134 Forestry Quarterly 



taining a trained forester to keep up the campaign of education; 

 acquiring five forest reservations, including more than 2,200 

 acres. 



There has come to our desk a pamphlet giving a list of export 

 timbers from the Philippine Islands, to be exhibited at the Pana- 

 ma-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco. It contains 

 also descriptions of the woods and the uses for w^hich they are 

 best suited, together with comparisons to species known to Ameri- 

 can dealers. Samples, ^ by 4 by 6 inches, bearing label with 

 scientific and common name of the wood, may be had from the 

 Director of Forestry, Manila, P. I., or from the Bureau Exhibit 

 at the Exposition, for 10 cents, with the exception of twenty-one 

 species, which sell at 20 cents — postage prepaid. 



As a result of the war, the supply of pit props for British mines 

 has become deficient. 



It has been said (an extravagant statement!) that if the whole 

 of the forests of Scotland were cut down, there would not be 

 sufficient timber to supply pit props for the collieries of Scotland 

 for a fortnight. A much more conservative estimate states that 

 the requirements for this purpose for the colleries of the British 

 Isles for one and a half years are equal to the total of extra- 

 ordinary fellings from the forests of the United Kingdom. Sub- 

 stitutes are being sought in the hope that a suitable one may be 

 found, and steps being taken with a view to increasing exports 

 of pit timber from countries not affected by war operations in 

 the Baltic. 



The West Virginia State Board of Trade has passed a resolu- 

 tion favoring the passage of legislation for forest conservation, 

 and has instructed the Committee on Development and Protection 

 of State Resources to draft such legislation as it may deem de- 

 sirable to aid in securing the passage of suitable forestry legisla- 

 tion by the next legislature. 



At the annual meeting of the Commission of Conservation of 

 Canada, held at Ottawa, January 19 and 20, a number of points 

 were developed of general interest to the profession of forestry. 



