1907.] Selected Contents of Periodicals. 569 



Applicants selected for appointment who are British subjects, will, if they render 

 approved service, be eligible to remain at Kew for a period of two years from date of 

 joining. Foreigners selected for appointment will be eligible to remain at Kew for 

 a period of twelve months only. At the termination of two years' experience in the 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, a gardener will cease to be employed at Kew unless he has 

 in the meantime been selected for service as a sub-foreman for a further definite period 

 of strictly limited duration. 



Courses of instruction in subjects underlying or related to horticulture, which are 

 arranged in a curriculum extending over two years, are provided free of charge for 

 the temporary gardening staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens. These subjects are, as 

 far as possible, taught practically, and every gardener who, before entering Kew, has 

 not attended a corresponding course of instruction for which he holds a certificate 

 granted by the Board of Education, must attend each course. Any gardener who 

 fails to show satisfactory progress or who fails to render approved service may be 

 discharged. Members of the temporary gardening staff are required to vacate their 

 appointment if they marry. 



Gardeners while at Kew receive an allowance of twenty-one shillings per week 

 to meet the cost of subsistence. Those who are selected to serve as sub-foremen 

 receive twenty-seven shillings per week. 



A copy of the memorandum of conditions and a form of application can be 

 obtained on application. 



Importation of Poultry into South Australia. — By a Proclamation dated 1 6th 

 January, 1907, poultry have been brought under the provisions of the Stock Diseases 

 Act of South Australia, and another Proclamation dated nth February, 1907, 

 promulgated regulations for the restricted introduction of poultry into South Australia. 

 A copy of the Proclamations may be consulted by persons interested at the offices of 

 the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 4, Whitehall Place, S. W. The import 

 regulations as regards horses, cattle, sheep and pigs were given in this Journal for 

 July, 1905. 



International Exhibition at Toulouse. — An international exhibition will be held 

 at Toulouse from May to September, 1908. All branches of agriculture (other than 

 live stock), dairying, horticulture and forestry will be represented. The charge for 

 -space in the buildings provided is fixed at 40 frs. the square metre, but for machinery 

 and agricultural implements this is reduced to 25 frs. per square metre. Space to 

 •erect buildings can be obtained at 10 frs. the metre. A copy of the programme can be 

 seen at the offices of the Board. 



SELECTED CONTENTS OF PERIODICALS. 



Journal oj the Royal Statistical Society. LXX. 



Pt. I. Correlation of Weather and Crops, R. H. Hooker ; Pt. II. The Decline in 

 Number of Agricultural Labourers in Great Britain, Lord Eversley ; Pt. III. 

 Some Considerations relating to the Position of the Small Holding in the United 

 Kingdom, IV. G. S. Adams. 

 Journal of the Department of Agriculture ana Technical Instruction for Ireland. 

 VIII. I. 



Early Potato Growing ; Home Bottling of Fruit ; Poultry Fattening ; Cultivation 

 of Flax in Belgium and Holland ; Advantage of Early Ploughing ; Position of 

 Larch in Irish Forestry ; Irish Fruit Crop Statistics. 

 Bulletin Mensuel de V Office de Renseignements Agricoles. 16. 10. 



Note sur les pommes de terre fileuses, F. Parisot. 

 IVaturzuissenschaftliche Zeitschrift fiir Land- und Forstwirtschaft. 5. II. 



Dasyneura fraxinea nov. spec. , J. J. Kieffer ; Dasyneura fraxinea Kieff, ein neuer 

 Schadling der Esche, W. Baer: Die Blaufaule des Nadelholzes, E. Miinch. 



