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Mr. R. A. McConnell spent part of the season of 1905 in the 

 basin of the White River, one of the principal western tributaries 

 of the Yukon. He found a sparse forest, the chief trees being 

 black and white spruce, aspen, balsam poplar and birch. As a 

 rule the forest is sparse and ceases at about 4,000 altitude. A 

 short time was also spent on Windy Arm, Tagish Lake. The 

 forest is scanty, but there is a supply of rough lumber within 

 easy distance of the mining camps suitable for ordinary mining 

 purposes. 



Between Lake Winnipeg and Hudson Bay, Mr. W. Stewart 

 Dobbs travelled by the usual route from Norway House to God's 

 Lake and then examined the country along the Shamattawa and 

 Pekano Rivers. He found almost everywhere that the forest 

 had been burnt over within the last ten years, and many fires 

 were noted in 1905. Mr. Dobbs reports that these frequent 

 burnings are almost always due to the carelessness of Indians. 

 Several unextinguished camp fires were put out by members of 

 his party. He recommends the establishment of a Forestry 

 Department for the region and believes that with a little training 

 the Indians would make good forest rangers. 



Mr. W. Mclnnes worked in the vicinity of Trout Lake, 

 Keewatin, and about the headquarters of the Attawapiskat and 

 Winisk Rivers. The timber over most of the area explored was 

 found to be of small size, though along the banks of the Winisk 

 River and south of that river, there are considerable areas of 

 spruce, poplar and white birch reaching diameters at the stump 

 of from one foot to fifteen inches. 



The Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report Vol. XIV. 

 A. P. Low, Director. 



Volume XIV of the Geological Survey, the publication of 

 which has been so long delayed owing to structural alterations in 

 the Printing Bureau, has at last made its appearance and, in all 

 respects but one, is of essentially the same character as in former 

 years. That is to say, it contains several reports that have been 

 published many months ago and which, for no reason whatever, 

 are bound together to make a volume. We do not believe that 

 the Sudbury man who wishes to read Dr. Barlow's bulletin on 

 nickel is at all keen on saddling himself with Dr. Adam's views 

 on the wells in the Island of Montreal. And it seems exceedinglv 

 improbable that, say a Montreal Brewery Companv. interested in 

 deep boring in Hochelaga county, feels it necessarv to peruse 

 Mr. McConnell's views on the Nasina series in the Klondike 

 district. This volume, however, is, we understand, the last but 



