^, IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) & V. / !.0 lit m 1122 EBi'l 1.1 l.-^l IL25 i 1.4 2.0 IJ4 1.6 V ^"d of legislation and century ^^^*'"' *' ^^^™ previous to "the present German may be reckoned the works in liench ^' '^•"'''' '" Forest Botany, 60 ; Krlf Historv and 4^?-^ Economy, 93 ; and Game Laws gT- Fofeaf Kl? f '*'°o'/^ 'J°''^«* J^««'«'ation Measurements, L., 148 -iWqv^^^^^^ f '/«''^«* tables and Peat and Boer Treatment 14 • Foitf r °^^' '^ ' J'"'^'* ^"'"•"gy- '» : Periodicals. 27 ; S^ Union' and v1,?«'"?''',',^V^''^'''* ^"'^ «»'"« and Game „ Bohemian 4? irfll fi^ *^°n '' ^V ^,^"^1' ^^ ' ^"^est works had been pub hsh^d annuaHv' '^^^•Upwa'-ds of a hundred new a I'olumo nni'tU> n- T-. *"""*' Y- Amongst the works mp.pfioned i^ a iommc entitled D,c LitevMur der ktzien ahben Jakre (1862.1872) ai '^;.| agement of d woods, are reatment to islation and :he present lucity of works il languages in y Ofvcraiijht of ' Onattinr/iuH, a eel in Sweden ; lana y IVf orera, ohko ForeMale, in Spanish, on asurcR adopted d utilise drift- r Europaeische al Domaenen- ienua in 1873, ne department German, were >m application ■ape, for infor- omy could be 'orest Science, guage may be ance of works not surprised the works in 1 Prague last ^sin Forstund to the 31st of sive of others 'ks published Economy, 93 ; St Legislation b Tables and Zoology, 19; sat and Game B, 91 ; Forest hundred new mentioned is 362-1872)"aMs 8 valuable catalogue filling 2?8';:g^'s Inta^^e ocUvo^"- '" ''''"' ''''' » bhS: :^sS^e^?ssiyir;iss^- *« *^« '^---^ of of a comp'Son^oVrat'ra^t^en'lf Z':,'-^'''''" ^^^^" '' *^° work- that -has becD adopted ° "*''*''^ '" ^°'''^« previously published III— Forestry of Norway. Price 63. f«P^'^ are described in siiccessiv.e chapters the general features of the country. Details are given of the 'eo graph.ca distribution of forest trees, follofved by discussfons" of cond-tions by which this has been deternfiSlheat moisture, soil, and exposure. The effects of glacial a tion on the contour of the country are noticed with acco, nt« of existing glaciers a„d snow^-fields. And iTforma ion supplied in regard to forest exploitation and ?I e Uansnor of timber, in regard to the export timber trade o pu W c instruction in sylviculture, and to forest administration and to ship-building and shipping. ^'"inistration. Extract from Preface.— 'In the anrinff nf i«77 »i -i reading, on „n,e rabjeotco °n,oW ii?h toH/' '''T'."' P-P"!" tl.e n>.mbor. and othM. better to l>»l.?wS7v^'''*'"'«5' «"«'''« tion, and wliich should be on«n to Fh. IS '' '° '¥ P''"J««'«1 Hxliibi- eonducting o( these waadevoUdinof^r' if "»''■'■'"_?''"««■ ^be pre.id.„.'ot the off Ttt^ZTCt.'^IF.''^„XYr°- IV — Finland : its Forests and Forest Management. Price 68 Qd. In this volume is supplied information in regard to the lakes and rivers of Finland, known as The Land of a Thousand Lakes, and as The Last-horn Daughter of the Sea; m regard to its physical geography, includinj^ notices of the contour of the country, its geological formations and indications of glacial action, its flora, fauna, and climate ; and in regard to its forest economy, embracing a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of Svedjande, the Sartage of France, and the Koomaree of India; and details of the development of Modern Forest Economy in Finland, with notices of its School of Fores- try, of its forests and forest trees, of the disposal of its forest products, and of its legislation and literature in forestry are given. Extract from Preface.