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tion of hunting trophies from India and other countries ; and 
several noblemen and gentlemen, including Colonel Michael, the 
Indian Commissioner, also lent similar specimens, which appro- 
priately decorated the interior of the grand gallery. 
The Commissioners of Woods and Forests—the public depart- 
ment for the management of the State forests and woodlands in 
this country—sent exhibits of much every-day interest to foresters. 
It may be noted in passing that the Woods and Forests under 
the charge of Her Majesty’s Commissioners amount in the aggre- 
gate to about 100,000 acres. Oak is largely grown in these 
woods, and there were sent for exhibition from the New Forest, 
in Hampshire, sections of this characteristic English tree, from 10 
to 200 years old, showing the growth of the timber under varying 
circumstances of soil, and illustrating also the ravages of disease 
and the results of checking the same at an early stage; while 
from the Dean Forest—of which Sir James Campbell, Bart., has 
had the direction for many years—were sent a splendid collection 
of sections, and illustrative specimens of woods, accompanied by 
an elaborate chart, recording the comparative growth of oaks 
transplanted and not transplanted. These experiments had been 
carried on from the year 1809, and the transplanted oaks showed 
considerably the best results. The exhibits from Windsor Forest 
were also of a valuable and representative character, combined 
with much historical interest. 
Oak bark illustrative of various methods of curing, sections of 
wood showing the devastation worked by insects and the bad 
effects of encumbering a tree with dead branches, specimens 
exhibiting the results of good and bad pruning, various kinds 
of gates and fences in use in the Royal Forests, timber waggons 
and other modes of transport, and a collection of forestry tools, 
mostly of somewhat primitive make, were also among the exhibits 
sent by Her Majesty’s Commissioners. 
The Secretary for War sent a valuable and instructive collec- 
tion of exhibits from H.M. War Department, consisting of fine 
specimens of the various woods used in the manufacture of Gun- 
powder and samples of the charcoal made from them ; sections of 
the different timbers used in the construction of Gun-Carriages, and 
for other Ordnance purposes; specimens of Rifle Stocks and Lance 
Shafts in several stages of manufacture; and a variety of other 
articles used for purposes of war. 
