Candduin Fon's!rij JournaL Juhj, I^IS 



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nuMil to |)erinUleos to remove it, (6) 

 the rei^ulalions in ro<>ard to grazing 

 and hay arc made more specific. 



In Ontario 



The Forest Fires Prevention Act 

 was amended by providing for the 

 appointment, at the request of the 

 owner (i.e., the licensee of an area or 

 any person having the right to cut 

 limber on the land) of extra or special 

 rangers to be paid by the owner as 

 directed by the Minister of Lands, 

 Forests and Mines. 



New regulations for forest reserves 

 were promtdgated under the Forest 

 Reserves Act. These forbid the dis- 

 posal of land within the reserves for 

 agricultural purposes altogether, and 

 for prospecting and mining, hunting 

 and fishing except under the regula- 

 tions. Persons travelling through the 

 reserves must give to any forest 

 olTicer, when required, particulars 

 as to themselves and their business 

 in the reserve. 



Mining Prospectors operating in 

 reserves must have s'early permits. 

 Xo lands valuable for the timber 

 thereon may be disposed of for 

 mining purposes and all timber cut 

 on lands so leased must be cut under 

 regulation cf the Minister. Mining 

 operations on reserves must have the 

 permission of the Minister and no 

 ores containing sulphur may be roast- 

 ed in the open air in forest reserves. 

 No tree may be cut, barked or other- 

 wise injured except under written 

 authority of the Alinister. Precau- 

 tions must be taken in setting fire and 

 all tires kindled in the reserves must 

 be extinguished before Ixiing left. 

 Locomotives passing through the re- 

 serves must have spark-arresters or 

 other efficient means of preventing 

 sparks escaping. Making roads, erect- 

 ing buildings and other improvement 

 work may be done by the Minister, 

 and no such work may be done 

 without his written permission. A 

 Superintendent and rangers may be 

 employed for each reserve. All 

 guides in the reserves must be li- 

 censed. No mining lease may issue 

 for work in the reserve until ?11 

 development work has been com- 



pleted. The Game .\ct is by Order 

 in Council made to apply to forest 

 reserves. 



In Quebec. 



An order in Council of .June 12, 

 1918, makes a number of increases 

 in dues and rents to be paid by li- 

 censees in the province, for the years 

 1919-20 to 1923-21, with further 

 increase for the vears 1924-2.") to 

 1928-29. By this ""Order in Council 

 the groim'd rent is increased from 

 five dollars per acre to six dollars and 

 fiftv cents for the vears 1919-20 to 

 1923-24 and eight dollars for the 

 years 1924-25 to 1928-29. In most 

 of the specified classes of timber the 

 increases run from thirty up to one 

 hundred per cent; on miscellaneous 

 timber the due is a straight fifteen 

 per cent. The further increases dat- 

 ing 1924-28 will give a further in- 

 crease on the 1918-19 to 1922-23 

 prices of twelve and a half to sixty 

 per cent. 



In Alberta. 



The timber Areas Act was amend- 

 ed so as to provide that anyone own- 

 ing, leasing or operating any timber 

 area who fails to give the Minister 

 of Municipal Affairs any information 

 called for by the latter shall be liable 

 to a fine up to .S.iO and costs, or in 

 defaalt, to imprisonment not to ex- 

 ceed six months and giving the 

 Minister power to assess the area 

 after getting information from the 

 Government of Canada or otherwise. 



A number of amendments, chielly 

 as to matters of administration, 

 were made to the British Columbia 

 Forest Act. 



Saskatchewan reduced the tax on 

 timber areas or berths (payable by 

 owner or operator) from one and 

 a half cents to one cent per acre, 

 areas held under permit exempted. 

 Persons who manufacture lumber 

 from trees cut on their own timber 

 areas may be granted a rebate of all 

 sums over and above half a cent per 

 acre, paid or payable during 1913 and 

 subsequently. 



No change in forestry legislation is' 

 reported from Nova Scotia or Mani- 

 toba. 



