yS forestry Quarterly. 



proposed that the government bear the full expense of protecting 

 its own land and half that of the licensed land. The survey of 

 limits by licensees should be enforced in order to clear up the 

 confusion in titles, maps, and unalienated fractional areas. 



The administration machinery for all the above is recommended 

 to take the form of a Department of Forests under the Commis- 

 sioner of Lands, consisting of a forester with a field and office 

 staff, the organization being discussed with some detail. It is 

 hoped that the new university will make arrangements for the 

 training of the technical men. 



The financial aspect of the forest policy is met by the recom- 

 mendation that the royalty of the present year (some $26^,0,00) 

 be set apart as a sinking fund for the department, and that royal- 

 ties of succeeding years be passed to the same account, on t|he 

 ground that such receipts should be regarded as differing from 

 any other form of provincial revenue — in fact, as capital, not 

 current revenue. This appears to us a most wise and correct 

 attitude in recognizing that it is not increment but capital which 

 in most cases is removed by logging operations. As time goes 

 on and both cut and rate of royalty increases the contribution to 

 the sinking fund could be graded. 



The report closes with an appendix of some 40 pages contain- 

 ing, among other things, the interim report, regulations relating 

 to forests, the Idaho fire law, and various data of the British 

 Columbia Department of Lands. J. H. W. 



Report of the Superintendent of Forestry and Irrigation fori 

 iGog-io. Being Part VII of the Annual Report of the Depart- 

 ment of Interior. By R. H. Campbell. Ottawa, Canada. 1910. 

 Pp. 77. 



The account of the work of the year ending March 31, 1910 as 

 reported by the various officers of the department is given in most 

 satisfying fullness of detail, and shows that good, steady progress 

 is being made. 



Especially is this the case as regards the administration of the 

 forest reserves. These, it may be stated, are situated entirely in 

 the four western provinces. An additional three million acres 

 have been reserved on the east slope of the Rockies, bringing the 

 total there up to nine million acres. Work has been in progress 



