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Canadian Forestry Journal, January 191 S' 



Mr. J. Walter Jones, B.S.A., special 

 officer, upon fur-farming in Canada. 

 He estimated that there were about 

 four hundred fur farms in Canada 

 at the end of 1912 with the number 

 rapidly increasing. Most of these 

 were in the Maritime Provinces, par- 

 ticularly Prince Edward Island 

 where the rearing of black foxes for 

 their fur had become a great indus- 

 try. 



Col. Wm. Wood of Quebec sent a 

 paper on animal sanctuaries which 

 was read by Mr. Patton. The plan 

 advocated was to begin with a sanc- 

 tuary in Labrador and then secure 

 others in different parts of Canada 

 later. A sanctuary, the paper ex- 

 plained, differs from a reserve in 

 that the animals are never disturb- 

 ed in season or out of season within 

 the area. Thus left alone they mul- 

 tiply rapidly, and once the area is 

 stocked the surplus seeks new pas- 

 tures outside and thus the supply of 

 game for the sportsmen is kept up 

 in the rest of the country. 



Importance of Fish Food. 



The fishery question was dealt 

 with by Prof. Prince, Dr. C. C. 

 Jones. Chancellor of the University 

 of N.B., and others. The chief con- 

 tribution of interest to forest lovers 

 was by Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, Do- 

 minion Entomologist, in his paper 

 on the insect food of fresh water 

 fish. Dr. PTewitt pointed out that 

 one of the causes ' why fish died 

 when placed in lakes and rivers 

 where the species had not been be- 

 fore was that the insects upon which 

 that fish fed were absent. Before 

 stocking lakes an examination 

 should be made to ascertain if the 

 proper insect food were there. 



Recommendations. 



The follo^vingr recommendations in the 

 report of the Committee on Forests were 

 adopted : 



(1) That the Commission approve the 

 principle of co-operation between the Board 

 of Eailway Commissioners and the fire pro- 



tective organizations of the Dominion and 

 Provincial Governments in the administra- 

 tion and enforcement of the fire regula- 

 tions of the Railway Commission, along the 

 lines now in effect in the West and as pro- 

 posed in the East. 



(2) That representations be made to the 

 Dominion Government looking toward the 

 e^tabliphment of a fire-protective service 

 along the Intercolonial and National Trans- 

 continental Railways similar to that pro- 

 vided for in Order 16570 of the Board of 

 Railway Commissioners. 



(3) That the Governments of New 

 Brunswick and Nova Scotia be urged to 

 organize separate branches devoted especial- 

 ly to forest fire work, including all lines 

 of railway fire inspection, as well as the 

 handling of fire-ranging throughout the 

 Provinces at large. Also that control be 

 definitely taken over w^ith regard to fire- 

 protection along provincially chartered 

 railways, through the enforcement of ex- 

 isting legislation or the enactment of new- 

 legislation where necessary. 



(4) That the Commission urge the Do- 

 minion and all Provincial Governments not 

 doing so, to consider carefully the ques- 

 tion of brush disposal in connection with 

 all new licenses and renewals of old licenses 

 issued in the future. Especial care in this 

 connection is needed to safeguard the coun- 

 try along railway and wagon roads. Es- 

 pecially in Ontario, New Brunswick and 

 Nova Scotia and in the Timber Branch of 

 the Department of the Interior is the fur- 

 ther development of a forestry organization 

 essential in order to properly study and ad- 

 minister this feature of the work. 



(5) That the Commission approve the or- 

 ganization of co-operative fire-protective 

 associations of limit-holders, and the prin- 

 ciple of contribution by the Dominion or 

 Provincial Government in proportion to the 

 benefits received. 



(6) That the Dominion Government be 

 urged to begin a systematic study of the 

 extent and character of forest resources in 

 the forest reserves, and other forest lands 

 under its direct jurisdiction; and that a 

 similar course be urged upon the Provin- 

 cial Governments of Ontario, Quebec and 

 New Brunswick as to forest lands within 

 their boundaries. 



(7) That the systematic collection of 

 complete statistics of forest fire losses be 

 urged upon the Dominion and Provincial 

 Governments wherever this action is not 

 now being taken. 



(8) That the Commission approve co- 

 operation with the Government of Ontario 

 in an examination of forest conditions out- 

 side forest reserves in the northern portion 

 of that Province, south of the Clay Belt, 

 and that reciprocal action, by the Ontario 

 Government be invited along this line, as 



