88 Forestry Quarterly. 



cent, in lumbering. In addition to the 139 Yale foresters now 

 in the U. S. Forest Service, some 80 others were formerly so 

 employed. 



/. H. W. 



Report of the Forest Bmnch of the Department of Lands of 

 the Province of British Columbia for the year ending Decembei- 

 SI, ipij. Victoria, B. C. 1914. Pp. 61. 



The cutting and manufacturing of timber is the greatest of 

 British Columbia's industries. One-half the industrial capital 

 of the province is invested in the lumbering and wood working 

 business, and from forests is derived one-half the pay-roll of 

 the province. It is estimated that one-half the standing timber 

 of Canada is situated in British Columbia. Recognition of the 

 importance of the forest wealth to the people of a province largely 

 non-agricultural in character led to the passing two years ago of 

 a Forest Act which provided for the establishment of a Forest 

 Branch with complete charge of the administration of the timber 

 lands. The organization of the Branch not taking place till late 

 in 1912, this, though the second report, is really the first state- 

 ment of the administration. 



Of the provincial area of some 250 million acres, 150 million 

 are under forest administration. This is divided into 11 units, 

 with all the various lines of forest work in a specified district, 

 such as supervision of logging operations, scaling, collection of 

 royalty, timber examinations, land classification, construction of 

 permanent improvements, and protection of forests from fire, 

 under the direction of one man. The permanent force in 1913 

 numbered 154, of whom 43 were clerks. For fire protection, the 

 additional temporary force comprised 286, which was augumented 

 by 50 more from the permanent force. The 11 administrative 

 units varied in size from 5 million to over 36 million acres ; the 

 ranger districts from 2 to 11 million, and the individual "patrol" 

 territory from 350,000 acres to over 3 million acres. 



About II million acres have been taken up by lumbermen un- 

 der grant, lease or license. From this', in 1913, the total forest 

 revenue (rentals, bonus, royalty, taxation) was $2,999,328, of 

 which $2,832,788 was collected by the Forest Branch. The re- 

 maining $166,540 represented taxes at 2 per cent on 922,948 acres 

 of private timber lands with an average assessment of $9.02 per 



