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for lumbering purposes in Nova Scotia ha«s never beep, 

 and is not now, large. The Province itself is small and a con- 

 siderable portion of it has been cultivated and improved. In 

 years gone by the Government was in the habit of granting land 

 for lumbering purposes outright to lumbermen at 40 cents an 

 acre, and the grant was absolute and conveyed the fee simple of 

 the land to the grantee. Most of the large lumbering concerns 

 hold their lands in this way. In| 1899 a system of leases was 

 adopted, the term being twenty years, and the dues 40 cents per 

 acre where the timber to be cut was restricted to a minimum of 

 ten inches in diameter, and 50 cents where a minimum of six inches 

 was fixed. These fees were doubled in 1904. Conservative lum- 

 bering has given good results in Xova Scotia, where the growth of 

 spruce appears to be rapid, but forest fires have caused great des- 

 truction. A Fire Act was passed in 1883, but was ineffective 

 until a Fire Warden Service was estabHshed last year. The Act 

 has been brought into effect in nine counties and in these muni- 

 cipalities no fire of any consequence occurred during the last season 

 though it was an uncommonly dry one. The Act provides that no 

 bush fire shall be set withbut previous notice to the Chief Ranger 

 and with his consent, and this part of the Act is being cheerfully 

 complied with by all persons clearing lands in these municipalities. 

 The question of the possibility of special work in reforestation 

 and the setting apart of forest reserves are two matters whicli 

 are receiving consideration at present. The extent of ungranted 

 forest land in Nova Scotia is 1,516,631 acres. 



Mr. J. C. Langeher's review of the " Forest Wealth of the 

 Province of Quebec," was an able and exhaustive one, to which 

 no summary can do justice. Mr. Langelier divided the forest 

 region into the nprthern district, l}ing north of the 48th parallel 

 and the St. Lawrence and forming the most important forest area.. 

 the home of the spruce ; the central district lying to the north of 

 the St. Lawrence River, in which the white pine ranks first in 

 importance; and the southern district, south of the River. Cal- 

 culating the revenue from the timber on Government lands in 

 these districts at $420,000,000 at the regular rates of dues. Islr. 

 Lan<^elier gave a possible revenue of $4,200,000 for one hundred 

 years. All the forests of Quebec are accessible by water except 



