Canadian Forestry? Journal 



Vol. VII. 



Ottawa. March-April. 1911 



No. a 



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^iiMc of Contents 



Countios May Have Forost Heaorvcs 



The Forest Ranger: S. .1. Record 



The Riding Mountain Reserve: O. King 

 Wealth in Fish and Game: Thos. Ritchie 

 Planning a Farm Home»t«':i'1 A Mitdu'll 

 A Long Fight Ended .... 



One Means of Fire Detection 



Le P6piniire de Berthierville: A. B^dnni 

 British Columbia's Timber Commission . 

 The Great Mirainichi Fire 



Making Mnplo Suynr 



A Textbook of Conservation 



Tbe DiM'li"" -'f t».<« >;.,iiiri. TimhiT Trn.J»> . 



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Notes. 



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47 



49 



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54 



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Counties May Have Forest Reserves. 



Ontario Legislature Provides for Formation of Municipal Retenres. 



Yrars of porsistt'Ht work had thoir 

 reward at tiio last session of the On- 

 tario lepislnturt'. wlu'n that body 

 passed an Act authorizinjf county 

 councils to buy up and. where neces- 

 sary, plant to forest trees waste lands 

 suitable for that purpose and to is- 

 sue debentures to raise money for 



that purpose up to ♦2.'».000. 



The full text of the provisions of 

 the Act are as follows: — 



1. This Act may be cited as 'The 

 Counties Reft»restation Act.' 



2. The municipal council of a 

 county may pass by-laws: — 



(a) For acquiring by purehMe, 



to 



