Canadian Forestry Journal, May, 1919 



209 



I observe with pleasure from Canadian journals that come under my notice that in 

 each of your provinces, measures for preserving and strengthening the forest asset are in 

 active progress, and, more particularly, I notice with satisfaction that the danger from 

 fire is asessed at its true worth, and that measures are taken accordingly. In Australia 

 Scientific forestry has much to contend with on this fire question, owing to the utterly 

 erroneous opinion, held in many quarters, that a fire through the forests is a really good 

 thing for it." 



On Coquitlam Lake. British Columbia. 



WILL PLANTING PAY IN BRITISH ISLES? 



By H. j . Elmes in a Discussion of the British Covernrucnt's Forest 

 Planting Projects. 



I think we have no sufficient knowledge of 

 le actual extent of untouched virgin forest in 

 le north of Europe, or of the future cost of 

 utting that timber on the English and other 

 )mpeting markets, but we do know that these 

 •rests under reasonable protection from fire 

 id over-cutting, such as have been adopted 



Norway, Sweden, some parts of North Rus- 

 and in the Dominion of Canada, will pro- 



duce, and continue to produce, by naturaT re- 

 generation without any other outlay, spruce and 

 pine of a higher quality than we can grow in 

 most parts of the United Kingdom. We also 

 know that where this timber can be floated or 

 partly floated, to the shipping ports, it can be 

 landed in England at costs for freight, cheaper 

 than it can be conveyed by land from many 

 parts of England to collieries and centres of 