—* I happened to spend the summer of 1879 in St. Petersburg, ministering in the British and American Chapel in that city, while the pastor sought relaxation for a few months at home. I was for years the minister of the congregation worshipping there, and I had subsequently repeatedly spent the summer among them in similar circumstances. I was at the time studying the Forestry of Europe ; and I availed myself of opportunities afforded by my journey thither through Norway, Sweden, and Finland, by my stay in Russia, and by my return through Germany and France, to collect information bearing upon the enquiries in which I was engaged. On my return to Scotland I contributed to the Journal of Forestry a series of papers which were afterwards reprinted under the title Glances at the Forests of Northern Europe. In the preface to this pamphlet I stated that in Denmark may be studied the remains of forests in pre-historio times ; in Norway, luxuriant forests managed by each proprietor as seemeth good in his own eyes ; in Sweden, sustained systematic endeavours to regulate the management of forests in accordance with the latest deliverances of modern science ; in Finland, Sartage disappearing before the most advanced forest economy of the day ; and in Russia, Jardinage in the north, merging into more scientific management in Central Russia, and Mboisement in the south. This volume is a study of information which I then collected, together with information which I previously possessed, or have subsequently obtained, in regard to the Forests and Forestry of Finland.' Translation of Extracts from Letters from Dr A. Blomqvist, Director of the Finnish National School of Forestry at Evoia ;— « On mf return from Salmos three weeks ago I had the great pleasure to receive your volume on the Forests and Forest Management in Finland. I return you grateful thanks for the gift, and no less for publiahioff a description ot thu forestal condition of our country. It is with sentiments of true gratitiule I learn that you had previously taken part in a work so important to our country as the preparation of a new edition of the New leatameut in Binnish. Your desoriptious of our natural sceuery are most excellent and iutorestiug. Personally I feel most interest in your accounts of Koomurer. I value it much, and not less so your concurrent hnal conclusion in regard to the effects of the exercise of it in Finland.' Translation of Statement by M. Dk La Grye, in the Jievue des Laiix et Fdrets of January 18S4 :-' In an address delivered some weeks since at a banquet of exhibitors in the French section at Amsterdam. M. Uensson, iVlinister cf Commerce, expressed an intention to pubUsh a series of small books designed to make known to French merchants toreign lands in a commercial point of view. If the Minister of Commerce wishes to show to our merchants the resources possessed by Finland he need not go far to seek information which may be useful to thorn, they will be found in a small volume which has just been published bv Mr John Croumbie Brown. ' ' ^'^.^''°,^"j"* °°° °^ ''^°8^ English ministers, who, travelling over the worlcl in all directions [some at their own cost], seeking to spread the Word of the Lord in the form of Bibles translated into all lan-^uaces know how to utihse the leisure left to them at times while prosecuting this mission. Some occupy themselves with physical science, others with archaeology, some with philology, many with commerce ; Mr Brown has made a special study of sylviculture. He has already published on this subject many works, from amongst which we may cite these : Hudrolonu of^outh Africa; The Forests of Emjland ; ^^^ Schools of Foresln/Z Mirope; RUboisement in France; Pine Plant w« on Sand Wastes in France. 'His last book on Finland is the fruit of many journeys made in that country which he visited for the first time in 1833, but whither he has returned frequently since that time. Mr Brown gives narratives of his voyages on the lakes which abound in Finland, and his excursions in the immense forests, the exploitation of which constitutes the principal industry of the country. The School of Forestry at Evois has furnished to him much precise information in regard to the organisation of the service, and the legislation and the statistics of forests, which added to what he had procured by his own observation, has enabled him to make a very complete study of this country, poetically designated Tlie Jjand of a fhousxnd Lakes, and which might also justly be called The Kingdom of the Forest, for there this reigns sovereign.' v.