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million of which only are private, 1.5 million in township reserves 

 and located, and 44.5 million under timber limits, leaving 78 million 

 untouched. 



The value of the private forests is estimated at 25 million dollars, 

 with an annual return of around 3 million dollars, in which $700,000 

 for maple sugar and syrup. Some 231 timber limit holders work the 

 government timber, the average limit being 298 square miles. 



The township forest reserves, set aside from the crown lands, of 

 which there are 20 aggregating 267,709 acres, are a special feature of 

 the forest policy of Quebec. 



A rather risky evaluation of the forest wealth of the Province is 

 made as follows: 50 billion feet, board measure, of white and red, 

 pme, worth $200,000,000; 125 billion feet, board measure, of spruce 

 and balsam fir worth $250,000,000 ; 100 billion feet, board measure, of 

 pulpwood, worth $100,000,000; 35 billion feet, board measure, of 

 hardwood, birch, maple, etc., worth $25,000,000 ; 20 billion feet, board 

 measure, of cedar, worth $25,000,000; total, $600,000,000. 



The Forestry Service, as at present constituted, has charge of the 

 exploration of the unsurveyed territory of the Province of Quebec, the 

 classification of soils, the supervision of lumbering operations on 

 crown lands, reforestation and other technical work of the Depart- 

 ment in connection with forests. 



The present staff consists of the chief forestry engineer, his as- 

 sistant, 2 civil engineers, 22 forestry engineers, 60 forest rangers, and 

 14 cullers. In addition, the students of the forestry school are em- 

 ployed in technical forestry work during the summer season. 



The yearly legislative appropriation for the Forest Service is 

 $100,000. 



B. E. F. 



Review of Work of the Commission of Conservation. By Sir C. 

 Sifton. Reprinted from the Eighth Annual Report of the Commission 

 of Conservation. Ottawa, Canada. 1917. Pp. 16. 



The annual address of Sir Clifford Sifton, as chairman of the Com- 

 mission of Conservation, was a statesmanlike statement of the direc- 

 tions in which the Commission and its various branches have been, and 

 should be, advancing in bringing about a better knowledge and a better 

 use of the resources of the Dominion. 



At the outset the speaker referred to the war as having removed 

 more than ever from mere academic interest the problems of the use 



