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miles covered. 



Owing to the fog we were obliged to spend 

 the night in St. John. 



On the following day the fog had not im- 

 proved, but knowing it would be clearer inland, 

 we made a start at 12.17 and circled some time 

 to gain altitude. Then taking a north-west 

 course with a twenty-knot head-wind blowing 

 we flew until we reached the International 

 boundary where we altered our course to north. 

 Several times during the afternoon we sighted 

 storms ahead, but in each case we easily cir- 

 cumvented these; until, passing over Eagle 

 Lake, Maine, we encountered a larger storm 

 with low clouds which forced us to land for the 

 night We had flown for 3 hours and 23 

 minutes, and covered a distance of 160 nautical 

 miles. 



We were then only 38 miles from Lake 

 Temiscouata, where we hoped to obtain a sup- 

 ply of gasoline, so although the clouds were still 

 low and threatening the next day we took the 

 air at 11.40 and arrived at Temiscouata forty- 

 five minutes later. Here our hearts sank for 

 our order of gasoline had not arrived. We had 

 been obliged to fill with second quality gasoline 

 at St. John, but here the only thing obtainable 

 was motor boat gasoline, but we decided to try 

 some anyway as Riviere du Loup was only 35 

 miles ahead with chances of obtaining some 

 proper gasoline. We got away at 5.5 p.m., 

 and having the wind in our favor reached the 

 coast in thirty minutes. 



The St. Lawrence was just recovering from 

 a storm and when we had taken an extra large 

 load of fuel aboard, we were unable to get off 

 the water owing to the cross sea running. 



Sunday morning with a strong north-east 

 wind blowing proved excellent weather to con- 

 tinue, so we made our take-off at 1.5, arriving 

 in Three Rivers, 1 70 miles away, in 2 hours 

 25 minutes. Here we were met by the presi- 

 dent and directors of the St. Maurice Forest 

 Protective Association and the mayor of the 

 city, the Hon. Tessier. The mayoress presented 

 a bouquet to Mrs. Graham, to whose hard work 

 as navigator the success of the flight was greatly 

 due. 



Leaving Three Rivers at 7.15, we proceeded 

 up the St. Maurice valley to Lac la Tortue, a 

 twerty-five minute flight, thereby finishing our 

 six hundred and fifty mile (land miles) flight 

 with a flying time of nine hours and a half. 



The machine is a Curtiss flying boat, H S2 L, 

 fitted with the famous Liberty 12 cylinder motor 

 which deserves a special word of praise for ab- 



solutely no trouble was experienced either with 

 the motor or the plane. 



We have a second machine to bring from 

 Halifax, and we will probably leave about June 

 21st, making the complete trip between sunrise 

 rise and sunset. 



ASKED IN PARLIAMENT 



Questions 



1. Has the Government received any com- 

 plaints with regard to the Forest Products Lab- 

 oratories of the Department of the Interior? 



2. Have certain of the leading officials of 

 these laboratories left, and are others about to 

 leave, owing to the fact that wholly inadequate 

 salaries are being paid? 



3. Is it the intention of the Government to 

 increase the salaries of trained experts in this 

 Department in order that its value to the lum- 

 bermen and paper makers of Canada may be 

 increased? 



Answers 



1. Representations have been made that a 

 higher state of salaries should be paid to the 

 technical staff. 



2. Certain officials have resigned intimating 

 that better opportunities were offered outside. 



3. The matter of salaries is being dealt with 

 by the Civil Service Commission in connection 

 with the reclassification of the Civil Service. 



TREES FOR PRAIRIE HOMES. 



Since the inauguration of tree distribution by 

 the Forestry Branch of the Department of the 

 Interior, 45,357,146 trees have been distributed 

 for planting on the farms in the prairie districts. 

 All these trees were planted on farms, and 85 

 per cent of them are growing successfully, but 

 there is room and necessity for as large a dis- 

 tribution for many years yet, according to the 

 report of the Director of Forestry, which iS a 

 part of the annual report of the Department of 

 the Interior for the last fiscal year, which has 

 just been issued. 



The number of trees distributed to farmers 

 in 1917 was 8,400,000, the largest in the his- 

 tory of this work, and these were distributed to 

 4,561 applicants Owing to poor seed con- 

 ditions in 1916 and an unfavorable year in 

 1917, the supply available for distribution in 

 1918 was considerable smaller. 



