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will be secured by a strip valuation survey which 

 will in general convert five per cent of the 

 area of the limit. This data will then be com- 

 piled on a map which will show the drainage, 

 the location and extent of timber types, the 

 location of sample plots, the salient topo- 

 graphic features, and the location and extent 

 of possible plantmg areas. In conjunction 

 with the strip survey an accurate estimate of 

 the standin gtimber will be carried and the 

 scale used in mappmg will be large enough to 

 bring out such details as will prove valuable to 

 future loggmg operations and to the efficient 

 and economic management of the forest. 



Another branch of the department which will 

 make an extensive use of the data and informa- 

 tion collected will be that devoted to fire pro- 

 tection. This branch will endeavor to effect 

 the solution, to the greatest degree possible, 

 of the existing fire hazard problems, and will 

 co-operate closely with the Provincial Forestry 

 Branch in developing an efficient organization 

 and system for the protection of the limit 

 against fire. 



Still another branch will devote its energies 

 towards the minimizing in so far as possible, 

 of the damages wrought by insects and fungi, 

 and will develop practicable ways and means of 

 preventing the spread of disease and methods 

 of combat. 



Through the silviculture branch will be in- 

 troduced to a fuller extent the more desirable 

 forest species to the exclusion of the Iss d- 

 sirable. This branch will protect valuable 

 watersheds and will develop a cutting system 

 which will better the quality of timber, increase 

 its rate of growth, assist and hasten reproduc- 

 tion, reduce windfall to a minimum and produce 

 a maximum final yield by creating the best 

 possible growin gconditions for a fully stocked 

 stand. 



Comprehensive work of this character will 

 take some time to put into complete operation, 

 but a good start has already been made. The 

 reconnaissance has been begun from a point on 

 the Circle river in Bowyer township, four miles 

 north-west of Low Bush. A crew of men will 

 be engaged on this work throughout the year. 

 A small crew will also follow the logging opera- 

 tions this fall where indications point toward 

 the best harvest in order to collect as much 

 seed as possible. The collection will be supple- 

 mented by purchasing seeds of various species 

 and enough will be sown in the spring of 1920 

 to enrure a final yield of about a million trees 

 which will be available to the reforestation 

 branch for replanting purposes in 1922-1923. 

 From that season on trees in sufficient quan- 

 tieies will be available from the nursery. 



NEW BRUNSWICK'S REGULATIONS 



(Issued by the Minister of Lands and Mines of Neiv Brunsrvicl(.) 



LOGGING REGULATIONS ON CROWN LANDS. 



Diameter limit — No sound butted tree smaller 

 than the following diameters measured inside 

 the bark at a point not less than twelve inches 

 from the ground shall be cut: Spruce, white 

 and red pine, twelve inches; princess or jack 

 pine, ten inches. (Penalty fifty cents per tree 

 in addition to regular stumpage.) 



No undersize cutting on spruce barrens and 

 slow-growing thickets shall take place without 

 written permission from the Crown Land Office. 

 A charge not exceeding fifty cents per thous- 

 and in addition to stumpage will be made to 

 cover cost of supervision. 



Stump height — All sound butted trees must be 

 cut as low as possible and never higher than 

 sixteen inches regardless of snow conditions. 

 (Penalty, twenty-five cents per tree.) 



Saw to be used. — The saw shall be used in 



felling trees and cutting them into logs; if the 

 axe is used the length for scaling shall be taken 

 from point to point being the extreme length of 

 the log. 



Trimming allowance on logs. — Six inches 

 over-run in the length of a log shall be the 

 maximum allowance made for trimming; if this 

 is exceeded the log will be scaled as one foot 

 longer. 



Size of tops. All tops shall be taken out to 

 as low a diameter as possible. Spruce tops 6 

 inches in diameter is the maximum allowed ex- 

 cept in case of very bushy top, when 7 inches 

 will be allowed. Fir 6 inch top is the maximum 

 allowed. White and red pine 7 inch top is the 

 maximum allowed. (Penalty $7.50 per thou- 

 sand feet..' 



Mixing logs. —Logs cut on Crown Lands shall 

 be placed in separate brows from those cut on 



