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CHIPS AND SLIPS. 



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Not often Fouxd ? — A man in 

 Oshkosh, Wis., while sawing wood, a 

 local report says, found in a hole in one 

 of the sticks, live ten-dollar gold i3ieces 

 and two twenty-dollar pieces, besides 

 some small coins. 



A Woody Tract. — Thei-e is a tract 

 of 'black land' in Piscataquis county, 

 Me., which is heavily timbered with 

 Spruce, Cedar, Pine, and Fir, of which 

 there are estimated to be 100,000,000 

 ft. The land is owned by two St. 

 Croix, N.B., lumber firms. This winter 

 7,000,000 will be got out. 



A Timber Find.— The St. Croix 

 Courier says : — Edward Jack, Esq., has 

 been exploring in the wilds of Northum- 

 berland county, N.B., lately, and has 

 discovered a river and numerous lakes 

 which do not appear on any of the pub- 

 lished maps, and which are bordered 

 by extensive and valuable forests. 

 From all that we can learn, this is likely 



to prove a better tract of lumber land 

 than any at present known in the pro- 

 vince. Mr. Jack is preparing a full 

 report of his explorations, which, in due 

 time, will be submitted to the surveyor- 

 general, and made more generally 

 public. 



Tree Culture in Manitoba. — Con- 

 siderable interest is being taken in the 

 movement to promote prairie tree cul- 

 ture in Manitoba and the Canadian 

 North-W*st, and an influential associa- 

 tion has been formed in Winnipeg to 

 extend forestry, horticulture, and ar- 

 boriculture. The association will re- 

 ceive a poition of the annual grant of 

 the Manitoban Board of Agriculture, 

 and with this assistance from the 

 Government active steps will be taken 

 to cultivate the general growth of 

 many fruit and other trees hitherto 

 unknown in the Canadian North- West 

 Territories. 



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