126 Canadian Forestry Journal. 



A deputation qf holders of timber licenses waited upon the 

 Ontario Government some time ago, to present certain sugges- 

 tions regarding the protection and conservation of timber. One 

 proposal was that the Government should appoint inspectors to 

 report upon the adaptability of localities situated within districts 

 under timber license, and unless at least ten per cent, of a town- 

 ship is suitable for cultivation, such lands should not be open for 

 settlement under the Free Grant and Homestead Acts, and if al- 

 ready open, should be withdrawn. Instead of a location certifi- 

 cate being granted, the deputation suggested that the applicant 

 should not be located, but should be allowed only to enter upon 

 the lands for the purpose of cutting and clearing and putting un- 

 der cultivation the two or more acres prescribed by the 

 regulations, building the house and residing upon the lands ac- 

 cording to the requirements of the Act, and then, after the ex- 

 piration of six months, upon furnishing the department with 

 valid proof of residence and improvement, and of his having 

 complied with the provisions of the Act, he should receive the 

 location. The further provision should be made that he is not 

 to be allowed to cut timber except in the actual process of clear- 

 ing for cultivation, prior to the issue of his patent. The re- 

 quest was also made that rights of licensees to cut timber other 

 than pine, wher^ it is included in the licenses, be not made to 

 cease upon the location as at present, but be suspended from the 

 time of the location, to be revived on abandonment or failure of 

 the locatee to comply with the regulations. Attention was also 

 called to the resolution passed by the Lumbermen's Association, 

 tirging that the newer and unexplored districts should be explored 

 in advance of settlement. 



Within the last two years a British Syndicate, in which the 

 Harmsworths. who are among the leading newspaper publishers 

 in England, are the prime movers, have been making enquiries 

 with the object of acquiring control of pulpwcod lands, and es- 

 tablishing a pulp and paper mill to supply their various enter- 

 prises in England. Having looked over the ground in all the 

 eastern Provinces of the Dominion as far as Ontario, they finally 

 came to the conclusion to locate in Newfoundland, the determin- 



