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of Trade and Commerce of Canada, he will travel in the far east 

 and near east — Japan, China, India, Australia — with a view to 

 finding new markets for Canadian and particularly for British 

 Columbia timber, which constitutes the bulk of Canadian timber 

 resources. The value of forest products marketed by that pro- 

 vince in 1913 was nearly $3-1,000,000, but the authorities believe 

 that there should be five times as much produced. The fact is, 

 that the lumber industry of British Columbia is "in the dumps," 

 due to overproduction in the absence of a ready market. 



In the last issue of the Forestry Quarterly we noted that 

 the B. C. Forest Branch had been the means of obtaining a large 

 trial order of creosoted Douglas fir ties for a railway company at 

 Calcutta. 



The B. C. Log Scale came into use for the entire Province, in 

 accordance with the Provisions of the Royalty Act, on 1 January, 

 1915. Though this rule has been in use on the Coast for a num- 

 ber of years, the Doyle has been the accepted rule east of the 

 Cascades. The log scale for the Interior will be increased by this 

 change. 



I 

 The Laurentide Company is continuing planting operations 

 on wild and burnt-over lands this year. They plan to set out 

 three quarters of a million young trees, mostly Norway spruce, 

 3-year-old seedlings, planted about 1,700 to the acre. The trees 

 planted last year are reported to have made remarkable growth. 



Announcement is made that the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway 

 will operate passenger train engines running between Prince 

 Rupert, B. C, and Jasper, Alta., 718 miles, by means of oil fuel, 

 arrangements having been made for commencing this method of 

 operation by the month of June. 



The cause of forest conservation in Canada will benefit by the 

 advance in price for home grown lumber, brought about by the 

 new war tariff on imported lumber, which has been increased by 

 7^ per cent. 



