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economic progress and the intelligent ‘treatment of the forest wealth. Com- 
mencing with a brief article on the significance of forests, he then deals with 
forestry as a science, forest capital and forest interests, forest policy, and 
various other political and economic phases of the industry. In the technical 
section of the publication Mr. Lane-Poole devotes a good deal of space to descrip- 
tions and uses of Western Australian hardwoods. ‘The concluding sections 
contain much miscellaneous information about trees and timber useful to the 
bushworker and to countryman. Jlustrations and tables contribute greatly to 
the value of the handbook. It is clear that the definite purpose of the author has 
been to arouse public interest in the vast work of repairing the havoc and the 
waste of the past and of economically exploiting the remnant forest riches, and 
in this he has been entirely successful. 
SOME PUBLICATIONS - RECEIVED. 
A Statement prepared for the British Empire Forestry Conference, 1920, by 
CG. B. Lane-Poole. The statement includes brief notes on the most important 
timbers and forest produce of Western Australia, a description of the main 
types of forest growth, and various other matters relating to the forestry 
resources of the State. There are also several maps showing the habitat and 
general distribution of forest trees. 
A Critical Revision of the Genus Kucalyptus, Vol. V., Part 2, by J. H. 
Maiden, J.S.0., F.R.S., F.L.S. The species described are H. eximia, H. peltata, 
BE. Watsoniana, BH. trachyphloia, EH. hybrida, E. kruseana, B.. Dawsoni, BE. poly- 
anthemos, H. Bauerina, B. conica, and EF. concolor. 
Under the authority of the Minister for Mines, Western Australia, the 
following memoirs lave been published:—The Coal Deposits of Western Aus- 
tralia, the Antimony Deposits of Western Australia, the Tungsten Deposits of 
Western Australia, the Artesian Water Resources of Western Australia, the 
Lead Deposits of Western Australia, the Magnesite Deposits of Western Aus: 
tralia, the Iron Depbsits of Western Australia, and the Copper Deposits of 
_ Western Australia, by A. Gibb Maitland; Assistance to Prospecting and Mining, 
-by P. J, Atkins; Minerals of Economic Value, by E. S. Simpson, D.Se., B.E., 
F.G.S., with an Appendix by A. Montgomery, M.A., F.G.S.; and Glossary of 
some Common Terms used in Mining, Field, and Physiographical Geology. 
The Queensland Geological Survey, Department of Mines, has issued the 
following three articles on Industrial Minerals, by B. Dunstan, Chief Govern- 
ment Geologist:—Salt, Asbestos, and Mica. Occurrence, uses, treatment, . &c., 
are described. : 
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