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ea Sureur ossessing properties likel vald e in th e 
manufacture of special varnishes. In Em " kindly furnished to 
interes 
* which no doubt some market could be made." In a further letter, 
Mr. Clark states :—** We think it a species of Damar ; it has a very high 
* melting point for that kind of gum, viz., 410° Fahr. It runs (that 
** is, melts and amalgamates with Linseed oil under heat) well, but rather 
* dark. It contains a considerable amount of moisture, and although 
5 « soluble i in turpentine it does not amalgamate readily, On account ‘of 
* the melting point, I should say there might be a practical value in 
“ the article, a it is possible that much bette — is brighter and 
** pale ns might be gathered, as the sample sent is anything 
* but imr crat to the eye. das only m imethád i to test it in a sufficient 
* way to v a definite judgment is to have a bulk sample 
* of say one-half to one hithdeodincip ho so that one can go beyond 
* labo hiin work.” 
Mavritivs Hurricane.—Consequent e the terrible hurricane 
which took place at Mauritius in April, the Department of Forests 
and Gardens has cs "a oceupied ‘in coma ring the broken trees 
d disposing of them to the poor to repair and build their huts.. 
* We are still going on with the clearing of the Gardens, and have 
* sent away cords of firewood, and are only half finished with 
* the work. Many of the surviving trees are green again, or rather 
“ what remains of them, but there are others that appear to have the 
* life eH cite "utres out of them. "This is particularly marked 
* in the Araucarias, Cupressus, Junipers, &e. The whole of the fine 
*- Araucarias are serit ing like bare poles, with their heads off, and do 
* not show much appearance of life. We shall not be able to keep 
* January we will be in fair order again. All the Filaó tr - 
“ arina equisetifolia) on the Pas Geometriques are almost wholly 
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“ feet from the ground. We are at present busy planting Chinese 
* pines of which we have over 200,000 plants ready." 
BECHUANALAND Forests.—In a Report on British Bechuanaland 
sare i issued by the Colonial Office [ No. 47, Bechuanaland, 1890- 
e Crown Prosecutor states :—* ‘The Wholesale deforestation of 
“ the nime and of this distriet in particular, and the exportation of 
" wood for use as fuel in the diamond mines a. at Kimberle 
E not ie ar Werte ; Ther ean only be prevented by most eig 
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