increase of hornless animals, hinds, knobbers and calves, is so At the worst period, 1884, the Forest stags appear to have fallen nearly 100 below our starting point, 1878, at the present Our two counts 1890 Count 957 hinds (counted separately). since 1884. the stock of Forest stags has been steadily increasing, and that at 869 the present time the increase has become larger yearly. Our careful, I have no doubt whatever, that since 1884, when we received hornless animals. increasing* 58 a neavv blow the bodies of 48 dead stags having been found large as to be easily noticed at a glance. This is an increase of 560, or 64 per cent, on Forest in n years. and we think very successful count of 1889, confirms this. Up to hinds in February, the stags being in high ground, and the hinds Was Husk the cause of the heavy mortality of 1884 and 1882 ? 218 calves. chiefly in low ground. Spring 1890, we counted 1429 hornless animals in Forest. of Hinds and Spring 1879, we counted 869 hornless animals in Forest. 47 stags died in 1882. We believe the animals counted 1879, consisted of about what Great increase time the stock appears to be about 100 larger than ever. The and including 1884 the Forest stags were, I believe, decreasing. is stated below, the 1879 count being only an unclassed census of 1879 Count 579 hinds (i year old and more). 72 knobbers.