64 Der heutige Stand der Verwaltung der Wälder in Kanada 



3. Province of Quebec. 



Division of tiie forestry duties into tiie two departments: Forest Service and Forest- 

 protection Service. Both departments are superintended by a Deputy Minister of the 

 Department of Lands and Forests. The duties of the Forest Service correspond to its 5 sub- 

 departments: 



1. Reafforestation Bureau, Forest statistics and publications. 



2. Bureau of Classification and bureau of soils. 



3. Management bureau concerning all technical work. 



4. Control bureau (cutting control). 



5. Dominial bureau relating to released areas and titles, transfer of timber lands, etc. 



The supervision of the nurseries in Berthierville (averaging a yearly produce of something 

 iike 40 mill. plants) and of the papermaking school in Three Rivers rests also with the 

 Forest Service. The duties of the Forest protection consist in the 



1. Organization and carrying-out of fire protection in the 11 districts, 



2. Superintendance of the private fire-protection organizations (50% ^^ the Government 

 forest-area), 



3. Administration of the National Parks, 



4. Support and control of 11 meteorological stations, 



5. Support and control of the ranger school in Quebec City. • 



The fire protection Organization of Quebec is the oldest and one of the very best in all 

 Canada. The first law regarding fire-protection was issued as early as 1869, and in 1873 the 

 first fire rangers were employed. 



The township reservations constitute a special feature in Quebec, organized for the 

 purpose of permanently reserving to each township a forest-area corresponding to its local 

 requirements. 



Extract from the budget of the Department of Lands and Forests. Costs and Expenses 

 1931/32 (amount of total expenses: 2100000 s) 



department surveys about 400 000 -s 



hydraulic service ,, 360 000 s 



forest protection ,, 570 000 s 



reafforestation ,, 90 000 8 



forest research ,, 18 000 s 



4. Province of B.C. 



The B.C. forestry brauch comprises in its administration sole control of all forestry 

 domains in the Department of Lands. It is divided up into 8 subdepartments. The provincial 

 forest property consists of 6 districts, each under the management and control of a district 

 forester. 



5. Province of Nova Scotia. 



The forest department in the Department of Lands and Forests is superintended and 

 managed by one professional forest expert of the Government administration. Besides the 

 usual forest work devolving upon it, such as fire-protection in the Government and private 

 forests and woods, surveys, scaling, reafforesting, etc., the department has also control and 

 administration of hunting and fishing. The forests and woods are divided up into 6 districts 

 (under the management of chief fire rangers). Although not formed until 1926, the fire 

 protection Organization is one of the best in Canada. The object is to have a trustee in 

 every Community, to take the place of a regulär fire ranger, until the latter's return, in getting 

 the fire protecting apparatus ready, and preparing, and Controlling the necessary measures. 



6. Province of New Brunswick. 



The forestry department is superintended by a Deputy minister in the Department of 

 Lands und Mines. The Organization with a Chief forester, Chief game warden and a Chief 

 scaler corresponds otherwise to that of Nova Scotia. 



7. Prairie Provinces. 



The independent provincial forest administrations of the 3 Prairie provinces exist but 

 since 1930. Until then, the forests were owned and managed by the Dominion. Up to the 

 year 1930, the forestry administration had been strictly divided into two departments one 

 Controlling the realization of the timber-produce and the other the remaining forestry. 



