Periodical Literature. 345 



It appears from the statistics of 1P()4, the 

 Prussian latest compiled^ that the net results of tho 



Statistics. forest administration have been three 



times as large as they were in 1868 and 

 26 per cent better than in 19OO, namely^ $2.37 per acre. This 

 latter increase is mainly accounted for by a larger cut, namely, 

 28 per cent above that of IPOO, while prices in these two years 

 of comparison seem not to have differed. Expenditures increased 

 21 per cent over 1900 and are nearly two and one-half times as 

 large as they were in 1868. In educational direction the expendi- 

 tures have grown during this period to nearly 3 1-3 those of the 

 early times. 



The average cut per acre of timber wood (over 3-inch) was 

 55 cubic feet, 54 per cent of which is saw timber. 



The average price per cubic foot for wood of all description 

 (over 3-inch), worked up in the forest, was 7 1-2 cents on a 

 cut of about 380,000,000 cubic feet, the cost of felling and pre- 

 paring for transport being 2 1-3 cents, so that the stumpage value 

 is somewhat over 5 cents per cubic foot, or say $7 to $8 per M. 

 feet. The best pine (II class) brought, however, 12 cents per 

 cubic foot, equivalent to a stumpage of near $18 per M; spruce 

 brought a little higher price, and oak (III class) of 1 6 to 20-inch 

 diameter brought over 20 cents, or near $30 per M, cut to logs in 

 the forest. 



That these will soon be world prices admits of little doubt. 



Amtliche Mitteilungen aus der Abteilung fur Forsten. 1904. 

 Berlin, 1906. 



The Establishment of forest reserves upon 

 Canadian Dominion lands, in Canada, is the result of 



Forest Reserves. a movement which began about the year 

 1893. The first reserves made were 

 Turtle Mountain Reserve, in southern Manitoba, and Rid- 

 ing Mountain and Lake Manitoba West Reserve, in north- 

 ern Manitoba, which were set apart by order of the 

 Minister of the Interior on the 13th of July, 1895. 

 The advisability, however, of giving the reserves a more perma- 

 nent character became apparent, and it was decided that they 

 should be set apart by Act of Parliament. This is accomplished 

 by the Dominion Forest Reserves Act, passed by the House of 



