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the Dominion and the United States. Among the more interest- 

 ing papers presented was one by Mr. E. T. Allen, Forester, of 

 the Western Forestry and Conservation Association, on "Co- 

 operation in Forestry," which dealt particularly with the forest 

 fire association work in the northwest; "The Rate of Tree 

 Growth" by W. T- Cox, State Forester of Minnesota, in which 

 were presented surprising statistics on the growth of white and 

 red pine and other species in Minnesota; "Some Practical Aspects 

 of the Forestry Movement" by Vera C. Brown, of the Canadian 

 Bank of Commerce ; papers on the interests and work of the 

 Canadian Pacific Railway in forestry by J. S. Dennis. Assistant 

 to the President, and George Bury, Vice-president and General 

 Manager. 



The amended Dominion "Forest Reserves and Parks Act," 

 which was recently assented to on June 6th. 1913. added over ten 

 thousand five hundred square miles to the existing area of Do- 

 minion Forest Reservations, making a total of over thirty-five 

 thousand eight hundred square miles of reserved forest land in 

 the Western Provinces under federal jurisdiction. Of this re- 

 served area, three thousand, seven hundred and eighty-two square 

 miles are found in Alberta, one thousand eight hundred and sev- 

 enty-two square miles in Saskatchewan and one thousand one hun- 

 dred and eight square miles in Manitoba. Over two-thirds of the 

 total area is found in Alberta, owing to the fact that practically 

 all the eastern slope of the Rockies has been set apart as a forest 

 reserve, not only to perpetuate the supply of timber but to pre- 

 serve and equalize the flow of the large prairie rivers that have 

 their sources in this reserved area. 



In the latest report of the United States Chief Forester, the 

 area of National Forests under reservation is given as two him- 

 dred and fifty-seven thousand, eight hundred and fifty-five square 

 miles, an area over seven times as great as that of the Dominion 

 Forest Reserves. 



Practically all of this land is reported as being non-agricultural 

 and chiefly valuable for the production of timber. On much of 

 it, fires have caused extensive damage, so that the amount of 

 merchantable saw-timber over considerable areas is relatively 

 small. However, in addition to the saw-timber, which in the ag- 

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