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an annual expenditure for ten years of 

 $20,000. 



Timber surveys on the reserves were 

 continued during 1908 and the survey 

 of about 1,250,000 acres out of the 

 10,000,000 acres on the reserves com- 

 pleted. The results are rather dis- 

 couraging, inasmuch as the reserves are 

 found to be in poor condition as a re- 

 sult of fire and careless cutting. Plans 

 of administration for the reserves, based 

 on the results of these surveys, are now 

 being prepared. 



The Forest Reserves. 

 A full list of the forest reserves, with 

 their areas, dates of setting aside and 

 other particulars is given in the report 

 of the Inspector of Forest Reserves, 

 Mr. A. Knechtel. The survey of the 

 Riding Mountain reserve has been com- 

 pleted, and the results have been pub- 

 lished as a separate bulletin (Bulletin 

 Xo. 6, "The Riding Mountain Forest 

 Reserve")- A reconnaisance survey of 

 "The Pines" forest reserve near Prince 

 Albert, Sask., was also made in the 

 summer of 1908, the result of which is 

 published in an appendix to the report 

 (Appendix Xo. 2, Report of H. R. Mac- 

 Millan, Assistant Inspector of Forest 

 Reserves). Maps of the above reserves 

 have also been published. Inspection 

 was also made of a tract of some 200 

 square miles Ijnng to the north of the 

 Saskatchewan River, near Prince Al- 

 bert, with a view to setting it aside as 

 a forest reserve. A considerable ex- 

 tension has also been recommended to 

 the Cj^press Hills reserve, the value of 

 which as a source of hay for the ranchers 

 in the vicinity has been abundantly 

 shown. An investigation was made of 

 the forests of the Crow's Nest district 

 in Southern Alberta, the result of which 

 has been published as Bulletin No. 5 

 ("Forest Conditions in the Crow's 

 Nest Valley, Alberta," by H. R. Mac- 

 Millan, Assistant Inspector of Forest 

 Reserves) . Regulations for the manage- 



ment of camping sites in the forest re- 

 serves and also for mining claims within 

 the reserves have been prepared and 

 are printed at the conclusion of the 

 report. 



Tree Plaxtixg Divisiox. 



In the spring of 1909 over 2,500,000 

 trees were distributed from the Forest 

 Nursery Station at Indian Head, Sask., 

 to 2,010 applicants. The new applicants 

 for trees to be delivered in the spring 

 of 1910 number 2,235. 



A new feature will shortly be intro- 

 duced into the tree distribution b}^ the 

 distribution of coniferous trees, such 

 as pine and spruce; this it is hoped to 

 begin in 1911. The species distributed 

 wall be white spruce, jack pine, lodge- 

 pole pine and Scotch pine. It is hoped 

 before long to add to these the tamarack 

 or native larch. All applications for 

 trees are now handled directly from 

 Indian Head instead of from Ottawa 

 as formerly. 



Dominion National Parks. 



A list of the Dominion national parks 

 is given, with a short description of each 

 park, and the revision of the park regu- 

 lations noted. The fence around Buffalo 

 Park has been satisfactorily completed; 

 it is seventy-four miles long, nine feet 

 in height and composed of fourteen 

 strands of wire. The St. Lawrence 

 Park reservation, consisting of eleven 

 islands and a small peninsula on the St. 

 Lawrence between Brockville and Gan- 

 anoque (formerly the property of the 

 Alississauga Indians) is also admin- 

 istered by this department. 



Fire notices have been printed in 

 Cree and Chipewyan and a facsimile of 

 that in Cree is appended to the report, 

 together with a translation. 



Copies of the report, as well as those 

 of the bulletins referred to above, may 

 be obtained free by addressing R. H. 

 Campbell, Superintendent of Forestry, 

 Ottawa. 



Maps of Western Forests. 



The Forestry Branch of the Depart- 

 ment of the Interior has inaugurated 

 and made some progress with the com- 

 pilation of a forest atlas, which will be 

 continued as the work of surveying the 

 reserves and other forested districts ad- 



ministered by the Forestry Branch 

 progresses, thus furnishing adequate 

 data for the maps. There have been 

 already published a "legend" sheet and 

 maps (in colors) of "The Pines" forest 

 reserve in Saskatchewan and the Riding 



