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making and improvement of roads and the clearing of water- 

 ways for floating, etc., amounted to 2,445,532 kronor, leaving a 

 net profit of 6,228,002 kronor, or roughly SI, 700,000, being about 

 thirteen cents per acre. It must be borne in mind, however, that 

 the great bulk of the Swedish State Forests are situated in the 

 extreme north of the country where the growth of conifers is 

 slow, and where there are large expanses made up of marsh and 

 other non-forest-bearing ground. Allowance is evidently made 

 for this in the estimate of the value of the Swedish Forests, which 

 is placed at about $26,500,000, or S2.00 per acre, as in the south- 

 ern part of Sweden which supplies the bulk of the contribution to 

 Great Britain and that of the best quality, S2 5. 00 an acre is not 

 an uncommon price for denuded forest lands. 



The following is a copy of a resolution adopted by the Central 

 Farmers' Institute of the Province of British Columbia: — 



"Whereas, the delegates of the Central Farmers' Institute 

 in convention assembled are of the opinion that the conserva- 

 tion of the forest wealth of the Province, one of the principal 

 sources of wealth and bearing as it does so intimately on the 

 agricultural interests, is of the first importance, 



Be it therefore resolved that the Government be asked to 

 use all means in its power to prevent destruction of forests, 

 whether by fire or by wasteful methods of lumbering. 



And be it further resolved that the Government be asked to 

 use its influence with the Dominion Government, or otherwise, 

 to make a reserve of a tract of forest as a National Park to the 

 end that at least a remnant of our original forest mav be reserved 

 for posterity, 



Resolved, that in the best interests of the country, it is 

 desirable that reserves should be made of forest lands." 



Russia seems to find the forest a certain resource to fall back 

 upon in time of financial stress, much in the same way as some of 

 the Canadian provinces. It is stated in Russian newspapers that 

 in view of the financial difficulties in which the Government is 



