350 Forestry Quarterly. 



been the reason for these reservations. A movement is also on 

 foot to create a forest reserve in the Terra del Fuego, which has 

 been largely devastated by axe and fire. 



La Nature. 



Increased activity is noticeable in France to 

 French further strengthen State influence on forest 



Forest management. In March, 1909, a new law 



Laws. modifying existing relations was passed. It 



provides that, besides State and communal 

 forests of whatever description, also forests of areas to be refor- 

 ested, belonging to associations formed for purposes of public 

 utility and of mutual aid, and certain other private properties are 

 to be placed under State control. 



The forest administration may undertake at the request of pri- 

 vate owners for a consideration to manage altogether or in part 

 private properties. In such properties contracts and sales pre- 

 viously concluded must be submitted for sanction to the govern- 

 ment, or can be annulled. 

 Other details are enacted. 



There is also proposed a bill to prevent clearing land without 

 State permit, which requires that notice of intended clearing be 

 given four months in advance. Permits are to be withheld if the 

 conservation of forest is found necessary. The necessity is, of 

 course, in the first place due to protective influences, but it also in- 

 cludes "the maintenance of existing economic conditions." A fine 

 of $100 to $300 per hectar for disobedience is proposed. 



Proposition de loi etc. Revue des eaux et forets. April, 1909, pp. 234-239. 



OTHER PERIODICAL LITERATURE. 



The Indian Forester, 1909,— 



The Hyderabad Floods and their Moral. Pp. 195-207. 

 Points out once more the economic importance of the pre- 

 servation of forests on catchment areas of great rivers. 



Notes on the Forests of Northern India and Burma. Pp. 

 213-219; 257-262. 



