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nearby farmer for the children to plant a small Vjlock of trees on 

 his land. This could be made a practical demonstration of how 

 such work is done on a large scale. 



Outside the scope of the actual planting, it is well to bear in 

 mind that Arbor Day is not the only day on which trees deserve 

 the intelligent thought of the children. They need care through- 

 out the season. Watching the plantation thriv^e under right 

 treatment greatly adds to the educational value of the work, 

 which otherwise leaves but a slight impression. 



It is all-important that the plantation should became a model 

 of what can be done along these lines. In after years the children 

 should be able to point with satisfaction to the work of their 

 school days. 



A bill of great importance to the forest interests of New 

 Brunswick was introduced by Hon. Mr. Tweedie, which provides 

 for the appointment of a sub-committee of the Executive Council 

 to act with the Surveyor-General in the carrying out of the 

 provisions of the act and authorizes them to employ the necessary 

 number of competent men who will be charged with the following 

 duties : — 



(a) To make a complete survey of the Crown timber lands 

 of the Province and to divide the same into districts. 



(b) To classify such lands and make a thorough and ex- 

 haustive report on the same. 



(d) To describe as minutely as possible the characteri 

 quality, rate of growth and accessibility of the timber in each 

 district. 



(c) To distinguish lands fit for agriculture from forest lands 

 and to subdivide the former into one hundred acre lots. 



(e) To report on the value of timber lands now under 

 license. 



The Lieutenant-Governor in Council is authorized to reserve 

 from settlement or from license Crown timber lands at or near the 

 head waters of rivers to such an extent as may be deemed ad- 

 visable to preserve and protect the water supply, and to make 

 regulations against forest fires and for the general administration 

 of the Crown timber lands. 



The bill also authorizes the Lieutenant-Governor in Council 

 to make regulations governing the charges of boom companies 

 for log driving. 



