Canadian Forestry Journal, Ma\), 1919 



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FOREST TELEPHONES 



Make the life of the forester better 



worth living. They relieve him from 



J!" the appalling loneliness. They help 



'"'-i— ;-^ h i m to keep in human voice touch with 



>" foresters miles away. 



In emergencies — fire — sickness — hunger 

 — the speed with which they can sum- 

 mon help is marvellous. 



Write for full particulars of how to 

 install the Northern Electric Forest 

 Telephone System. Address the Office 

 nearest you. 



Horth(?rr/ Ehctn'c Comparry 



-Northern - Electric ^Forest-TeUphonos* 



BRITISH COLUMBIA'S TIMBER WEALTH 



Enormous Stands Available, but Forest Fires 

 Have Taken 665 Billion Feet 



The recently published report of the Com- 

 Tiission of Conservation on the forests of Brit- 

 ish Columbia by Roland D. Craig, F.E., and H. 

 N. Wliitford, Ph.D., IS a comprehensive work, 

 veil illustrated with maps and photographs. 

 Through the co-operation of the Provincial and 

 )ommion Governments, the timber owners, the 



anadian Pacific railway and other interests, 

 he authors secured very complete data on which 

 o base the estimates. The provmce was divided 

 nto 66 districts, for which separate estimates 



f the stand were compiled. 



The forest resources of the province are esti- 

 lated to be approximately 350 billion feet saw- 

 laterial with an additional 16 billion feel suit- 

 '|ble only for pulp. In addition to the estimate 



of the stand, the report describes the effects of 

 the climate, soil and topography on the forests, 

 and outlines the various systems of tenure under 

 which the forest resources have been alienated. 

 Interesting chapters are devoted to the descrip- 

 tion and distribution of the various species of 

 trees and to the injuries done by insects. 



The total land area of the province is 355,855 

 square miles, of which approximately 200,000 

 square miles is incapable of producing forests 

 of commercial value. .About 145,000 square 

 miles lie above the merchantable timber-line, 

 and on 55,000 square miles below the timber- 

 line the soil is either so rocky or wet, or the 

 forests have been so completely destroyed by 

 fire that there is no hope of natural re-estab- 

 lishment of forest conditions for centuries. 



