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trees and stands, establishment of sample plots to study the 

 effect of spacing, thinnings, etc., construction of volume tables, 

 experimental development of secondary industries, such as resin 

 production. 6. Scientific ecological studies. 7. Accumulation 

 of a library, data on each species for reference, natural history 

 collections. 8. Arrangement and publication: the bulletins, 

 whenever they are original and when valuable data are available, 

 will be published at irregular intervals, and will be prepared 

 for free distribution in Europe and in America. 



Forest Museum. The Algerian Forest Service has equipped 

 an admirable Forest Museum at Algiers, lodged in a rustic log 

 building. The exhibits include: local faunae, with a number of 

 hides and horns, stuffed birds, an excellent herbarium, wood 

 products, manufactured and crude cork, polished tree sections, 

 maps and graphic charts, models of ranger stations, and photo- 

 graphs and stereoscopic motion pictures of the foresters at 

 work. The official catalogue gives information in regard to 

 the forests of Algeria. The advertising value of such a museum 

 as this is at once apparent. 



Grazing. There are two distinct grazing zones. One in- 

 cludes the coast zone of Constantine and Kabylie, where the 

 rainfall is sufficient to allow the forests to recover rapidly from 

 grazing damage. Here the fire is the greatest danger to such 

 continuous stands. The other, much more important, includes 

 all the forests of the High Plateau and the rest of Algeria, where, 

 owing to the small rainfall, the forests are damaged even by 

 moderate grazing. 



These forests are grazed free under rights or under paid per- 

 mits, and out of some 1.7 million hectares (4,200,700 acres) 

 only 700,000 hectares (1,729,700 acres) are closed to entry, 

 because of fires, recent fellings, and overgrazing. Yet there is 

 need for still larger areas for stock; consequently the natives 

 must be taught to keep the ordinary grazing areas in as pro- 

 ductive a state as possible. The enormous amount of trespass 

 means that a greater patrol force must be maintained. 



Under present conditions the tax on goats is too small in 

 comparison with cattle, being 0.25 franc ($0.05) each, where the 



