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ing outfit, patrol the rivers, which are 

 the only highways through the wilder- 

 ness. One lookout station has been 

 built, and the coming season will see 

 several more finished and a number of 

 miles of telephone lines also. The cost 

 for the season has been a little more 

 than one-quarter of a cent per acre, and 

 it is hoped that a more liberal appro- 

 priation can be secured. The Quebec 

 government, through its Minister of 

 Crown Lands, Mr. Allan!, has been 

 most sympathetic with this work and 

 has agreed to contribute $3,000 toward 

 its cost for the current year. 



The forestry policy of this province 

 has been an advanced one. For many 

 years there has been a diameter limit 

 below which no one was allowed to cut, 

 and a law has been on the statute books 

 giving anyone who plants an acre of 

 land in trees the right to choose Gov- 

 ernment lands which may be for sale 

 to the value of $12.00. " About eight 

 years ago the Premier chose two young 

 French Canadians and sent them to the 

 Vale Forest School, and then to study 

 in Europe. After completing their 



studies, he established a Department of 

 Forestry, placing them in control, and 

 they have organized this work and made 

 considerable progress along forestry 

 lines. As there was a great lack of 

 trained men, especially those who could 

 speak French, a Forestry School was 

 established as a branch of the great 

 University of Laval in Quebec, and the 

 students are given their practical expe- 

 rience as Government rangers and in- 

 spectors during their course and after 

 graduation are given higher positions. 

 A forest nursery has also been 

 started, where the students have prac- 

 tical training in planting work. In 

 some sections of the province, there are 

 considerable areas of sand dunes, and 

 these will be planted up as radidly as 

 possible. The great need is for men 

 with some training in forestry who can 

 travel in the woods. There are few 

 sections on this continent where travel- 

 ing is so difficult. The only avenues 

 are the rivers, with the lakes which 

 empty into them, and the former are 

 filled with rapids which make the 

 descents dangerous and the swiftness of 





THE IvAURENTIDE COMPANY'S OFFICE AND SHORE 1903. 



