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necessary are the recommendation of the minister of lands, forests, 

 and mines and the consent of the owner of the land. By the term 

 "private forest reserve" is meant that the land so called is to be taken 

 under the protection of the law. The man who thus declares his land 

 to be a "private forest reserve'' cannot remove a tree thereafter with- 

 out appealing to the minister. Furthermore, any successor to the prop- 

 erty is restricted in the same way. In short, the act means that once a 

 piece of land is declared a "private forest reserve" it is to be always a 

 reserve. Land need not be wooded to come under this act. The gov- 

 ernment is willing to provide the trees it is called upon to protect. — 

 American Lititihcnnau, Ma}' 17, 1919. 



Hardwood Stocks Short 



The Secretary of the Michigan Hardw^ood Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion stated at a meeting of the association ]\Iay 5, 1919: "So far as we 

 can learn, the hardwood stocks of the entire country are not sufficient 

 to supply a pre-war manufacturing business. For various reasons, the 

 log input of the past season has been very much below normal, and on 

 this account values have advanced and will no doubt continue to do so 

 as long as the cost of production is on its present basis." 



"Mr. Jones is now in Europe placing the merits of the woods of 

 Michigan and Wisconsin before the people of w'estern Europe. There 

 is no question but what this service is for the betterment of the position 

 of our hardwoods." — Lumber, May 5, 1919. 



Call Northwest Big Spruce ]\Iarket 



About thirty spruce manufacturers attended a meeting held at Port- 

 land, Oregon, May 9, for the purpose of discussing market conditions, 

 grades, and trade prospects, as well as the log situation. The con- 

 sensus at the meeting was that the demand for spruce is rapidly increas- 

 ing, and that the Pacific Northwest is the only large source of supply, 

 as other sections where spruce is being cut have turned their attention 

 to the manufacture of pulp rather than lumber. It w^as pointed out 

 that the eastern wholesalers are going out there to buy in larger num- 

 bers every month, and that the real problem confronting the industry 

 is a possible shortage of logs. — American Lumberman, May 17, 1919. 



During the year ending October 31, 1918. the Ontario Government 

 deriA^ed a forest revenue of Si. 756.085 from its Crown lands. Of this, 



