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be regulated by the following principles: (a) It should be based 

 on the net annual production with a reduction for the cost of 

 maintenance, management and reforestation; (b) The revenue 

 should be calculated by the average per cent, returned by aver- 

 age soils in the locality; (c) Areas recently stocked or reforested 

 should be free of tax during 30 years. As, yet final legislation 

 has- not been secured. T. S. W., Jr. 



Revue des Eaux et Forets, March i, 1914, pp. 167-170- 



A reprint from a report by Louis Marin 



Forests (Deputy) reviews the advantages' of for- 



and ests for warfare. He argues that the ad- 



Warfare. vantages of maintaining forests along the 



frontier have now been increased by the 



use of aeroplanes for scoutng purposes, since the forests form 



a cover for the movement of troops. T. S. W., Jr. 



Bulletin Societe Forestiere De Franche — Comte & Belfort. March, 1914, 

 pp. 310-312. 



An unsigned article advocates commer- 



Commercial cial training for foresters. The writer 



Training admits, of course, the necessity for sound 



of silvicultural training, but argues that since 



Foresters. forestry has become such a commercial 



business, it is logical to insist on training 



such as ordinary commerce would require. Unless this training 



is required, "there is no possibility of our collecting the forest 



revenue that we have a right to expect, with the results that the 



development and improvement of our forest assets are being and 



must be greatly retarded." T. S. W., Jr. 



Indian Forester, February, 1914, pp. 63-70. 



A summary of the entrance requirements, 



Oxford courses, training, and methods of teaching 



Course used in the two-year Oxford course of for- 



of estry is syllabused in the January Indian 



Forestry. Forester. The list of subjects, with a brief 



outline of what is included in each course, 



will be of particular interest to those engaged in teaching. 



T. S. W., Jr. 

 Indian Forester, March, 1914. 



