Parliam ent a r y P u blic at io n s . 



sources above mentioned amounted to £5,305 17s. yd. and 

 £1,856 12s. i id. respectively. The mining royalties received 

 amounted to £13,906 19s. yd. During the year there were 

 about 660 acres added to the area inclosed for planting 

 purposes under the powers contained in the Acts 20, Car. 2, 

 c. 3, and 49 Geo. 3, c. 72. 



With a view to introduce in the Forest of Dean and the 

 Highmeadow Woods a more scientific and systematic system 

 of forest cultivation than has hitherto been adopted, the 

 Commission has arranged with an experienced Conservator 

 of Forests in the Indian Forest Service to make a detailed 

 examination of the woods, etc., and furnish a report on them. 

 It is desired not only to improve the prospective yield of the 

 Forest, but also to establish such a system of management as 

 may serve those who desire to study forestry in this country 

 with a good practical object lesson, such as at the present 

 time they have to go to France or Germany to find. 



The Crown property in Scotland produced an income of 

 £24,737 1 6s. id. during the year. The Crown rents and 

 duties amounted to ,£37,954 8s. 4d. in Ireland, and to 

 ,£15,107 12s. 7d. in Wales. 



The volume contains appendices, giving detailed account 

 of the monies derived from the hereditary possessions of 

 the Crown. 



Statistical Abstract relating to British India from 1886 to 

 1895-96. Thirty-first number. [C- — 8659. J Price is. 3d. 

 This publication contains, among other Indian statistical 

 information, details relating to the population engaged in 

 agriculture, the land revenue, the area cultivated, irrigated, 

 and surveyed, the varieties of tenure, the number of stock, 

 and the annual average prices of food grains in India during 

 the period 1871 to 1895. 



Agricultural Rates Act, 1896 [Grants to Spending Authorities) 

 [H.C. — 369.] Price id. 

 This return shows, as regards each of the spending 

 authorities under the Agricultural Rates Act, 1896, the 



