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Forestry Mr. A. Knechtel, In- 



Lectures. spector of Dominion 



Forest Reserves, spent 

 some tiine during the months of March 

 and Apiil in visiting the chief cities and 

 towns of Alberta, Saskatchewan and 

 Manitoba, lecturing once or oftener at 

 each place on forestry topics. The 

 places visited, taken in their order, were 

 as follows: Lacombe, Red Deer, Weta- 

 skiwin, Edmonton, Calgary and Leth- 

 bridge, in the Province of Alberta; 

 Moose Jaw, Regina, Saskatoon and 

 Prince Albert, in the Province of Saskat- 

 chewan; and Dauphin, Brandon, Neep- 

 awa, Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie, 

 in the Province of Manitoba. The 

 lectures and addresses were delivered 

 under the auspices of various organiza- 

 tions, among these being Boards of 

 Trade, Canadian Clubs, Horticultural 

 Societies and others. They were well 

 attended and were very successful, and 

 it is expected that a much greater in- 

 terest in forestry will be awakened by 

 them in the places visited and generally 

 throughout the West. It is hoped to 

 extend the work further next vear. 



PoiXTS FROM In this issue of the 

 Mr. Piche's Journal Mr. G. C. 

 Article. Piche, Forester for the 



Department of Lands 

 and Mines of Quebec, writes of the 

 Forest Agents of that province. He 

 answers Mr. EUwood Wilson's criticism 

 of the outside forest service of Quebec 

 so far as it relates to the forest agents 

 by showing that these were emploj^ed 

 in districts outside of Mr. Wilson's 

 sphere of work. He states, further- 

 more, that this organization is totally 

 different from the ordinary forest ranger 

 service. These young men intend enter- 

 ing the forest school, when that shall be 

 opened, and they are university gradu- 

 ates. Mr. Piche goes on to show the 

 nature of the new regulations they were 

 to enforce. These prohibit under 

 penalty of S-^ for each offence, the cut- 

 ting of pine under twelve inches, white 

 spruce under elevea inches, black spruce 

 under seven inches or other trees under 

 nine inches. Timber dues are to be 

 collected on all stumps over one foot 

 high, all tops more than six inches in 

 diameter left in the woods, all mer- 

 chantable wood used in building skids, 

 bridges and corduroys, all lodged trees 



and all logs left in the woods. Though 

 the forest agents did not arrive at their 

 posts in the valleys of the Assomption 

 and Mastigoche Rivers until November 

 (a month late) , they at once set to work. 

 Their close inspection resulted in an 

 estimated saving of 20 per cent, of the 

 cut, or of 7,000,000 feet for the district, 

 which was so much gain for the limit 

 holders, and which brought in, at 65 

 cents per thousand, an additional rev- 

 enue of $4,550 to the province. Mr. 

 Piche pays a tribute to the license 

 holder, Mr. A. MacLaurin, for his un- 

 stinted aid in furthering the work of the 

 agents. Mr. MacLaurin was satisfied 

 with the work of the agents and ex- 

 pressed the hope that the same system 

 would be extended to all parts of the 

 province. This is impossible now from 

 the lack of the right men, but men will 

 be forthcoming when the forest school 

 is in operation. 



Timber Along Mr. W. I. Margach, 



THE GR.A.ND Chief Forest Rang- 



Trunk P.\cific er at Calgary, writes 



R.\iLWAY. the Canadian For- 



estry Journal in 

 regard to Mr. Rau's article in the De- 

 cember Journal, which, he thinks, does 

 not give a fair account of the timber 

 along the G.T.P. Mr. Margach disagrees 

 with Mr. Rau's statements that all the 

 available timber in the region is covered 

 by berths already granted and thinks 

 that "there is j^et vested in the Crown 

 on the eastern slope of the Rockies a 

 quantity of timber at least equal to what 

 is under license", though the licences 

 cover the timber that can be logged at 

 least cost. "The records of the Depart- 

 ment show." Mr. Margach also states, 

 "that in the case of special permits 

 granted to Messrs. D. R. Fraser & Co., 

 the Edmonton Lumber Co., and John 

 Walter, of Edmonton, the timber cut 

 under these permits on an area of not 

 more than eight square miles was over 

 ten million feet, and, in my opinion, the 

 same results can be obtained from all 

 like areas." 



In future every guide in Ontario 

 must be licensed. Each guide will be 

 held responsible for the extinguishing 

 of all camp-fires set by the party of 

 which he is in charge 



