Canadian Forestry Journal, September, 1918 



1873 



A^. B. Changes Plan of Selling Timber 



On about 100 miles of limber lands 

 in New Brunswick the licenses of 

 whi^h expired in August last, the 

 Ciovernment of the province has 

 decided to put the lands up to com- 

 petitive bidding on the basis of a 

 straight stumpage rate per thousand 

 superficial feet, the upset price of 

 which will be announced at the hour 

 of sale. The announcement is the 

 more unusual as tiiese lands had been 



advertised for sale under the tradi- 

 tional yearly lease ])lan, the Govern- 

 ment cancelling the advertising at 

 the last moment. 



Whether the change of policy will 

 be extended to cover all future dis- 

 posals of Crown timber is not stated, 

 l)ut the success of the plan from the 

 points of view of lumbermen and 

 provincial revenues will be watched 

 with much interest. 



A^. B. Chooses Rangers on Merit Basis 



It is a common impression that 

 lire ranging, as controlled by political- 

 ly-appointed governments is fated 

 to cany a heavy load of personal 

 incompetents. New Brunswick, how- 

 ever, promises to overcome this in- 

 herent flaw through the services of 

 the new Forestry Board, on which 

 the non-partisan voice of representa- 

 tive lumbermen should neutralize 

 any politician tendencies that might 

 upset efTiciency. This Board recently 

 held examinations at which 139 

 applicants presented themselves. 

 Of this number 63 passed the tests. 

 The New Brunswick Forestry Divi- 

 sion is thus commencing its ranger 

 appointments on a strict merit basis 

 and laying sure foundations for econ- 

 omical expenditure and well-discip- 

 lined service. 



Mr. L. A. Gagnon, the present 

 chief game warden, is to be continued 

 and in addition will supervise the 

 work of the different inspectors in 

 regard to the work of game protec- 

 tion. 



Mr. A. T. Murchie, the present 

 chief scaler, will superintend the 

 work of the whole province in regard 

 to scaling. 



Inspectors are appointed to check 

 the scale and to supervise rangers in 

 regard to scaling, fire protection, and 

 game protection for new districts. 



The new districts and inspectors 

 are as follows: Districts one to 

 seven, inclusive, Restigouche County, 

 Arthur C. McElveney, inspector's 

 headquarters at Campellton. Num- 



bers eight to fifteen, Gloucester and 

 Northumberland Counties, E. A. Rob- 

 erts, inspector headquarters Bath- 

 urst. Districts sixteen to twenty 

 with twenty-five portions of Glou- 

 cester and Northumberland Coun- 

 ties, headquarters at Newcastle, with 

 M. A. Craig as inspector. Districts 

 twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty- 

 three, twenty-four, twenty-six, twen- 

 ty-seven and thirty-one, including 

 portions of Northumberland, York, 

 Queens and Kent Counties, head- 

 quarters at Chatham, inspector Wm. 

 Kerr. Districts twenty-eight to thir- 

 ty-six, with the exception of number 

 thirty-one, embraces portions of Mad- 

 awaska, Victoria, Carleton, York, 

 Charlotte, St. John, Kings, Queens 

 and Sunbury. The inspector of this 

 district is Mr. Geo. F. Burden, ex- 

 M.L.A., whose headquarters will be 

 in this city. 



The large number that did not 

 qualify was due to the fact that con 

 siderable numbers of the applicants 

 presented themselves for examina- 

 tion that had not sufficient previous 

 experience in scaling. 



A considerable number of the 63 

 were ruled out as being over the age 

 limit of ;');") years; also a number 

 declined to accept yearly work, pre- 

 ferring to work only in the winter. 



In order to pass the examinations, 

 candidates were obliged to stand prac- 

 tical tests written and oral, in logging, 

 scaling, cruising, surveying, fire and 

 game protection and ability to pre- 

 pare reports. 



