432 Canada. 



propaganda produced at least the important result of 

 committing the governments to see the propriety of 

 setting aside permanent forest reserves. 



The first movenemt in this direction was made in 

 1893, and in 1895, the first Dominion reservations 

 were made by Executive Order through the Minister 

 of the Interior. These, to be sure, were located in 

 the thinly timbered parts of the province of Manitoba, 

 the Turtle Mountains and Riding Mountain, mainly 

 for the protection of water supply. 



Several other similar reserves were set aside by the 

 Minister, but to give more stability to these reserva- 

 tions, an Act of Parliament was passed in 1906. de- 

 claring their permanence and placing them, 3,380,000 

 acres, under the administration of the Superintendent 

 of Forestry. There are so far, some 26 Dominion 

 Forest Reserves created, or in the act of creation, 

 comprising an area of over 25,000 square miles. The 

 Forestry Branch is making a brave beginning to sur- 

 vey and manage these reserves under forestry prin- 

 ciples. 



Of the provinces, Ontario was the first to recognize 

 the principle of reservations in 1893, when a partially 

 cut over, partially licensed territory of over one 

 million acres was set aside as the Algonquin National 

 Park in the Nipissing District, but the first definite 

 establisnment of a forest reserve policy dates from the 

 Forest Reserve Act, passed in 1898, which authorizes 

 the Executive, as in the United States, to withdraw 

 lands for reserves. Some eight reserves and two 

 parks have so far been established, and the reserved 

 area amounts to around 20,000 square miles. 