— Forest Lands and Forestry of Northern Russia. Price 6s 6d. Details are given of a trip from St. Petersburg to the forests around Petrozavodsk on Lake Onega, in the government of Olonetz ; a description of the forests 6 on that government by Mr Jiidrae, a forest official of high position, and of the forests of Archangel by Mr Hepworth Dixon, of Lapland, of the land of the Samoides and of Nova Zembla; of the exploitation of the forests hy Junlinage, and of the. evils of such exploitation; and of tho export timber trade, and disposal of forest products. In connection with discussions of the physical geography of the region information is supplied in regard lo tho contour and general appearance of the country; its flora, its forests, and the palaeontological botany of the regions beyond, as viewed by Professor Heer and Count Saporta ; its fauna, with notices of game, and with copious lists of coleoptera and lepidoptera, by Forst-Meister Gunther, of Petrozavodsk. Extract iTROMPREFArB.-' In the spring of 1877 I published a brochure entitled Tlie. Schools of Forestry in Europe : a Flmjor the Crea- tion o/a School ot Forextrij in connection ivith the Arboretum in Edin- burgh, m which with details of the arrangements made for instruction in forest Science in Schools of Forentry in Prussia. Saxony. Hanover He83e, Darmstadt VVurtemburg, Bavaria, Austria, Poland, Russia Finland, bvve(!en,H;anc9. Italy, and in Spain, and details of arrange- inents existing in Kdinburgh for instruction in moat of the subjects in- cluded amongst preliminary studies, I submitted for consideration tho opinion, "that with the acquisition of this Arboretum, and with the ex- l!*'w*rr*T"^''Tl'.*^ for study in the University of Edinburgh, and in the Watt Institution and School of Arts, there are required only facil - ties for the study of what is known on the Continent as Forest Science to enable these Institutions conjointly, or any one of them, with tho help of the other, to take a place amongst the most completely eonipijod Schools of Forestry in Europe, and to undertake thetrainin-' of foresters for the discharge of such duties as are now required of them in India in our Colonies, and at home." * 'This year has seen world-wide arrangements for an International Exhibition of forest products and other objects of interest connected with forestry in Edinburgh, " In the interests of forestry, and to pro- mote a movement for the establishment of a School of Forestry in .Scot- land, as well as with a view of furthering and stimulating a greater im- Ijrovement in the scientific management of woods in Scotland and the Biater countries which has manifested itself dnring recent years " • The following is one of a series of volumes published with a view to introduce into English forestal literature detailed information on some of the points on which luformatioa is supplied to students at Schools of Forestry on the Continent ; and to make bitter known the breadth of sttidy which IS embraced in what is known tiiere as Fordwhsenscaft, ov Forest Science. ' ' ^ar!'''u°''i^/°''®^^ Ordinance of 1669 ; with Historical Sketch of Previous Treatment of Forests in France. Price 4a. The early history of forests in Franco is given, with de- tails ot (Jevas\'itioh,s of these going on in the first half of the seventeenth century ; with a translation of the Ordi- nance of lOCn, which is the basis of modern forest econo- my; and^ notices of forest exploitation in Jardinage, in La Metliodea Tire et ^Im-, and in La Methode des CompartU ments. ^ 16l'^'''s„ohTffrr''T''''^,*'°,^?'