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Canadian Forestry Journal, June, 191S 



In Ontario, similarly, the mileage 

 of provincially chartered railways is 

 small, and the legislative provision 

 for their control is adequate, being 

 administered by the Forestiy Branch 

 Department of Lands, Forests and 

 Mines. The Temiskaming and North- 

 ern Ontario Railway has much the 

 same status provincially that the 

 Canadian Government Railways have 

 from a Dominion viewpoint, being 

 owned by the province and operated 

 by a commission. This commission 

 reimburses the Department of lands, 

 Forests and Mines for one-half the 

 cost of the special fire patrol main- 

 tained along this railway by the 

 Forestry Branch. 



In Quebec, the only provincially 

 chartered railway of any consequence 

 from fire protection viewpoint is the 

 (Quebec Central. The Quebec Pub- 

 lic Utilities Commission has fire reg- 

 iilations parallel to those of the 

 Dominion Railway Commission, and 

 the Provincial Forester acts as an 

 officer of this Commission in enforc- 

 ing these regulations. 



In New Brunswick, the recent 

 absorption of several small lines into 

 the Government Railways system 

 has very nearly removed the problem 

 of provincial railways from further 

 consideration. However, a few small 

 and unimportant lines remain, and 

 fire protection on such 'is thoroughly 

 provided for under the new Forest 

 Fires Act of 1918, which is admin- 

 istered by the Provincial Forester. 



Nova Scotia has of provincially 

 chartered railways only the Cape 

 Breton, Sydney and Louisburg, and 

 Maritime Railway, Coal and Power 

 Co. Provincial legislation is ade- 

 quate as to fire protective appliances 

 on locomotives and as to right 

 of way clearing. There does not, 

 however, appear to be provision for 

 enforced patrol by railway companies 

 or fixing responsibility on railways 

 for extinguishing fires due to rail- 

 way causes. 



Prince Edward Island, Saskatch- 

 ewan and Manitoba have no pro- 

 vincially chartered railways in opera- 

 tion. 



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Clearing Land Without Destroying Adjacent Timber 

 The lower picture shows the slash resulting from clearing operations, the upper the same 

 yrca after the slash has been burned under permit from the Ontario Forestry Branch Pre- 

 cautions were taken which have preserved from destruction the adjoining valuable pulpwood 

 forest. " At present prices for pulpwood, settlers in forest sections possess an extremely valuable 

 resource in the timber on their lands. 



