in Burma" makes a plea for 

 the establishment of a definite forest policy and particularly 

 emphasizes present abuses. The writer urges the establishment of 

 experimental forest gardens, closer regulation of the annual cut, 

 provincial schemes for roads, closer forest preservation, restric- 

 tion of cultivation, better regulation of improvement work on 

 forests not under working plans and in addition the creation of 



