184 SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE INTERN. CONVENTION 
1901. Decree (March. 18: No. 24.655/VlI. 1.) in which the 
Minister of Agriculture, acting in conjunction with the 
Ministers for Home Affairs and for Commerce, orders 
the protection by law of 189 species of useful birds. 
1906. Igndcz Dardnyi, Royal Hung. Minister of Agriculture, 
orders the state forests to be supplied with artificial 
nesting-boxes (1906. July, 17: No. 55.326/1 -A. 1.). 
The same Minister also decrees that measures be taken 
that the artificial nesting-boxes be supplied by Hungar- 
ian industry. 
It consequence of salutary measures taken by the 
Hungarian Minister of Commerce, the first Hungarian 
Artificial Nestingbox Factory (as department of Kuhnel's 
Saw Mills) begins activity at Baranya-Karasz. 
In consequence of measures taken by His Excellency 
Igndcz Damnyi, and with the permission of H. I. R. 
H. the Archduke Joseph, a nesting and bird-feeding 
settlement is established on the Set. Margaret Island. 
(Budapest). 
In connection with the above an enquete was held, 
under the personal guidance of the Minister, to fix 
points for experiments with the artificial nesting boxes 
and to decide upon the means of control (Dec. 1906). 
An important event in this year was the decree of the 
Minister of Public Instruction providing for the intro- 
duction of ^Birds' and Trees' Days" into the elementary 
schools. 
