less to remark that exclusion of traflSc from the sand 

 is imperative, as also security against ingress of goats 

 and domestic animals of any kind, otherwise the ef- 

 fort is hopeless. Fencing of the area and stringent 

 municipal laws will make, however, any operations 

 of this kind, even without great expense, a success, 

 as, in consequences of my advice, has- been shown 

 at Queensclifif. Wood - culture on drift - sand carries 

 with it also the recommendation of providing the 

 needful belt of shelter which each coast should pos- 

 sess. There are a few other Pines — for instance, Fi- 

 nns Taeda, the Loblolly Pine of North America, and 

 several other trees which grow fast in sand, whenever 

 it is no longer moving ; they endure the sea-stornas, 

 gradually consolidate the soil, and render it, in course 

 of time, arable. In South Africa, some Protese and 

 Leucospermums, the Virgilia, also Myrica, grow in 

 coast-sand. All these planting operations must be 

 performed very early, and in the cool season. The 

 grasses and herbs must precede the pines and other 

 trees. Technic industries will gain from these pines 

 in due time. 



I now beg to offer some brief data in reference to 

 the present consumption of wood in Victoria. 



After the perusal of various official returns, I am 

 inclined to assume that twenty tons would be a fair 

 average of the quantity of fuel consumed in each 

 household. This would amount to rather more than 

 three millions of tons of wood as the present annual 

 requirement of domestic fuel in this colony. In the 

 city and suburbs the consumption is considerably less 

 than in the farming districts, on account of the use of 

 coal. In reference to the return of mining - wood, 



