348 JOUKXAL Ol' I'URKSTRY 



The State Forester of Montana has proposed a revised fire law for 

 the State which is receiving favorable consideration. One of the im- 

 portant points of the proposed law is the provision for a permit system 

 and closed season. 



The Bureau of Standards has published "A Metric Manual for Sol- 

 diers;' the aim of which is to give to the soldiers a grasp of the metric 

 system, which will enable them to think and work in metric units. No- 

 tables of equivalents need be memorized. A number of tables and a 

 vocabulary are given for reference. The units are described by actual 

 examples likely to be encountered in military work. 



At the annual meeting of the Canadian Forestry Association, in 

 Montreal, on January 29. J. S. Gillies, of Gillies Brothers, Braeside, 

 Ontario, was elected president for the year 1919; Clyde Leavitt, vice- 

 president; P. B. Wilson, of the Spanish River Pulp and Paper Mills, a. 

 new director, and Hon. E. A. Smith, territorial vice-president for New 

 Brunswick. 



Figures recorded at the customs department of Canada show that 

 the exports of maple sugar and sirup increased in 19 18 over those of" 

 191 7 by 20 per cent and in value by 76 per cent. The Canada food 

 board hopes that producers will make even a greater effort this year,. 

 natural production of all kinds being the duty of the day. 



The forest region of Ontario, covering an area of over 100 million 

 acres, subjected to the forest fires prevention act, is divided into 35 

 districts, each in charge of a chief ranger, each of whom, in 191 7, was 

 assisted by 34 deputy chiefs, the maximum number during the season' 

 being 1,039. 



At the annual meeting of the woodlands section of the Canadian 

 Pulp and Paper Association, at Montreal, on January 30, the following- 

 officers were elected : Chairman, R. P. Kernan, Quebec ; Vice-Chair- 

 man, M. P. Small, Grand Mere ; Councillors, R. F. Kenny, Bucking- 

 ham ; A. J. Price, Quebec, and Ellwood Wilson, Grand Mere. 



Maple trees are to be planted on the graves of Canadian soldiers in 

 France and Belgium. For this purpose seedlings have been raised at 

 the Royal Botanic Gardens, London. England, from seeds sent over- 

 seas bv the Dominion Horticulturist. Ottawa. 



