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of directing settlement to lands really suitable for farming purposes. 

 This wise provision is now being carried out, and the result will 

 no doubt be to reduce to a minimtim settlement upon non-agri- 

 cultural lands. The evil effects of such settlement may be seen 

 in every province of Canada. 



The province of New Brunswick has undertaken to avoid the 

 recurrence of such tragedies as were discovered by the Commission 

 of Conservation to have been enacted in certain portions of the 

 Trent watershed of Ontario, where settlers were allowed to locate 

 on poor, sandy soils, then chiefly valuable only for their timber, 

 the result being that with the removal of the timber and the exodus 

 of the lumbering industry, the settlers were left stranded, with no 

 opportunity to make a comfortable living, and faced with the 

 necessity of constantly lowering their standards. 



The work of land classification in New Brunswick is being carried 

 on in connection with the timber estimate and mapping of Crown 

 lands. The country is covered systematically and examinations 

 of the soil are made at regular intervals. Beyond any doubt, the 

 result will be the opening up of new lands for settlement and the 

 establishment of new communities under conditions which will 

 ensure comfort and a reasonable standard of living. This, in turn, 

 will mean a permanent increase in the population of the province, 

 by providing for the native surplus as well as for immigrants. 



The Commission of Conservation has co-operated with the pro- 

 vincial government in laying the foundation for the land classifica- 

 tion work. 



Mr. J. F. Preston sends the following news notes from U. S. 

 Forest Service, Missoula, Montana : 



District 1, of the Forest Service, shows for the fiscal year end- 

 ing June 30, 1916, a total net receipt for timber sales of $440,000, 

 which is an increase of $37,000 over the same period last year. 

 On the other hand, the actual cut decreased from 182,000 M feet 

 to 162,000 M feet. The increase in receipts is due to the sale of an 

 unusually large quantity of timber during the last few months 

 of the fiscal year. During the period from April to June 30, 

 something over 300,000 M feet were sold. The prices received 

 were rather surprising. Timber advertised at $3 per M feet for 

 White pine, was bid in at prices varying from $3.50 to $5.90 per 

 M feet. This is, of course, a direct result of the upward 

 curve in lumber prices during the last six months. The total re- 