^'^™*^'^ ^"^««* Ordinance of ibOJ . Such IS the character and designation gonerallv triven at fho presen day to the Onli nance in questio^. It isinown/by reTnUt In at least ui every country on the Continent of Europe ; butf so far as i" known tome It has never before been published in English dress It may possibly be considered antiquated ; tut, on its first promulg'Sn i r„!l „ TtI'^' ^'"' ^'y""'^ V'^ ^°"°'^'' °f ^'••''"«''. as bringing life to the inlL ^ ^ ""."r ''^ "".'"O'lfn system of Forest Exploitation, based on modern Forest Science, in which I cannot trace its' influence. In the most advanced of these-that for which we are indebted to Hartig and the butterfly from what may be seen in the structure of the chrysa is • and thus am I encouraged to hope that it may prove suggestive of bene- d:slbKrdrpt!''"" "'"^ '' "^^^ "-* ''''^' ^•^^^ •* --y •^^ ^--d ' In my translation I have followed an edition issued with Royal an- provalin 1^ -^^ with one verbal alteration to bring ii: into accoSaS with certa, . , :der approved editions, and with another verbal alterSn to^brmg It into accordance with editions issued in 1(J99, 1723. 1734, and Translation of notice by M. De La Grvk for July 1883 in the Revm desEauxet Fdrets: 'England, which with her immense possessions n . stVr-^'"''^f • ^°? 'u ^^^ ^"P" "^ ^^''^ Hope, is beyond all question a State rich in forests, has never up to tiie present time given to thU port on of her domains more than a very moderate share of hfr attention • but for some years past public opinion is becoming alarmed in view of the immense devastations which Tiave been committed in them and the forest question coming forward spontaneously has become the sub ect of m merpus publications : amongst which, after the excellent monthly collecion, the ^o^n^a of Forestr,; and E.tate Management, comes the franslat.on of the Ordinance of lU(i9. which has just been published by Mr John Croumbie Brown. This translation of' a monunfent of jurK prudence well known m France, but wliich ha« nev«r h.fnrbpen -Aro duced 1.1 English, lias furnished to Mr Brown an oppor'tun'ity of civiS a historical sketch of French Forest Legislation, and an expoJiti^n o tlie diiTorcnt methods of exploitation followed in our country. Drawn from in eWanrv'r"' '"'\°T"'.''"ted on with talent, these Lum"T? fo?m an elegant voln me, which the author han made the more comnlete hv VII. -Pine Plantations on Sand Wastes in Prance. Price 7s. In this are detailed the appearances presented by the Landes of the Gironde before and after culture, and the liandes of La Sologne ; the legislation and literature of J ranee m regard to the planting of the LanJes with trees : the characteristics of the sand wastes; the natural his- tory, culture and exploitation of the maritime pine, and otthe bcots fir; and the diseases and injurious influences to which the maritime pine is subject. toAcJTS FROM Preface.-' The preparation of this volume for the press was undertaken in consequence of a statement in the Standard and if? • t ^^P*^*"^'" ?*?«■•' «f t>'° 2M July 1876, to the efFectlha Se r.n«¥f\'">""*'^'^ ''' Parliament £1000 had been put down for thS CapeFlats It was supposed with a view to its being employed in car- b'eylfndtf; Rfv^r^""'""' " ' '"'*"' '' ''''''""''^ the^a'ndy trac", ' This volume was originally compiled in view of what sof morl +/. k-. required at the Cape of*' GooJ Hopl It°hasTeen 7e'?sed a?d prnted now, as a contribution towards a renewed enterprise to arre?t an HoZrM"'''f •' *'"'^^. '^7^'^ f^""^ '^''^^^ ^l°»"tain to the Ho ten o aSdttiire?'' '"' '''''"""''' "•^'•'•'"*"'^" '^ forthcoming if if VIII. -Reboisement in France ; or, Records of the Re- planting of the Alps, the Cevennes. and the Pyrenees, with Trees, Herbage, and Bush with a view to arresting and preventing the de- structive consequences of torrents. Price 12s. In this are given a rc'sume of Surell's study of Alpine torrents of the literature of France