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raent or restriction of the burning of the herbage and bush in 

 conuection with pastoral and agricultural operations the 

 conservation and extension of existing forests and the adoption 

 of measures similar to the reboiseme&t and gazonnement carried 

 out in France, with a view to prevent the formation of torrents, 

 and the destruction of property occasioned by them. 

 V. Water Supply of jSouth Africa, and Facilities for the 



Storage of it. 



In this volume are detailed meteorological observations on 

 the humidity of the air and the rainfall, on clouds, and 

 winds, and thunder-storms ; sources from which is derived the 

 supply of moisture which is at present available for agricul- 

 tural operations in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope 

 and regions beyond, embracing the atmosphere, the rainfall, 

 rivers, fountains, subterranean streams and reservoirs, and the 

 sea ; and the supply of water and facilities for the storage of 

 it in each of the divisions of the colony in Basutoland, in 

 the Orange River Free States, in Griqualand We.st, in the 

 Transvaal Territory, in Zululand, at Natal, and in the Transkei 

 Territory. 



In view of the requirements of South Africa, with a 

 view to the development of its agricultural capabilities, I 

 have also prepared and placed at the service of the Govern- 

 ment and community of the Colony of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, like reports to these on forestal engineering in 

 Spain ; on hydraulic engineering in Spain ; on the forest 

 industries of Spain ; on the phylloxera inSpain, with details 

 of the invasion of Europe by it, and reports of measures of 

 defence adopted in different countries against its devasta- 

 tions j and on the locust in Spain and Southern Europe, 

 Asia, Northern Africa, South Africa and America. 

 Together with special reports on forestal, hydraulic, aud 

 agricultural requirements of the Colony. 



Amongst the reports procured by the Executive 

 Committee of the Edinburgh International Forestry Exhibi- 

 tion is an exhaustive one on the forestal literature of 

 other lands, and English works exhibited there, prepared 

 by the jurors appointed to report on these. 



