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Dr. j.c. Brown that they might be able and willing to supply information 

 Aug. 16, 1865. such as was desired. Replies to these queries were received 

 from the following six gentlemen, taking an interest in the 

 conservation and utilization of the forests, viz. : J. Blake, 

 Esq., civil commissioner and conservator of forests in the 

 district of the Knysna ; W. D. Vigrim van Alphen, Esq., 

 civil engineer, George ; Capt. Harrison, conservator of 

 forests in the district of Uitenhage, and resident at the 

 Tzitzikamma; Mr. Pillans, ranger of Crown forests in dis- 

 trict of Van Staden's River; Mr. Nightingale, Ranger of Crown 

 forests in district of Alexandria ; and Mr. Small, of the firm 

 of Messrs. Haynes and Small, formerly proprietors of Vic- 

 toria saw-mill in forest near King William's Town. Replies 

 were also received from the following eleven gentlemen who 

 have given attention to the planting and culture of trees, 

 viz. : Lieutenant-Colonel Blagrave, late of Wynberg, and 

 formerly assistant superintendent of canals and forests in 

 Scinde; E. L. Layard, Esq., F.Z.S., M.E.S., &c., and 

 curator of South African Museum ; R. H. Arderne, Esq., 

 one of the commissioners of Cape Town Botanical Gardens, 

 formerly timber merchant in Cape Town ; J. C. Holding, 

 Esq., secretary to the Western Province Agricultural 

 Society; A. G. Mathieson, Esq., overseer of plantations on 

 the white sands of the Cape Flats; J. Templeman, Esq., 

 nurseryman and seedsman, Cape Town ; F. Metcalf, Esq., 

 Voerhoeden, Caledon ; the Hon. H. T. Vigne, Esq., 

 M.L.C., Tygerhoek, Zonder End River ; W. Tuck, Esq., 

 superintendent of Botanic Garden, Graham's Town ; J. 

 Leonards, Esq., Somerset East ; and A. V. Jackson, Esq., 

 Lower JNelspoort. Besides these replies received by the 

 Colonial Secretary in answer to the circular, several com- 

 munications upon one or other or all of the subjects referred 

 to in it have been made to myself by gentlemen to whom 

 copies of the circular had been transmitted. Relating to 

 forest economy, there have been seven communications, from 

 the Hon. H. Barrington, of Portland, near Belvidere, 

 Knysna ; C. Sutherland, Esq., resident at the Knysna, and 

 for many years past connected with the timber trade of that 

 port ; T. Bain, Esq., superintendent of road now being 

 made through the forests of the Knysna and in the district 

 beyond ; Dr. Lawrence, medical officer at convict station in the 

 Knysna forest ; C. L. Stretch, Esq., civil engineer, formerly 



