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examination by com- 

 petent persons on the 

 ground. Minor regu- 

 lations having in view 

 the utiUsation of all 

 merchantable mater- 

 ial felled, can, of 

 course, be applied to 

 all lands. 

 A Forest Service. 



As regards a pro- 

 vincial forest policy, 

 permit me to suggest 

 the desirability of 

 having at Victoria a 

 thoroughly efficient 

 Forest Service. Let 

 the men in charge 

 be thoroughly trained 

 and practical men 

 and be free to carry 

 out a consistent 

 and farsighted forest poHcy, unham- 

 pered by the vicissitudes and exigencies 

 of party politics. 

 Protection of the Forests prom 

 Fire 

 is not only the corner-stone of all forest 

 policy, but is the whole foundation of 

 practical forestry. Forest fire patrol — 

 for the prevention rather than the ex- 

 tinguishing of fires — is the forester's in- 

 surance. The present patrolling svstem 

 should be greatly extended. All fire 

 rangers wearing badges should have the 

 power of a constable to arrest without 

 warrant, and head rangers in all out-of- 

 the-way places should have the powers of 

 a justice of the peace for the enforce- 

 ment of penalties under the Fire Act. 

 The cost of the fire service might very 

 properly be divided between the license- 

 holder and the province. 



The problem of disposing of the 



Canadian Forestry Journal. 



Effects of Forest Fire in British Columbia. 



debris incident to logging operations is 

 essentially a problem of fire protection 

 and is as yet an unsolved problem on 

 the Pacific Coast on both sides of the 

 International line. The United States 

 Forest Service is conducting extensive 

 experiments along this line, but has 

 reached no definite conclusion I sug- 

 gest that the provincial government 

 make a modest appropriation for the 

 purpose of determining the practica- 

 bility and cost of burning the brush 

 under local conditions. Such investi- 

 gations are properly within the province 

 of the government, and the informa- 

 tion gained might be of the greatest 

 value to the luinber industry and to the 

 public. Certainly no intelligent legis- 

 lation can be formulated along this line 

 until we have definite knowledge gained 

 by experiment both as regards its prac- 

 ticability and cost. 



Forestry in New Brunswick. 



By Lt.-Col. 

 The receipts from the territorial 

 revenue for the past year have been the 

 largest in the history of the Province. 

 Improved methods in the collection of 

 the stunipage is principally accountable 

 for this increase. No change was made 

 by the Government in the tariff rate of 

 $1.25 per thousand superficial (board) 

 feet for spruce and pine. New regula- 

 tions were adopted, having for their 

 object a more economical mode of cut- 

 ting and a lessening of the fire danger, 

 as was also a more systematic manner 

 in the collection of the stunipage dues. 



T. G. LOGGIK. 



The regulations now call for the use of 

 the saw instead of the axe in the felling 

 of lumber and sawing the tops up into 

 lengths. It has been estimated that a 

 gain of at least six per cent, will be 

 added to the quantity of the timber so 

 cut in comparison with the old system. 

 The regulations also provide for the 

 under branches to be lopped off so that 

 the tops may rot by lying fiat on the 

 ground. 



Portable mills are only allowed to I>e 

 set up and used on crown lands with 

 permission of the Surveyor-General 



