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in connection with forests. The present appropriation is $100,000. 



A list of the principal commercial trees in English, French and 

 botanical names shows thirty-eight, a number of which certainly 

 could not be called "principal." 



In Section D, tables and diagrams exhibit the statistics of lum- 

 ber mills and pulp mills; making no mention of other forest 

 industries. 



For the five years 1908-1912 the mill product has averaged 

 about 700 million feet, and the values between $10,000,000 and 

 $11,000,000. 



Spruce is by far the greatest producer. White pine represent- 

 ing less than 20 per cent, of the spruce cut, either in quantity 

 or value, the two together representing five-sevenths of the total 

 cut ; hemlock. Red pine, cedar and fir following ; hardwoods being 

 negligible except birch and basswood, with 50 and 18 million feet. 



A table of values per thousand feet makes the average vary 

 during the five years between $14.20 and $15.79, a slightly higher 

 figure than prices for spruce alone, White pine at prices of $20.09 

 to $22.85 being responsible for this excess. 



The twenty-four pulp mills in 1912 produced 460,000 tons of 

 pulp, of which 340,000 were mechanical, using 580,000 cords 

 valued at $3,386,700, or $5.85 per cord, slightly less than in 1911. 



Exactly one-half the pulp mills of Canada are located in 

 Quebec, but they turn out 61 per cent, of all the pulp and 65.7 per 

 cent, of the mechanical pulp made in Canada. 



B. E. F. 



Report of the Fifth Annual Meeting, Commission of Conserva- 

 tion, Canada, Held at Ottawa, January 20-21, 1914. Ottawa, 

 Canada, 1914. Pp. 287. 



The Commission of Conservation of Canada is purely investi- 

 gative and advisory in character, it having no administrative func- 

 tions whatever. Its work is sub-divided, under seven committees, 

 those of Minerals, Lands, Public Health, Forests, Waters and 

 Water Powers; Fisheries, Game and Fur-Bearing Animals; and 

 Press and Cooperating Organizations. 



The Committee on Minerals has carried on investigations cal- 