relative to Alpine tor- rents and of remedial measures which have been proposed tor adoption to prevent the disastrous consequences fol- )r. Drawn from locuments form re complete by iblishecl on the n France. inted by the rure, and the literature of i with trees ; natural his- le pine, and IS influences olume for the ^ Standard and ict that in the t down for the iployed in car- e sandy tracts seemed to he sd and printed to arrest and the Hottentot hcoming if it of the Re- a and the md Bush, ing the de- Price 12s. ' of Alpine Alpine tor- n proposed nences fol- 9 lowing from them— translations of documents and enact- monts showing what legi,< itivc and executive measures have been taken by the Government of France in connec- tion witji rtthommmi as a remedial application against destructive torreuts-and details in regard to the past piesent. and prospective aspects of the work. AfSrrT ''"''" Pi'fACK.-' In a treatise on the Hydrology of South the Cane om ^Tu '''*'"'r^T ''^^t^'^tive effects of torrentf^I floods a ill &L f ^^ ^^yi '*"'^ ^''*'''- »"•* '•^f^"^'! to the mr Mires adopted Theat entn.Pn'f'^K^ T occurrence of similar disastrous floodsttt wL li,Tv ^, P«'«'*t>^« Assembly at the Cape of Good Hope imni^T T^^t^^l °"'°^ **^« '"«'»^«" «f the Assembly to?Ee Kat thi, h? l*l!*'"« ^'^%°", unproductive Crown lands. On learn >"g that this had been done I addressed to the editor of the (Jam Aram a communication, of which the following is a copy :_ ^ ^ occ-irLd^Ifnce n'«[?'f i'*P 'r °^ 'l^^ti-^^ti^e effects of torrents which have «lnJl f lu i '°., *"^ Colony in the beginn ng of J8()7. Towards the ?.rLl *^r*:*'''^« °°^""'^'^ o"«' the^lamage occas oned by wh ch fVo n tiswot i^rorPw^r, ?* ^"^* Kli^abeth\lone was eiilred a W ent ooP„rrr/?K , W'*'"n ay/ar thereafter a similar destructive lorrent occurred at Natal, in regard to which it wm sfafn,! fho* Vu damage done to public wo^k. aI„,fo was esrinateiar£50 OoS while th^o n t iVTir*'P""°"' was estimated variously from £50^0 toflOO^O sioned the fan of /rn" ^^''l ^''^''-f. [".tl'e Wester',. Provin e o^: of nrnnlrf J 1 "''""f^ •''"''se, wluch issuod in loss of life and loss o property, and personal injuries, for one case alone of which the raTl SeJuCfvv^r ^'f P'-o«r"t«^ for damages amoSnt^ng to £5(S) „" vear !h t!!"' "" ''«"«? f. ^■'•" ^"^^''^'^ ''"^n t^e dam. and X next vea fsTI Vir'-'^rv'"^ ^^ the waters of the Gamko and the S year, 1871, Victoria West was v s ted with a similar diaantpr 4 ,„K -» the sums and the damages with which t Ceto S n conSectfon r^mtk«n'*r*'""; ^\\^'^^^^^ the case ; and these are only the most ^markable torrents of the several years referred to. I have snokeTo millions of francs being spent on rlhokerr.tnt in France, and some mav takeSt tVT^°"*', '^"p'^^l^e ••'^^ ^"'''^ ^" expendSure can be unde? toprplo o \^^^ ■ ^^'^-^^^ not ; but the losses occasioned bv the ."rr TSsTallsinTr'f P""'''"* *" ?^^"»* "^ '"'"'"""f francs fn*/.: thpA^^ -f "^8'^**'"^*^"''^ on individuals, that would fall on retaLed'Tfiffil-^"' .'^' community in return would benefit by water firewood and tii/t' ''''^' ""*?^^ "^ ^^'"8 ^ost in the sea.^a^d bj flotT^pll^ • ' ^''"S 8'"°^" -^here now there is none. These are 10 my attention was called ^rew to ihe Eubject ^^'omand franca. And tion^o" FoSSf Kni: '"I'L^^as F^f 7 f '''''''' "^^''^ ^^---t'- desire for extendin/and verffvlnrfht " f'"'^ to ,ne every facility I could lected inre,ar:it\!::'ZtZ^^ r-^-ly col- Copies of additional documents wereTunnHp.l i -^u '■^f*'"^^- works sanctioned by the AdministTatfon S * '"^' V^^ '^^P^^^ ^^ for my visiting and ysDMtinrS.V' ' ?r'«"gements were made beg„/and the^wSrkl Spkfed /tnS:? h^^^^^ mit a much more comnlpto r^^ml ih -^ .?