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needs are the permanent employment of the patrol force to raise 

 the personnel, and the extension of trails, roads and telephone 

 lines. Already both the Coast and Mountain Lumbermen's Asso- 

 ciations have appointed committees to co-operate in an advisory 

 capacity with the Forest Branch toward the development of 

 greater efficiency in fire protection. 



During the season many forest surveys were carried on, es- 

 pecially on the Okanagan lake watershed, the Nicola plateau, the 

 North Thompson watershed, the Salmon river valley, and the 

 Upper Columbia. This is the beginning of a plan to acquire 

 exact information as to the character and condition of the timber 

 resources of the province as a basis for their development and to 

 determine the administrative needs- A start was also made in 

 the policy of disposing of isolated stands of timber by sale after 

 examination by the department. 



Studies are also in progress with a view to the building up of 

 industries to reduce the imports of manufactured wooden goods ; 

 to encourage the pulp industry; to increase the utilization of low 

 grade material, and lessen the mill and logging waste; and to 

 develop minor forest industries. 



The province is to be congratulated on the progressive begin- 

 ning of its administration of a resource with which her material 

 welfare is so largely bound up. J. H. W. 



Report of the Director of Forestry for Year ending March jz, 

 ipi2. By R. H. Campbell. Forestry Branch, Department of the 

 Interior. Ottawa, Canada. 1913. Pp. 269. 



The Forestry Branch has charge of forest reserves in western 

 Canada aggregating some 16 million acres, mostly situated on the 

 east slope of the Rocky Mountains. During the season reported 

 upon considerable attention was given to forest surveys, the For- 

 estry Branch being virtually the organization responsible for the 

 classification of Dominion lands and the exploration of the fed- 

 eral timber resources of the country. The timber survey of the 

 Hudson Bay railway route was completed, with the stand of 

 timber as poor as the first season's work indicated. Investiga- 

 tion of the territory adjacent to several of the Reserves showed 

 the desirability of additions, especially to the Porcupine Hills and 

 the Prince Albert reserves. New reserves were recommended 



