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if publie opinion is correct, the foresters, instead of carrying out hand 
and y work in iy forest ts, did not visit them as often as it was their 
duty todo. In case the fact remains that the forest shee alia 
has been dafeatéd- by y the * Nuns," and although everythin 
done to extirpate them by killing ide yos daily, it is now rekoni 
that nature alone, “ winter frosts,” can rid the forests of the pest. 
It is caleulated that the loss to bom revenue from woods and forests 
for the next financial year will amount to 800,000 marks (40,000/.), mà 
it is even feared that the amount may be larger, as where 
pi hehe by an f special cause the “ Bark beetle ” "follows and attacks the 
dise 
Neueste Nachrichten ” show the extent of "e present calamity, and give 
a chronicle of the destruction caused by the ** Nonre" and other insects 
since the year 1449 
Cuckoos, swallows, and other birds, as well as wasps and other insects, 
have assisted in getting rid of the “ Nuns.” Torches and bonfires have 
also be i ess. i 
me effect, t 
far satisfactory that the majority of “ Nuns destroy ^ this means 
were female. 
I have the e to enclose herewith copies of a pamphlet issued by 
the Bavarian Forest Administration, giving a full description of the 
p ote Monaka iis habits, and the best means for its destruction. 
may mention that Munich has been invaded by the * Nonne" in 
mmense numbers, and that in some places the people were obliged to 
uitai from them, 
e, &c. 
(Signed). Beo DRUMMOND. 
The Marquess cf Salisbury, K.G., 
&c. &c. &c. 
[Enclosure No. 1.] 
Nore from the Bavarian Forest Administration (Finance Department) 
on the “ Nonne 
- The Forest Department of the Ministry of Finance state that the p 
* Nonne" plague is now extended over nearly all Bavaria south of the 
Danube in scattered tracts. The infested districts are estimated at 
abovt 10,000 hectares. The fertility of the insect is so great, and its 
immensity of the pest.” The insect attacks chiefly the pine. and fir - 
with which Bavarian forests abound, but in default of these it does not 
re the beech, oak, and other forest tree rees, and is even known to feed 
shrubs and gai It never attacks corn or wheat, an 
oiattons to say, there is one tree it will not touch, viz., the horse chestnut. 
destruction are various. Forest bonfires of worthless 
wood form an easy means within reach of all — &c. The 
insects are attracted by the fire and are smothered in MAN. 
only a comparatively small number are re killed s 
also sent out to destroy the insects. From Septem 
the eggs nd in the bark and destroyed, and in April s Very 
young caterpillars ean be more easily killed, all these scere A wu d 
measures. The only efficient general measure seem 
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