The New York herald., 1870-10-22
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

Architecture Is reviving rapidly in Holland. The
latest European notes, compiled for the HERALD
from our mail files, go TO show the following pro-
gress:-
At Helmond, near Eindhoven, Holland, ia . large
new church.
Mr. Cnypers has built magnificent church, The
finest modern church III the Netherlands.
Not far from Eindhoven is another very large and
remarkable church, by Mr. Cuypers, at place called
Vecnel. In general arrangement it ia sOmew hat
similar to Eindhoven, except that IL has only one
western tower and at the east end the chevet has
two sem-octagonal radating chapels and two tr-
angular ones, and lady chapel OF two bays ter
minatlng IN an apse projecting from the east end
Tne nave mas one pay more than at Eindhoven.
The superb monument in the cathedral OF Breda
to the memory OF John Of Nassau fifteenth century,
has been carefully restored The rest OF the church
is used by tile Calynists.
AT Oudenbosch a very large Roman Catholic
church is being built. 1t is In the Romanesque
style, built entirely of brick 1t of nave
ana asles, transepts and a choir terminating In a
Semicrcular lpse.
AT Rotterdam six new churches have been re.
Gently completed; four are Roman Catholic and two
Protestant tCalvinist).
The Hague has not distinguished itself in archi-
lecture Wtnin tne last few years. horrible cast
iron spre, of open tracery work. has been added to
the tower OF the old church. and an equally bad new
church has been erected.
writer, dating in Holland, says the Dutch Cal.
vinists might proit by the example Of their co-rel-
ling to restore and take the old churches In
their possession tide the cathedrals OF Glasgow and
Baslel.
Speaking OF the worlds supply OF building mate
raIs an English journal supplies the following Gu
rous facts:-Vhe denudatlon OF the forests of Eng
land Is by no means new grief More than 200
years ago Mr. Evelyn complained Of the rapid extir-
PATTON root and branch, of all those goody forests
and WOODS which our more prudent ancestors left
standing for the ornament and service of their cOul-
try.n On the conliscation OF the Church lands in
1886 immense forests were cut down: and during
the civil war tnat commenced century later, many
royal forests, as well as private woods entire
ly swept away.
In France there yet exist . ZOO 600 acres of state
forest earning a gross revenue OF II, TAO 900 and
net revenue OF fl 240 GOO per annum. Bavaria con-
tains nearly 2,00O000 acres Of forest; Prussia up-
wards OF 900; Austria, less than Is 600 900
acres, realizing an annual export value oil 60 00O 600
sterling.
Forest schools are established at Hanover, New
stadt, Eberswad, near Berlin; Thurant, In Saxouy;
Eisenacl. and other places IN countries possessing
state forests.
The threatened and very proximate exhaustion OF
the enormous forests and tilnber-growIng JunQeS
under the British rule In India has lea to tardy
attention being paid TO this important subject by the
Indian government. From tine report of DIR. Bran
dis, Inspector General OF Forests In India, it ap-
pears that the normal average OF first Glass teak
trees In virgin forest is fourteen per acre. teak
forest at Maulman in the hands Of the government
extending over $50 square miles, has been found to
contain only three full grown trees in two acres
! while damaged trees and stumps abound,