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involved. It is the duty of the subcommittee to prepare the decisions 

 of the main committee and to see that they are carried out. 



The newly created General Committee on Wood supersedes the Gen- 

 eral Committee on Forests which was established on May 4, 191 7, and 

 takes over such portions of the work previously handled by the Inter- 

 departmental Commission on Woods, Metals, and War Manufactures 

 as had to do with wood. The latter committee is hereafter to be known 

 as the Interdepartmental Commission on Metals and War Manu- 

 factures. 



S. T. D. 



During the past year more than 500,000 forest-tree seedlings have 

 been shipped from the Quebec forest nursery at Berthierville, P. Q. 

 The provincial forester, G. C. Piche, reports that of these nearly 

 200,000 were white pine, 180,000 Norway spruce, 82,000 Scotch pine, 

 20,000 Douglas fir, 8,000 red pine, 7,000 white spruce, and 6,000 tama- 

 rack, the balance being made up of relatively small numbers of other 

 species, mostly hardwoods, to supply the demands of farmers. The 

 great bulk of the demand was, however, for the reforestation of burned- 

 over non-agricultural lands. The Laurentide Company, Limited, and 

 the Riordan Pulp and Paper Company were heavy purchasers of plant 

 material from the provincial nursery, in addition to supplies secured 

 from their own nurseries. The Perthuis seigniory also has purchased 

 a large number of small trees from Berthierville annually during the 

 past seven years. 



To date the provincial nursery has shipped a total of more than 

 1,500,000 trees since its inception; of these, more than half have been 

 supplied during the past two years. The demand for planting stock 

 has become so insistent that the provincial forester announces the pro- 

 posed extension of the capacity of the Berthierville nursery to 3,000,000 

 seedlings annually. Of these, the majority will be Norway spruce, 

 which is believed to be the most suitable species for pulpwood pro- 

 duction. 



Scarcity and high price of imported fuel are given as the reasons for 

 the recent development of Argentina's forest industries, the lack of 

 economical means of transportation having previously retarded this 

 development. Argentina's timbers are mostly of the hardwood variety 

 and of little use for constructive purposes. Quebracho is the most 

 widely known and generally useful timber, as well as tannin producer. 



