Annual Report of J. Ednie Brown, Conservator of Forests. The expenses during the year, £5,787. and the receipts ,£5,581, showing that the department has been nearly self-supporting. 189,710 trees were planted, and young saplings in natural growth cared for by clearing brush from around them. At the end of the year, including both classes, 212,560 young trees were living and doing well; 239,336 acres of land reserved for forests, have yet to be planted. The amount of acreage planted is 4,042. The number of trees doing well from the Board's work is 440,000.

An experiment was made to sow seeds broadcast instead of setting out young plants. Pinus pinea, Pinus insignis, Eucalyptus globulus, and E. ca-lophylla were employed. The only result is "a few nice plants of the Eucalyptus and the Pinus pinea," but the failure of the experiment "may have been from unsound seed." It is surprising that such a suggestion should be made, as any one should be able to tell whether the seed was unsound before sowing it. But the "experiment is to be repeated with the best seed only." The kinds of trees used in timber-planting are chiefly from the many species of Eucalyptus or Gum trees. Among European trees, Pinus halapensis, Pinea, maritima, Austriaca and laricio, are used to some extent. Pinus insignis of California seems to be very largely grown and other Californians being tried on a limited scale. Of a thousand Catalpas tested last year, the report speaks highly of its drouth-resisting qualities. Though the dryest season ever known, the loss among them was only 5 per cent. The American ash is also growing in favor.

A most remarkable commentary on popular names is that white cedar in this report is Melia Azederach - the China tree of our Southern States.