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ways, the lots only seldom exceeding fifty acres. Under license 

 there are 44.5 million acres ; not in timber limits 78 million acres ; 

 1.3 million acres under location tickets; and 215,000 in township 

 forest reserves. 



The revenue from the private forests is stated as at least 

 $3,000,000, the maple sugar industry alone furnishing $700,000 

 and pulpvvood, with 500,000 cords at $2, another million. 



Since 1906 no limits have been offered. The method of disposal 

 is the same as in other provinces of Canada, involving a bonus, 

 secured at auction, a groundrent of $5 per square mile, and 

 royalties for timber cut per thousand feet. A diameter limit is 

 set, of 13 inches for pine (at 2 feet from ground) and 12 inches 

 for spruce, except swamp spruce, which may be cut down to 7 

 inches. 



The revenue now exceeds $1,500,000, and since 1867 (date of 

 confederation) the timberlands have furnished over $35,500,000 

 income. Complete tables give the detail for the whole period 

 since 1870. 



An estimate of the forest wealth of the province places it at 

 330 billion feet, board measure, worth $600,000,000 for stumpage ; 

 pine representing 50 billion feet figured at $4.00; spinice, 125 

 billion feet, at $2.00, besides 100 billion feet pulpwood at $1.00; 

 cedar and hardwoods representing the balance. 



For the timber limits not under license, which are mostly fir 

 and spruce, poplar and Banksian pine, the stand is stated as 

 running from five to nine cords. 



The Government sells 100-acre lots to settlers under location 

 tickets, half the price in cash and the balance in four annual 

 instalments, with interest at 6 per cent. This method has given 

 rise to much fraudulent speculation in timber, which, it is claimed, 

 has been stopped through the action of the forest service. 



The formation of township reserves has been inaugurated 

 since 1911. They are designed to supply timber to inhabitants 

 of neighboring villages under certain regulations. 



The forest service, consisting of a chief forester and assistant, 

 two civil engineers, sixty forest rangers and fourteen cullers, 

 has charge of the exploration of the unsurveyed territory of the 

 province, the classification of soils, the supervision of lumbering 

 operations on crownlands, reforestation and other technical work 



