News and Notes 141 



Following the trip of Mr. R. H. Campbell, Director of Forestry 

 in Canada, to Great Britain and the Continent, on a tour of 

 European forests, the Dominion Forestry Branch has decided to 

 place more emphasis on the investigation of technical forestry 

 problems in Canada. Thus far, work of this character has been 

 confined to explorations and to forest products work in the 

 recently established laboratories in Montreal. The Forestry 

 Branch now contemplates extending its investigations into all lines 

 of forestry which are at present important in Canada, or in 

 which reliable information will shortly be necessary for the 

 carrying out of technical operations in the Canadian forests. 

 Prof. W. N. Millar, of the Faculty of Forestry at the University 

 of Toronto, has been requested by the Forestry Branch to outline 

 a scheme for organization of this investigative work, and will 

 probably give to it considerable attention in the field during the 

 coming field season. 



The New Brunswick Government has removed the ban which 

 prohibits the exportation of timber for pulp purposes cut on the 

 crown lands of New Brunswick, so far as it relates to the 

 British Isles. This suspension of the regulation will probably 

 remain in force until the close of the war. 



The provincial government of Alberta has given notice to its 

 treasurer that, on or before June 1 of every year, owners of 

 timber berths in the province will be required to pay to the 

 Minister of Municipal Affairs a tax of 2]/^ cents per acre with a 

 maximum tax of $25. The land affected includes all lands owned, 

 leased, held under license, etc., for the special purpose of cutting 

 or removing timber therefrom, or which are held as an invest- 

 ment, or for the accruing value of the timber growing thereon. 



As a result of the meeting of lumbermen called by the National 

 Lumber Manufacturers' Association at Chicago, December 17, 

 1914, a mass meeting of lumbermen, representing associations of 

 all branches of the trade, was held at Chicago February 24 and 35, 

 with a view to organizing the Forest Products Federation, whose 

 aim will be to educate the public in the proper use of lumber and 

 forest products. The slogan is "The Development of Demand 



