290 Forestry Quarterly. 



The recent election of advancement and 



Promotion discipline committees for the French Forest 



System Service calls to mind this interesting pro- 



in cedure. Under present policy, district for- 



France. esters (there are 32) and the directors of 



schools with the rank of district foresters, 



inspectors, assistant inspectors, and forest assistants elect (for 



each grade), have representatives who shall sit in secret session 



to determine the advancements in each class and also questions 



of discipline. 



T. S. W., Jr. 

 Revue des Eaux et Forets, January i, 1914, pp. 32-36. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



In 1913 the annual meeting was held in 



German Trier, August 23-28. In accordance with 



Forestry the usual custom, the executive committee 



Congress. met in advance and prepared the program 



for the session of the Congress. 



The first business of the general meeting was the presentation 

 of a paper on "Border cuttings," by Doctor Wagner of Tubingen. 

 No important points not already covered by previous reviews 

 were brought out in the paper or the discussion that followed, 

 so that a mere allusion is sufficient. 



The findings of the Committee on Pine Seed may be summar- 

 ized in the injunction to use only local seed from the best in- 

 dividuals of the species, and in the recommendation to insure seed 

 inspection. 



The committee which investigated timber trade conditions re- 

 ported the need of securing greater publicity in timber sales, in 

 order to obtain better prices. Some regular method was recom- 

 mended for this kind of advertising, and also for the dissemina- 

 tion among the profession of information in regard to the prices 

 being secured, which must be accurate and timely to be of 

 value. 



Tariff conditions were the subject of a report by a special com- 

 mittee, and also worked considerable discussion in the general ses- 

 sions of the Congress. Agreement was finally reached on several 

 fundamental principles and desirable points for legislation. Since 



