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there is nothing in the statutes to 

 make them legal. The following is 

 a copy of the rules : 



Flooring — Logs suitable for floor- 

 ing, reasonably straight ; not less 

 than 30 inches in diameter nor less 

 than 20 feet long ; clean ; free from 

 such defects as would impair the 

 value for clear lumber. 



Merchantable — Logs not less than 

 14 inches in diameter ; sound ; free 

 from rotten knots or bunch knots ; 

 reasonably straight ; the grain 

 straight enough to insure strength. 



Rough — Logs having visible de- 

 fects, such as crooks, bad knots or 

 other defects that would impair, the 

 value and lower the grade below 

 merchantable. 



Culls — Logs which will not pro- 

 duce 50 per cent, of their contents 

 in salable lumber shall be classed as 

 culls. 



In all cases the scaler has the right 

 to use his own judgment. There are 

 defects characteristic of timber in 

 certain localities for which it is im- 

 possible to make rigid rules. 



On July 1st, 1909, the British Col- 

 umbia log scale was legally extend- 

 ed over the whole province and the 

 Government is now putting the 

 necessary machinery in force to 

 make its use compulsory over the 

 whole province. 



Take the scale as a whole, and the 

 method of operation, I believe it is 

 as free from defects or from influ- 

 ence of either parties interested as it 

 can be at the present time. No 

 doubt changed conditions may make 

 changes necessary, but so far T be- 

 lieve there has been an honest efl'ort 

 to do what is fair between man and 

 man. I believe the effort has been 

 fairly successful. 



LUMBER STATISTICS FOR 1910. 



The compilation of the statistics for 

 the year 1910 of the use of wood in the 

 Dominion for lumber, pulpwood, etc., is 

 now well advanced, and some of the 

 bulletins are now in press. A summary 

 of the results will be given in the next 

 issue of the Journal. 



CONSERVATION COMMISSION'S RE- 

 PORT. 



Since the last issue of the Canadian 

 Forestry Journal the second annual report 

 of the Commission of Conservation of 

 Canada has been received. It is a cloth- 

 bound volume of 230 pages. 



The report falls into the following main 

 divisions: (1) Proceedings of the Second 

 Annual Meeting; (2) Eesolutions adopted 

 by the Canadian Forestry Convention; 

 (3) Agricultural Work in Ontario, by C. 

 C. James, C. M. G.; (4) Unsanitary 

 Housing, by Dr. C. A. Hodgetts; (5) The 

 Swedish Forest Conservation Law, by Dr. 

 B. E. Fernow; (6) The Work of Conser- 

 vation, (7) Conserving the Forests and 

 (8) Mining in British Columbia, by John 

 Hendry; (9) Tlie Forestry Problems of 

 British Columbia, by A. C. Flumerfelt; 

 (10) Work of the Commision of Conser- 

 vation in 1910; (11) Opinions given by 

 the Commision in 1910, and (12) Proceed- 

 ings of the Dominion Public Health Con. 

 ference, Ottawa, October, 1910. Mr. 

 Flumerfelt 's paper is the same as that 

 sent to the Dominion Forestry Convention 

 at Quebec, but delayed, and now publish- 

 ed in the appendix to the report of the 

 Canadian Forestry Convention. 



Of the above the chief items are those 

 numbered (1) and (2). The actual pro- 

 ceeding of the Commission's annual meet- 

 ing, of course, cover but one day, viz., 

 January 17 (except for a committee meet- 

 ing on the following morning), the mem- 

 bers attending the Forestry Convention 

 on the three following days. It is, grati- 

 fying to members of the Association and 

 others interested in forestry to know that 

 the claims of forestry bulk so largely in 

 the estimation of the members of the 

 Commision. Items of the report relating 

 particularly to forestry are Dr. Fernow 's 

 ])aper on the Swedish Forest Conservation 

 Law, Mr. Flumerfelt 's paper on The For- 

 estry Problems of British Columbia, Mr. 

 Hendry's article on Conserving the For- 

 ests and the summary of work done by, 

 and the report of, the Committee on For- 

 ests. 



An index covering some ten pages is 

 provided. 



REPORT OF QUEBEC CONVENTION. 



The report of the convention held at 

 Quebec, January 18 to 20, 1911, has been 

 published and copies sent to all members 

 of the Association. If any member has 

 not yet received his copy, it is the result 

 of accident, and the Secretary would be 

 glad to know of such cases, so that he 

 may forward another copy. Address Sec- 

 retary, Canadian Forestry Association, 

 Canadian Building, Ottawa. 



