152 C. A. SCHENCK. 



1910 Enormous forest area. In European Russia, 516 million 

 acres, 6O0/0 of which are Cro>x^n forest; in Siberia, 1,250 

 million acres amongst which 725 million acres of surveyed 

 Crown forest. Forests are considerably underworked, 

 owing to lack of railroads. After Mayr, growing stock in 

 Western Russia lacks 6O0/0, in Central Russia 30 per cent, 

 from being normal. 



Forestry schools at St. Petersburg and at New Alexandria 

 .supply the required forestal staff. 



CANADA. 



1849 The first Crown timber act (about timber licenses). 



1870 Quebec law respecting clearing of land and protection of 



forests from fire. 

 1878 Ontario law authorizing the Lieutenant Governor to create 



forest fire districts, by proclamation. 



1883 Quebec forest reserve act, authorizing the Lieutenant Gover- 

 nor to set aside absolute forest land then under timber 

 license as forest reserves. 

 (Repealed in 1888 and 1889.) 



-1883 Ontario establishes a Bureau of Forestry, headed by a 

 Clerk of Forestry, in the Department of Agriculture. 



1885 Ontario creates system of fire rangers on timber limits, at 

 common expense of limit holder and Government. (Aubrey 

 White, Chief clerk of the Woods and Forest Branch of 

 the Crown Lands Department.) 



1893 Algonquin National Park of 1,110,000 acres set aside in 

 Ontario (tract is under timber license). 



1895 Ontario Bureau of Forestry transferred to Department 

 of Crown lands (Thomas Southworth, Director of Forestry). 



1896 British Columbia Act relative to forest fire districts. 



1897 Report of Ontario Forest Commission. 



-'1898 Ontario Forest Reserve Act, resulting in the creation of 

 the Eastern Forest Reserve (80,000 acres) and the Sibley 

 Forest Reserve (45,000 acres), which contain second growth 

 timber, and the Temagami Forest Reserve (embracing 5900 

 square miles in 1903). 