^^ "'^^" enabled to sul). my power to produce ^ ^ '" ''""''' °*'^^^*'^^ ^*^« been in time'^to'th^ocrrSfoVth'e'ILH^^^^^ ''' P"^"-*'- «* this Good Hope, th^pXicrtil^hL^ref S^rtl n^if^Vl*'^ f.T -"^ other countries besides South Africa the infnrnfnf uT ^^'^^ '" practical account.' mformatioa may be turned to 8rH"L"!'S.?.;:i??,,';-r i^*- *« the author by M. A^kxanpkk ii'<«rfe «Mr /es Torrents de, HauteaAhJoJl ^''^ Garonne, and author of des Sciences en 1842 :-' Y^u Se rendeV,^^^^^^^^ ^°"T"' ■P?'" ^'^^«''««'> in calliug the attention of aerious thfnker! ?o SlM:cf:r J' ■''''''' and (jazonnements. It is a vital Question n«•l!f•^''^^''^*°'*^"'"''■'' specially in southern climates^th rfarl^'i^efuutSfs whiol'r'^f^^ d;m.ed there, and you have fulfilled this^tiro^rt'ytJroSn^Jry! li.|n!^ril^1ttSrSS§.T^te -«^^^-ly en- that' ttrugttalrea^VX"^^^^^^^^^ ^ --^ Journey and in the Tyrol tlfe sam'e phrncJnenrSh h"J\Zl[l IS tl T\'' tion of our French AIds are hP£»in.„-..« +^ j lasuea in th, ^esola- TherehavebeenL^sed a nuXr^f P.-°'^l''^ ^^^ «^'"« ^«"e«t«- originated in the deXctTon of e ores s' Tf'UT"*' ^'f ^ '^^'^ and the administration or the comimines do nothint S ®° ? ! '^P'"-?' posterity will have a sad inheritance rvoteripon^t ""''' *^" '"''' ^oJt:^;Z!ZTC^;Zofl!s^^^^^^^^^ -h^t I have generation of oLr mountains '' * ""^ "^ workings, for the re- Translation of extract from letter bv the latp M B'rnnc+ nx that . foreigaer could d&,t ,o comSlt'l^ °-"-'K-'°T"'' F«,.ch a.ou,„»,. dr.„„ from .o a«ordi«™ l^JritVlum n tereating which man haft ao v" bat .rr' "'"' I- ''°' °^ *''« »»««* in- with the authorities an] Jalit?'lusse nl ies Cn.-*'?'/"^"^"^^' ^"^ 18 aa yet but very sparingly posseS Tf t l k *>' "^"o^'edge which yours, air. that Jal.lic od Jiou 0^,1,. J ^y books so substantial aa ofthiagreatwork.'^ ■'"''' P^^P^'-^J t" t*ce the importance IX.-Hydrology of South Africa: or Details ..f^ ^u the rainfall to h« "a^the lunl'rP', "' " P"'""" "^ the burning of the herba'e andlm h '"' ''<^''™"™ "f pastoral a„fagricult„r:io^e«"o„''lthZr™^^^^ extension of existintTforests-nnH tLo . °°"^^'^^tion and similar to the reA^;^ I. f and 1. ^^ ^^ ^SS'SiL;^:;:;^?,^^*^!^^^^ the African By the north, and by tho south by tL east an^Ib-li?"'' ** *'"°^- explorers have penetrated it, t^aveiNed h I'.Tu ^ ^}^ "*««*' ^^^^y Bome of its secrets. Travellers have mi-l trib A^":.' ^''^^1^ ^^°'" ^t m opening up a path ; it ia now for aciJnre InH .; r "^.^°"* ^^"^^ ^«''k in studying the problems wiZn ^ ™f ^.,*''^ civilisation to do their., and in drawing in the curre'nV"n/'„l" "'VKseivea lor investigation • ....a. Which .u „ i,T:.i!ii .*rr/'.':L'.r L'S'iiri- ri 12 as a nn^sionary and held of a rSfA„^ *^"' ^\*^*^ •'"«° ^^'^^ >«> I*** remained there some years Tii hnthZ Tv!!!!^ ot houth Africa, and he travel through the cofony n aU direct ons and h'h"'*'' had occasion to kct n.o.t valuable infori°on in regard to it« n^H^"^^ *« °«l- Brovvn on going out to the Cape knew no £in^ ^f ^h '^ geography. Mr fortUeirobjecttodetermineffe iSenceof^W^^^^^ T*''"'' '"^^ the quantity of rain, and on the rver courses in F Z ^l "l""f *^' °" heard mention of ^he work of U wii !l ^ ^""^ope ; he had never rAhoise.ment : and vet in af-iirluJnr, k„ "'*"o' "^ners on the subject of climatic conditbnS South aS ELameio T.t "^''^^^K^T' '^' turbances in the regularity of the flow of Z P^'^'^^fJ^ t^at the dis- period should be atfribS in a large melsu e to "^hl^^H *^ ^''*°"? forests ; and he meets in agreement on thf,^ * * il^ destruction of names have been mentioned We have thoul^.Ti5 **?\f"ru' ^ho«e out interest to readers of the /?e.«e to Hve in fh. ."n^'^f '^^ l^ '^'^^■ collection of phenomena whSh in fS ™a -f i !? ''^ ^' Brown a fied point are^otTess dL to inea'ca^ses t^^^^^^^^ Tl" may be to make themselves felt everywhere' whL^K*' °^ ''*'\°^ existent the same conditions than to aSelsr Ind th« ^ T^ ''^ lengthened article in illustration ^ '^"'^ ^^^''^ ^°"°^« » X.