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sand b&en stopped, and a profitable indus- 

 try in turpentine established, but, owing 

 to the fact that pine trees make vegetable 

 soil more quickly than any other trees 

 the sandy wastes have been transformed 

 into fertile land. In Lne same way in 

 Denmark, by the planting of pines and 

 other trees, heathy morasses, somewhat 

 like our button-grass plains, have become 

 a source of revenue from the timber, and, 

 eventually, dairy farms adding greatly 

 to the wealth of the country. If rightly 

 managed, we have inexhaustible supplies 

 of timber, superior to oak and a&h, for 

 whidh, were it properly placed upon the 

 market, there would be an inexhaustible 

 demand, at remunerative prices. 



Mr. G. E. Moore. C.E.. also offered 

 : some observations, and was followtd by 

 Mr. A. Maul't 



The 'discussion was adjourned till next 

 I meeting, and a vote of thanks to the 

 readers of papers wa® passed. 



The proceedings then terminated. 



■polonel W. V. Legge said he had re- 

 ceived a very important communication 

 from Mr. F. B. Archer, residing at the 

 Great Lake, dealing with the tempera- 

 ture of that part of T&smania for the 

 moptli of June of the present year, 

 which he would read. 



Police Station. 

 North Great Lake, 

 2nd July, 1902. 

 Colonel Legge, 



Military Barracks, 



Hobart. 

 Dear Sir. 



I enclose herewith a record of the 

 max. and min. temperatures for June. 



Comparatively, June was very mild. 

 The frosts were not nearly so severe 

 as they were last year. The Great Lake 

 is covered with about 2in. of ice, and 

 the Little Lake Sin. But a thaw set 

 in this morning, with a strong N.W. 

 wind, and the ice is breaking up. We 

 had about 18in. of snow during the 

 disturbance "Braddon," which is' rapidly 

 disappearing. We had 6in. last year 

 at the same date, and it lay about till 

 the end of August. Rainfall for June, 

 1902, 7.985in. 



There are still a number of little 

 gulls about, but the ducks have wholly 

 disappeared. 



I am, dear sir, 

 Yours, truly. 



F. H. ARCHER. 



Max. and Min, Temperatures at North 

 Lnd, Great Lake, for the month of 

 June, 1902: — 



Merai for month, o'^c 



List of Work? Presented • 

 Society of Ta.^mania 

 Month of July, 1902. 



o the Royal 

 during the 



Journal of the Department of Agricul^ 

 ture of Victoria. From the Department, 



Journal of the Straits Branch Royal 

 Asiatic SScjety, No. 37, Januaiy, 1902. 

 From the Society. 



Journal of the Society of Arts (current 

 Nos.) From the Society.. 



Journal of the Eoyal Anthropological 

 Society of Australasia. From the editor. 



Transactions of the Roval Society of 

 South Austxalia, Voi. XXVI. From the 

 Society. 



Insect Enemies of the Pine in the Black 

 Hills Forest Reserve. An account of re- 

 sults of special investigations, with re- 

 commendations for preventing loss, hy A. 

 D. Hopkins, Ph.D. From the U.S. De- 

 partment of Agricrriture. 



