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problem, and a recreational problem? It is 

 a field big enough and roomy enough for all 

 working for forestry in a state of this kind. 



In the problem of the supply of water for the 

 state for both potable and industrial use the 

 forester must play an important part. Because 

 of tremendous industrial development as a part 

 of our war activities, great interest is bound to 

 be taken in the development of the water power 

 resources of the state. The forester should as- 

 sist in the development of thtese waters, but at 

 the same time should emphasize the necessity 

 for the carrying out of reforestation by the state 

 of barren hillsides and ridges which form so 

 large a part of many of our watersheds. Ex- 

 periments in the Alps in France and Italy and 

 in our own western mountains show that money 



may be wasted easily in building storage reser- 

 voirs if reforestation does not go on apace and 

 does not keep the soil on the hillsides and the 

 . mountainsides, preventing it being swept off by 

 flood waters into these reservoirs. Instead of 

 passing huge annual appropriations entirely for 

 river and harbor improvement, we must show 

 that it is good business and good forestry to put 

 a part of thes funds into reforestation of the 

 watersheds, thereby making it annually less 

 necessary to dredge and improve our rivers and 

 harbors. The state is fortunate in having the 

 greatest city in the world within its bounds, and 

 we have an obligation to that city that those 

 who live there shall have the best water and 

 the best food and the best recreation that our 

 agricultural and our forest lands can give them. 



AN OPINION ON BRUSH DISPOSAL 



"There are various methods in use for dis- 

 posing of lumbering slash, varying in cost and 

 effectiveness. No uniform system can be fol- 

 lowed. The method used must take into con- 

 sideration particularly the injury to the remain- 

 ing trees, and whether the conditions following 

 the manner of disposal are favorable to the 

 seedling crop desired." 



"As far as Dominion forests are concerned, 

 with the exception of certain portions of the 

 railway belt, lopping would be of very doubtful 

 value, since decay takes place very slowly, owing 

 to the dry climate."— By J. H. White, M.A., 

 B.Sc.F., Faculty of Forestry, University of Tor- 

 onto, in Report to Commission of Conservation, 

 1913, based upon field studies on Dominion 

 Lands in Western Canada. 



DOMINION RAISES TIMBER PRICES IN B.C. 



Official intimation has been received in Brit- 

 ish Columbia that a new schedule of royalties 

 on timber berths west of Yale and within the 

 20-mile limit has been sent from the department 

 at Ottawa to go into operation May 1 st. These 

 new rates are an increase over those of 1918, 

 but it is explained that the Dominion Govern- 

 ment has found it necessary to raise additional 

 funds to meet post-war obligations. 



Mr. E. F. Stephenson, chief inspector of 

 crown timber offices with headquarters at Win- 

 nipeg, was in Vancouver towards the end of 

 April in connection with the matter. He told 

 the "Western Lumberman" that all the timber 

 lands of the Federal Government had been held 

 very low so far as taxation is concerned and 

 that, in comparison with the provincial holdings 

 adjacent to the 20-mile limit, the Dominion tim- 

 ber is considerably below the rate and that fur- 

 ther taxation can still be imposed without being 

 an added burden. 



Alluding to the policy of the Dominion Gov- 



ernment in regard to the manufacture of pulp 

 from Crown lands timber, Mr. Stephenson stated 

 that there had been no definite policy, but that 

 he anticipated this would be done at an early 

 date The new royalties on the Crown timber 

 lands in the Yale district are as follows: ground 

 rent lands formerly 5 cents per acre will, after 

 May 1, be 10 cents; on saw logs the jump is 

 from 50 cents to 75 cents per thousand; on 

 shingle bolts the increase is from 25 cents per 

 cord to 50 cents, and on poles piling and 

 cribbing, from J-^ to 1 cent. On railway ties the 

 advance is from 2'/2 cents to 4 cents, and on 

 cordwood 15 cents to 25 cents per cord. An ad 

 valorem rate is set on all timber not enum- 

 erated at 10 per cent. This was formerly 5 per 

 cent. 



An increase has been made in the rentals east 

 of Yale of $5 per square mile, bringing the rate 

 now up to $10 per square mile. This is one- 

 tenth of the rental charged by the provincial 

 timber department of areas in the same district. 



