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those in the Abittibbi and Mistassini districts, and even for these 

 Mr. Langelier sees an outlet by way of Hudson Bay to the prairies 

 of the Northwest. The opinions of leading lumbermen were 

 quoted to show the increasing value of all species of timber trees 

 and particularly spruce. This is due partly to the demand from 

 the United States, which is increasing and will undoubtedly con- 

 tinue to do so despite all calculations to prove the contrary. As 

 to the time for which the present forests will last, a calculation 

 is made which ranges from 25 years for hardwoods to 82 years 

 for pine and 334 years for pulpwood. This does not take ac- 

 count of destructive or reproductive forces that may affect the 

 consumption. Fire, indiscriminate settlement, unwise or unlawful 

 cutting, waste in lumbering operations, the power of self-re- 

 production, and the exten/sion of railways through the forest are 

 in this respect factors of potent efficacy and deserving of the 

 most serious consideration. If fire is allowed to continue its 

 work of destruction, it will not be safe to extend the period for 

 the duration, of pine beyond fifty years. The spruce might last 

 indefinitely if unfortunately the results that might be expected 

 are not nullified by an irrational system of colonization, allowing 

 settlement to take place in and destroy what are purely timber 

 lands. The forest policy for Quebec Province at the present 

 moment, as outlined by Mr. Langelier, is to protect the forests 

 from fire and the inroads of timber pirates raiding the forest under 

 the pretense of promoting colonization. All efforts should tend 

 to organization against fire and the classification of our public 

 domain into woodlands and farming lands with the view of se- 

 curing free access to the latter by bona fide settlers. In the 

 Province of Quebec in 1903 $50,000 was spent to protect from fire 

 public buildings worth $3,000,000; $20,000 was spent to protect 

 fish and game, which yield a revenue of $63,119; while, only $17.- 

 000, part of which was paid by the lumbermen, was expended to 

 protect the forests yielding a revenue of $1,241,814. 



On Friday afternoon a trip was made to the Montmorency 

 Falls and was much enjoyed. Here, as elsewhere, the visitors 

 were impressed with the fact that the ability to entertain is one 

 for which the good old city of Quebec can still well sustain its 

 old time high reputation. 



