EMPIRE FORESTRY. I05 



purchasing public. Tlie Journal is fortunate in being able to 

 reproduce a prize essay of the University of Adelaide on "The 

 Silvicultural Treatment of the more Important Timber-producing 

 Eucalypts." The present issue does not contain the whole of 

 this essay, but what there is of it is interesting. 



There is a useful article by R. L, Robinson on " Forestry in 

 the Empire," dealing with various figures of the areas under 

 forest, the administration of the forests, and matters connected 

 with the timber supply. A generalised survey of forest types 

 within the Empire is also given. One feels tempted to deal 

 more fully with this article, on account of the many figures that 

 show how important to the whole Empire is the question of 

 increased attention to its forests. The author makes good use 

 of his material, but we feel there must have been considerable 

 difficulty in developing the subject on the lines he has taken, 

 owing to a lack of certain facts which could only be forthcoming 

 if each country had a proper forest organisation. 



The fire danger is one which all foresters have to guard 

 against, and the remarks on this by Elwood Wilson of the 

 Laurentide Company (Canada) are of great importance. Last 

 year with an exceptionally dry spring and early summer many 

 forest fires occurred in Quebec. Canadian foresters have 

 carried on a continuous campaign against the careless fire 

 raiser, and it is encouraging to read that there has been a 

 great decrease in the fires caused by railways and lumbermen. 

 Farmers, pleasure seekers, and travellers appear to have been 

 the main culprits. It is an example of the difficulty of 

 instilling the forestry sense into the minds of adults whose 

 interests lie in other directions. Until that is obtained appeals 

 to common sense are useless. Under the Laurentide Company, 

 aeroplane patrols proved an efficient means of locating and 

 fighting fires. The writer suggests good telephonic communica- 

 tions with look-out posts situated on the highest lands. He 

 seems to favour wireless communications also. We can believe 

 that the future will see great developments in these lines, 

 particularly in the use of aeroplanes. It may be that in 

 time there will be in common use fire-extinguishing bombs. 



The Editorial Notes and Miscellanea cover a wide range of 

 subjects. There are quotations from various forestry papers, 

 and part of one of these especially is well worthy of further 

 repetition. The article is by a writer in the Indian Forester of 



