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this month. This dam will form a lake of 

 400 square miles in area and will equalize 

 the flow of water which supplies power 

 for the many varied industries situated 

 along the river. The St. Maurice Valley 

 is rapidly growing to be the most important 

 industrial section of the Province outside 

 of Montreal, and its development has only 

 just begun. From the falls on the river 

 power is supplied to Montreal, Quebec, 

 Sherbrooke, Three Rivers and the asbestos 

 mines at Thetford, and among the products 

 of the factories are pulp and paper, alumi 

 num, magnesium, carbide, acetone, aloxite 

 and various other chemical products. 



Material progress has been made by the 

 Ontario Forestry Branch in the organiza- 

 tion of fire protection work on crown tim- 

 ber lands in that province. There are 15,712 

 square miles under license to cut timber, 

 from which the Province derives a direct 

 revenue of upwards of $1,500,000 per an- 

 num in normal times. In addition, a fire 

 tax of $6.40 per square mile per year is im- 

 posed on license holders. This amount is 

 largely supplemented by the Province, since 

 the fire ranging organization covers very 

 large areas of lands, much of which have 

 been cut over and burned over, but contain 

 a great deal of young forest growth. The 

 total appropriation for all the lines of 

 work with which the Forestry Branch is 

 charged is in the neighborhood of $375,000. 

 The bulk of this goes for fire protection, but 

 provision is made also for nursery and 



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planting work, eradication of the pine 

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E. J. Zavitz is Provincial Forester; J. H. 

 White Assistant Provincial Forester and 

 L. E. Bliss is General Superintendent of 

 fire protection. The Province is divided 

 into 34 districts, with a chief ranger in 

 each district. There are 31 sub-chief rang- 

 ers, and 986 rangers. For the most part, 

 the rangers work in pairs and travel by 

 canoe. Some are on railway patrol, while 

 others utilize the various other methods of 

 transportation suitable to the local condi- 

 tions in each case. 



Five automobile trucks, with fire-fighting 

 equipment, have been provided for dis- 

 tricts where roads to the settlers exist. 

 Some 625 miles of old trails and portages 

 have been cleared out, and 60 miles of new 

 trails and portages constructed. Of look- 

 out towers, 22 have been built, and 19 more 

 are under construction. About 45 miles of 

 telephone line has been erected. 



The permit system of regulating settlers 

 clearing fires is in effect in the clay belt of 

 Northern Ontario, and is working well. 



It will necessarily require time to get 

 the new organization in thoroughly satis- 

 factory running order, but the progress 

 made thus far gives promise of continued 

 improvement. This work was placed under 

 the Forestry Branch only this year, and 

 many serious obstacles have had to be 

 overcome. The improvement already made 

 is really notable. 



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