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The cut in 191 5 in this section was above 400,000 cords, an increase 

 in the last five years of 28 per cent per annum. If only a 10 per cent 

 increase of cut is anticipated for the future, the standing timber will 

 be exhausted in 50 years, not counting loss by fire. "There is not suf- 

 ficient timber left under the diameter limit set by the Government to 

 produce within 30 years more than 3 to 5 cords per acre, and the figure 

 is nearer three cords than five. The growth on the area lumbered each 

 year from now on will not be sufilicient to take care of the increased 

 cut." 



Not much hope is held out for a reproduction of the soft woods, 

 except balsam, under present methods. Several tracts are cited which 

 were burned fifty years ago on which there is to this day no reproduc- 

 tion of spruce or balsam, except a few scattered trees. 



B. E. F. 



The forest survey of the Province of New Brunswick is progress- 

 ing, as is shown by the following account of the work accomplished 

 before the resumption of the field work for this season. 



Of a total of some 7,500,000 acres of Crown lands, 550,000 acres 

 have been surveyed and examined by the field parties. The mapping 

 and compilation have been completed for a total of 371,000 acres. Of 

 this area, 76 per cent is covered with merchantable timber, less than 2 

 per cent with second growth of less than merchantable size, 11 per cent 

 has been burned, but now contains young forest growth in sufficient 

 quantities to replace ultimately the former forest, and on 9 per cent of 

 the area mapped fires have caused such damage that satisfactory repro- 

 duction has been made impossible. Of the remaining 2 per cent, less 

 than half represents the area of lands cleared or cultivated, and the 

 balance is made up of caribou barrens, cranberry bogs, swamp land not 

 supporting commercial growth, etc. 



The cruise shows that the 282,064 acres of timbered land mapped to 

 date contains 447 million feet of saw timber and 728,000 cords, equiva- 

 lent to 364 million feet, of pulpwood, spool wood, etc. The grand total 

 is thus 811 million feet, or an average of 2,900 board feet per acre. 



If it be assumed that the 371,000 acres mapped to date is fairly rep- 

 resentative of the 7,500,000 acres of Crown lands, the total stand will 

 be in the neighborhood of 16 billion 220 million feet, estimated to be 

 worth in stumpage at least $48,000,000. Mr. Caverhill, who has been 

 in charge of the work, estimates that the harvesting and marketing of 

 this crop will distribute among the people of New Brunswick not less 

 than $300,000,000. 