-Water Supply of South Africa, and Facilities for the Storage of it. Price 18s 6d. In this volume are detailed meteorological observations on the humidity of the air and the rainfSl, on clouds, and winds, and thunder-storms; sources from which is deHved the supply of moisture which is at present available for agricultural operations in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope and regions beyond, embracing the atmosphere, the rainfall, rivers, fountains, subterranean streams and reser- voirs and the sea; and the supply of water and facilities for the storage of it m each of the divisions of the colony 18 -in Basutoland, in the Oranae River Fr^o Qf * • Gnqualand West, ia the Transvaf Territory in Zuh f' '," at Natal, and in the Transkei Territory! •^' Zululan.i, prepared on the Hydrolo^ o^Lufh A^nV. ".''•''u^T*''^ ^ ^I*^'""'"- embodied in a volumi whkh\aa hZt.trT'A "^^'"t^ ^""^ ^'"ce been abstract of a Memoir prepa^d^'^^^^ agricultural operations TsSuth Africa Ih.h" ''"? >ts application to the Water Supply of the Colonv • if 1 1 ' u ^'"'"•^ced a Keport on irrigation requi?e^d in diffS^i^cuS^ iK'r^ ^^' '"°''<^« "^ tion of these in different distrioh, .^^fu' ^'TI^"'}'^'^^ ^ot the adop- other, in the way of work, .f „ !' °*^ ^he difficulties, physical and there: and the m^Ls ofTcoVpLhtrth^^J^n"" ^t^ '^'^^^^ out 'In the following voluZTembnH; / fu i'"''^ ^^^ ** command, which related to tL Sr s'pTv fS tS*' P^^t'O" "^ . the Men.oir ■ storage of this, with repo ts relative to tS«%rJ!-1.'"S ^""'"^'^^^ f"'" ^he received, and similar infomat?on i,rrplr^ L^'^'^i* T'^ subsequently of the Cape of Good Hope whS if \5k *° ^^""^^ ^^^^n^ the Colony Colony b> federationrSwL' and°f^^^'*°T"«°*^•*hthe irrigation has been transferred to^Re'norfnntt "'^9'"'^^^ '^^''^'^^ *» and the means of controllLV flJods^ of ^.1^^ ^- ''^"- °^ the Colony. .^^:/S 2^^:"S^^?oSr^$^l^«^.it3pI.e.imm remedies for this arJrfgT and irhaJ'brennr^r''?? '{ ^PPropriat'e in a vague and general ue of the terms buf?n^«[rf/° '^°Y ^^^^' "°t the statement, the severe, protracteT^nd I J "•* ^''T^*"'^^ ^'^ destructive floods and inundatbn8?recorded in th^"/'"^' ^"""".S^*^' «»d their counterpart in constantlv flIfBrr.Vi^ j "® former volume, find every district of the cSv-lnd tW ■ "^ droughts and deluges ia notwithstanding the delueeT tlr« »" ^^^''y "o-^aHed division of it? drought, and, Sotwithstanf Lg Ee'lriS f J^r^*"'^ '"^f "«^ ^''^ at command, with existing facilities fSrth««'fi.., '!.? ^"PP^^ °^ ^^'er -pply which at present Irove^^^d^tt ^fl^reVif ^thT^.''^"* p|i!:tt:vts'E::^bi£S^'^^ to the local Government is these r?S^^ If ^'^°"" °^ ^«P°^t« over and over again by the local nr«« 11 '^*^t*'1®'^°0'°™ented Spon beyond the fact thaK oX— - -'^ •' ^'*"? '«^* for us to ^v panacea for the drought is" to ere^f ^0^"^*^^ ma opinion that the only 14 that thi. 13 saga ind wholesome advice, anrl the only question is, who , t0 8n3^a„.theexp3>m? Not lo.g ag,, so newhere abo.t the' tTme n , m'""' V^ P'-osecuting his labours, it will be remembered that GeneralWyuard said that ''Nature had furnished the cups if on y science would tUie the trjuble to nuke thim secure." It is but tJ wouTd h« . ,; nf ll'^^fi-^ that with a good supply of water South Africa Z.A • 1 *''^ ^""'^ "^. "at^re's gardens, and would be capable of £n?n."fV"l! 'ri?''''P'V^''''i"^^'^'*'°" *'' furnishing fodder for sheep and cattle Ihe qu38tion of the water supply for irrigation and other purposes has been staved off year after year, and nothinf has been done f«l o-5f ^° *"" f IZ "^^v 'iT^ve"-. that the question must make itself Aflo ^rt""^ ?! *''? ""^'.^^ ^*°*°" i° *he ultimate prosperty of South Atrica. The author is evidently in love with his subject, and has con- tr buted a mass of facts to Hydrology which will be nseful to all couu- tries of an and character.' Xr.