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port for such an appointment, the need 

 for which has been fully recognized by 

 the provincial authorities. Many of the 

 timber owners and other pul)lic-spirited 

 citizens have interested tlicm-selves in 

 support of the movement. There now 

 appears to be a verj' good prospect of an 

 appointment being announced in the near 

 future, which will l)ring Nova Scotia into 

 line, in this respect, witli the other forest 

 provinces of Canada. 



IN QUEBEC. 



In Quebec, both forest protection and 

 forestry practice continue to make excel- 

 lent progress. Notwithstanding a season 

 of great fire danger, the four co-operative 

 forest protective associations have come 

 through the year with a distinctly credit- 

 able showing. These associations cover 

 nearly 85 per cent, of the licensed Crown 

 timber lands of the province. Outside 



association territory, the provincial Forest 

 Service has inaugurated a system of forest 

 fire patrol in the Abitibi district, particu- 

 larly along the Transcontinental Railway, 

 west of Parent. It is announced that the 

 effectiveness of this patrol will be further 

 increased during the coming season by 

 the assignment of additional personnel 

 and equipment. 



There is an increasing appreciation of 



the effect upon the future productiveness 

 of cut-over lands, due to the methods 

 under which logging is carried on. It is 

 realized also that the same rule for cut- 

 ting is not applicable under all condi- 

 tions, and that there may be a great 

 waste, under some conditions, from un- 

 necessarily leaving rr-crchantable material 

 uncut, as well as unnecessary injury to 

 future productiveness, by cutting trees 

 which, under other conditions, should be 

 left uncut for seeding purposes or for 

 protection against windfall. The Provin- 

 cial Forest Service is looking forward to 

 tlie time when cutting methods shall be 

 in accordance with specific plans prepar- 

 ed at least a year in advance of cutting, 

 on the basis of studies made on the 

 ground by trained foresters of long prac- 

 tical experience. Preliminary studies of 

 this character are already under way, 

 particularly in areas of slow-growing, un- 

 der-sized spruce, where the operators 

 argue that cutting strictly to the standard 

 diameter limit is not desirable from either 

 their viewpoint or that of the forester. 



There is much of promise in the ap- 

 pointment of a committee composed of 

 representatives of the PuId and Paper 

 Association and of the Limit-Holders* 

 Association, to consult with the provincial 

 authorities relative to suggested changes 



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