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est insects, from the experience of the United States in the Black 

 Hills Forest Reserve. There the trees were dying mysteriously. 

 An investigation by the Government entomologist established that 

 it was the work of an insect, and from his knowledge of its life 

 histor}^, he was able to suggest remedial measures, which have 

 resulted in checking the destruction and saving a great deal of 

 valuable timber. 



Col. T. G. Loggie, of the Crown Lands Department, Fred- 

 ericton, submitted a paper on " New Brunswick's Forests," 

 which contained a great deal of interesting information about that 

 province. The area of New Brunswick is 17M million acres, of 

 which 7/4 are CrovvU Lands. The settled portions of the province 

 are principally along the river valleys and coast line ; the interior 

 forming one vast timber preserve and embracing a territory 

 eighty miles wide and one hundred miles long, without habitation 

 of any kind save the lumberman's or trapper's shanty, and no 

 sound except the ring of the woodman's axe or the call of the 

 hunter. Here is a domain fairly free from the ravages of fire, 

 and timbered with many kinds of valuable timber. The greater 

 part of this territory is unfit for cultivation, lying mainly on the 

 granite and boulder formation. Everywhere over this belt both 

 black and white spruce abound, with some pine and vast quantities 

 of hardwoods, that have scarcely been touched, also large quan- 

 tities of the largest and finest cedars in Eastern Canada. In the 

 distrtct to the south and extending to the Ba\- of Fundy, the cut 

 has been heavy and fires have done serious damage. In the effort 

 to check forest fires, an -A.ct was passed in 1885, but as the ex- 

 penditure on a protective service is limited to $2,000 a yea;r it has 

 been impossible to do effective work. 



One of the difficulties of administraiit^'ii has been setiling vir 

 squatting on timber lands by persons who have no intention to 

 make a permanent residence, but merely wish to obtain timber. 

 One of the greatest needs is the separation of purely agricultural 

 lands firom those fitted only for timber growth. In this connec- 

 tion Col. Loggie indicated on a map of New Brunswick the dis- 

 trict which it was desirable to immediately include in such a re- 

 serve. 



Col. Loggie summed up his suggestions in regard to the for- 