-Foresta and Moisture; or Bflfacta of Forests on Humidity of Climate. Price lOs. In this are given details of phenomena of vegetation on which the meteorological effects of forests affecting the humidity of climate depend— of the effects of forests on the humidity of the atmosphere, and on the humidity of the ground, on marshes, on the moisture of a wide expanse of country, on the local rainfall, and on rivers— and of the correspondence between the distribution of the rainfall and of forests— the measure of correspondence between the distribution of the rainfall and that of forests— the distri- bution of the rainfall dependent on geographical position, or determined by the contour of a country— the distribution of forests affected by the distribution of the rainfall— and the local effects of forests on the distribution of the rain- fall within the forest district. ExrRAcr.s from Preface.-' This volume is one of a series. In the ^^o°!, ./?"®^~* X?^'""'' entitled-pnblished last year, Hi/drolo(jy of South Africa; or, Details of the Former ffydronravhic Condition of the. tape oj Good Hope and of Causes of its recent Aridity, loith Sumes- lions of appropriate Remedies for this Aridity. 'This volume, on the effects of forests on the humidity of the atmos- phere and the ground, follows supplying illustrations of the reasonable- ness of the suggestion made in regard to the conservation and extension V v." -<-ii~.yii.i...j^, !..e™no oi arrcBiiiig ami counteracuuij ine des-'ccation and aridity of the country.' >rasts on 15 M!ij!"\r''''-1^''"*^!u™['^ *° *''« *"*''°'' ^'•'"» «'e late Hon. George P v.lu»lVru«l?^/""'' '"'''•'"■"g letter 'of 'thi 5th inst., with the 1?»S . J ; "'' Jh ««e>nili»>iied it. I will make exceri.ts from tl,« unli i ..'ti '} P^^yery little faith in oH meteorological observations and, for tint matter, not much in ,iew. So much depends on Wl circum.t.n.es, on the position of instrun.euts. &c -Jn 4fi iS shor? othlU%° '^^ °" *^ P""°'P^« °f **>« *«'"i«»°y of some to balance eac^h Snel to J^ren?rfi?a"'' *" ^^e registers of oLervers not ^T to be ll^-^ll instrm enta ^Z^'''7^- ^^""^ '" observatories of repute, meteoro- Kicausr properly hung and guarded from dis- wiroing causes. «eyond all, the observations on the absorntion of heat l^^ZT," f ""' ' *^'''*°*=°^ ^''«™ *he ground show thS fhermomete?8 SmiSurertreLtnii *"° f'ff to be%f any value as ind.S"g t lo leinperatuieot the stratum of the atmosphere in which men liveanH p auts grow, and m most tables, particularly old oies Te have no aformat.on as to whether the thermometer mIs hunrfiv'e feet or fiftv irdl^aS::,raToVect?"'^^ '' -- ^^ ^-^ -^ ^^^tJoiatz S UnS ?Star '"irih^r l' f *"'^*""^ l"'^'=''"g much attTntio' n th^ ad^ anopTn.nf Af • ^'''' meeting of the American Association for the ™ If f^ '°'^"*'^ * committee was appointed to memorial se Con ^f,Vir A • A , Ir offered premiums, in regard to it. The Unit^il qS on^S^SL?'^';'™^"' has collected ftatistics bearing o, 'the • Thfi on^^ , have referred your letter to that establishment, and^h^v^^i^^ P'.?'"'" *u,?*^*? *'^** ^« J'^^^e commenced a new epoch file .i-Stiw:: •°"' "'"'"'"" "' *"' O""™""' i» oon^.,cti»'w1tJr wSlSiSl?^,Sr'S-^?^;^»'-»' thei.p„«.„c. i» 16 Ex'fRACT FROM LETTER to the author from Lieut. -Col. J. CnmphcU Walker, Coneervator of Forests, Madras, then Conscrvator-in-Chief of Forests, New Zealand ; author of lieport on State Forests and Forest Management in Oermany and Austria: — ' I am in receipt of yours, along with the noticeH of your works on Forestry, by book post. I think very highly of the scope of the works, and feel sure that they and similar works will supply a want much felt by the Indian forest officers. ' It contains many important data which I should have vainly sought elsewhere, and it will be regarded by all competent judges as a real substantial contribution to a knowledge of th3 existing surface, and the changes which, from known or unknown causes, that surface is fast undergoing.' Copies of any of these Works will be sent post-paid to any address within direct Postal communication with Britain, on receipt by Dr John C. Brown, Haddington, of a Post-Office Order for the price.