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* Almost a failure. - 
FORESTRY. 
The destruction of forests, as affecting the agricultural as well as the 
manufacturing interests of the country, is a subject of much solicitude 
just now. 
How rain-fall is affected by the presence or absence of grow- 
ing timber, if affected at all, and why its destruction causes a diminnu- 
tion of fountains and springs, and the volume of running streams, are 
the subjects which produced the following correspondence between the 
president of the San Diego Society of Natural History and the Commis- 
sioner of Agriculture. 
Inasmuch as the views of the Commissioner are 
asked upon a debatable subject, they are published for the purpose of 
eliciting thought and prompting further discussion of the subject. 
San Dreco Soctety or NATURAL History, 
San Diego, Cal., November 21, 1875. 
Sir: Will you oblige me by a reply in brief, or at length, as convenience will allow» 
to the following questions upon a subject of much local interest and practical im- 
portance here: 
