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been secured, and it is expected this class of timber fires will be 

 more rare from now on. 



The provincial revenue for Quebec from forests last year was 

 $1,760,466, with an expenditure of $327,383, $90,000 for forest 

 service and inspecting, only $18,000 for fire protection, and $5,000 

 for forestry education. 



The Laurentide Company, having completed, under the forestry 

 division, a survey of its limits of 2,350 square miles of land, 

 mostly timbered, and a map, showing drainage, roads, portages 

 and trails, lookout stations, telephone lines and timber condi- 

 tions, proposes now to enlarge its forest nurseries as a provision 

 for replanting large areas of non-agricultural and cut-over lands. 

 Another step toward forest management ! 



This progressive company is also experimenting with reindeer 

 to take the place of dogs. 



The timber revenue of the Dominion amounted to only $434,- 

 196, the result of the cut of 375,000 M feet and some 500,000 

 railroad ties, lumber sale prices ranging from $13.80 to $18.30 

 at various mills. There are 7,371 square miles under license and 

 970 square miles under permit. The sales of lumber in the West 

 ern Prairie Provinces are reported as 1,434,000,000 feet B. M., 

 but it appears that only about 25% comes from home sources, 

 the bulk coming from British Columbia, and nearly 20% from 

 the United States. 



The crown timberlands of New Brunswick in 1913 furnished 

 270 million feet B. M., yielding stumpage dues of around $300,- 

 000. About 65% was spruce and pine; fir somewhat over 20%, 

 cedar and hemlock about 10% and hardwoods a little over 1%. 

 Other products added some $14,000 to the revenue. 



Douglas fir makes up 68% of the cut of British Columbia, 

 and the cut has increased 38% during the last two years, all other 

 kinds showing decreases. 



Poplar (Aspen) is coming more and more into use. Latest 



