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better known every day, will be summarized. In the chapter 

 under discussion the general accounts of Canada's forest re- 

 sources, such as those made by Mr. Stewart, superintendent of 

 Forestry for the Dominion are drawn up so that the reader is 

 given a general idea of the wealth of Canada in this respect. 

 Closing this chapter the author says: 



"These speculations are extremely general, but they serve 

 the purpose of pointing out that Canada is enormously rich in 

 timber and the possibilities of long continued production are 

 almost incalculable." 



A valuable chapter on the forestry and forest reserves of 

 Canada then follow. This gives an idea of the general trend of 

 the legal conservation of Canada's forest resources. The records 

 of the Canadian Forestry Association have evidently been liberally 

 drawn on for this chapter, and, as near as we can judge, the 

 facts and figures accurately state the position up to the time at 

 which the writing of this volume must have ceased. Concerning 

 the Dominion Forestry Association, the author cites one fact 

 which, as this great work will probably be the standard for many 

 years to come, is worthy of note as giving credit where credit is 

 due. The author says that "to Mr. E. Stewart, superintendent 

 of Forestry, more than to any one man is due the credit of the 

 formation of the Dominion Forestry Association, for it was he 

 who, on February 15th, 1900, called the meeting at which the 

 organization was recommended, and as a result of which the 

 organization was effected on March 8th, 1900, in the city of 

 Ottawa." 



The summary of Canadian Forest Reserves shows a grand 

 total of 18,760,000 acres, and an addendum refers to and des- 

 cribes the Nepigon forest reserve of 4, 578,560 acres and the more 

 recent Gaspesian reserve of about 1,600,000 acres under the 

 Provincial Government of Quebec. In the chapter entitled, 

 'Canada — ^Production and Trade' the census figures of 1901 in 

 relation to forest products are summarized, as well as manv other 

 tables of products, exports and imports, showing the greatness 

 of Canada's trade in these lines. A special chapter is devoted 

 to the cooperage stock industry of Canada which afl'ords oppor- 

 tunity for summarizing the history of a most interesting trade 

 which, to a far greater extent than many think has afi"ected the 

 progress and development of Canada. 



Each of the Eastern Provinces of Canada is dealt with 

 separately, a vast deal of information being summarized con- 

 cerning its forest area and products, the laws governing the ex- 

 ploitation of the forest, the history of lumbering and even the 

 personnel of the trade. As afifording a means of comparing the 

 present with the past, the account of Canadian lumbering con- 

 ditions closes with a summary of a careful article published in 

 1874, showing the state of the industry at that time. 



