Canadian Forcslrij Journal, July, 1918 



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slopes of the Rocky momUains, and 

 even if all the mines in Ihe province 

 drew their supplies of minini* tim- 

 ])ers from this source it would not bo 

 ]K)ssible to use more than a small per- 

 centage of the total. "Assuming that 

 the next seven or eight years will see 

 an increase of 100 per cent, in coal 



production," says Mr. Finlayson, 

 "something like a half-billion feet of 

 board measure will suffice for coal 

 mining operations- until 1925. The 

 cjuestion of a market for the bulk of 

 Alberta's dead timber therefore still 

 remains for future consideration." 



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Results of a Severe Forest Fire in 1906 on Head of Dungarvon River, New Brunswick. 

 Timber and Much of the Soil Destroyed. The only Reproduction 



Yet Starting is Soft Maple. ■ — Photo bv G. H. Prince. 



