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suitable for airplane construction. No fir of the grade suitable for air- 

 plane construction was manufactured in British Columbia prior to the 

 war, and special methods of manufacture were instituted to develop 

 this entirely new grade. The total outlay in connection with the pro- 

 duction of airplane spruce and fir in British Columbia was approxi- 

 mately $8,200,000. 



A proclamation creating the Alabama National Forest has been 

 signed by the President. About 10,500 acres of public lands, in Law- 

 rence and Winston counties, in the northern part of the State, which 

 had been withdrawn from entry, are included in the new National For- 

 est. In addition, the Government has purchased approximately 12,000 

 acres and has options on an additional 13,000 acres in the same locality. 

 It is expected that by further purchases the Forest will eventually be 

 enlarged to include about 150,000 acres. 



Roland D. Craig and staff are engaged on a forest survey of the 

 Province of Ontario on which the Commission of Conservation and 

 the Province of Ontario are co-operating. The survey, similar to that 

 of the Province of British Columbia, has in view the securing of relia- 

 ble estimates of the standing timber and pulpwood of the Province, its 

 location, distribution of species, etc., and data and maps showing the 

 area covered by forests, the areas suitable for agriculture, waste lands, 

 and the areas which should be devoted to production of forests. 



The name of the College of Forestry of the University of Washing- 

 ton was lately changed to the College of Forestry and Lumbering, the 

 work having recently broadened out to include almost every aspect of 

 the lumbering industry, in this respect differing from that of other 

 forest schools. In addition to the subjects usually found in a forestry 

 curriculum, Washington offers opportunities for specialization in gen- 

 eral forest products, logging engineering, and the business of lumber- 

 ing, the latter including new courses in milling and marketing. 



The Mexican Government has established a National Forestry School 

 at Coyoacan, Federal District. The school was opened on March i, 

 1919, admitting students from all the States. The course of instruction 

 will cover a period of three years. The forest areas of Mexico are 

 very large, but up to the present no scientific regulations or knowledge 



