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son, and Ellicott D. Curtis contain discussions of specific Con- 

 necticut problems. They are of special interest to owners of 

 woodlands in southern New England. H. S. G. 



Report of the Minister of Lands and Forests of the Province 

 of Quebec for 1908. Quebec, 1909. Pp. 216. 



According to this report, last year some 70,000 square miles 

 were under license, yielding nearly one million dollars in stump- 

 age dues, ground rents, etc., the lowest revenue in eight years. 

 The cut on this area was about 690 million feet B. M. with some 

 600,000 ties, 250,000 cords of pulpwood and 6,000 poles. 



As regards forest reserves, the province is fortunate in pos- 

 sessing 19 of these, aggregating in million acres — almost one- 

 half of its total area. So far little has been done beyond partial 

 organization for fire protection. A nursery has been established 

 near Berthier for the reforestation of sandy soils, the leading 

 species grown being the White, Austrian and Scotch Pines, 

 European Larch, and Norway Spruce. 



The most striking fact in the report is the extensive settlement 

 last year in the province. Some 300,000 acres were sold by the 

 Government to settlers, in lots of 100-200 acres, nearly half of 

 this amount in the eastern boundary counties where the land is 

 more suited to tree growing than farming. There is strong in- 

 dication that these "farms" serve chiefly for lumbering, without, 

 of course, any dues accruing to the crown. A comparison of the 

 quantity of lumber cut by the large companies on their own li- 

 censed limits in 1907-08 and the quantity they bought from own- 

 ers of lots shows the latter to be 43% of the total — a significant 

 percentage. Moreover, of the 720,639 cords of pulpwood ex- 

 ported from Canada to United States last year (largely from 

 Quebec) only 147,159 cords were cut from Quebec Crown Lands 

 under license, the bulk of it evidently being supplied by settlers. 



Quebec forests suffered heavily from fires last year, but the loss 

 was mostly to private owners. The carelessness of settlers, and 

 locomotives are given as the most frequent sources. 



A lecture delivered by Mr. G. C. Piche at Laval University on 

 the protection of forests is given in full. 



The report contains 55 appendices giving much interesting de- 

 tailed information. J. H. W. 



