Periodical Literature 351 



An extract from the Indian Trade 

 Powder from Journal shows that there is not the least 

 Woodpidp difficulty in making as good propelling pow- 



der from wood pulp as from cotton. "The 

 best woods for this manufacture are those free from resin, but 

 resinous woods can be purified without difficulty and the Ger- 

 mans have an ample supply of both varieties." 



T. S. W., Jr. 



The Indian Forester, January, 1916, p. 41. 



STATISTICS AND HISTORY 



Dr. Endres abstracts from the newest 



N'eiv (1912) official work of the French gov- 



French ernment ''Statistique et Atlas des Forets de 



Statistics France," par M. Lucien Daubree, Direc- 



teur general des Eaux et Forets, in two 



handsome volumes of 726 pages. 



Each department is treated by itself, the text being accompanied 

 by a map, "the most perfect that has so far appeared in this line." 

 The text goes into the minutest detail of forest conditions, stands, 

 yields, ownership, etc. A summary at the end mechanically re- 

 peats the statements for each department alphabetically without 

 attempt at regional compilation. The statistics are for the year 

 1908. 



The forest area comprises 24,420,000 acres, or 18.7 per cent, and 

 ,62 acre per capita; but 5.1 per cent of this is unproductive waste. 

 The mountainous departments have the largest forest areas with 

 over 30 per cent, except that the Landes, Var and Gironde exceed 

 all others with 55.4, 49.5 and 46.2 per cent. The smallest per cent 

 is found in the coast departments, where they vary between 3 to 

 6 per cent. 



The 12.1 per cent of State forest and 19.7 per cent of communal 

 forest (31.8%) 3 are under the regime forestier, 2.7 per cent of 

 communal forest and the 65.5 per cent of private forest, mostly 

 in small areas, are without State control except the limiting of 

 clearing in protective areas. 



The largest private ownership is found in the planted forests of 

 Landes and Gironde, the largest State ownership in the Pyrenees, 

 Vosges and Alps. 



