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Canadian Forestry Journal, Mar.-Ajr., 1912. 



N. B. SHADE TREE LAW. 



The only legislation directly ap- 

 l)lying to shade or street trees in 

 New Brunswick seems to be tile 'Act 

 respecting Local Tinproveiiient As- 

 sociations', passed in 1903 (3 Ed. 

 VII. c. 22.) 



By this Act it is enacted that ten 

 or more persons may be incorporated 

 for the purpose of improving and 

 ornamenting the streets and pu1)lic 

 squares of a city or town by plant- 

 ing and cultivating ornamental trees, 

 under the provisions of the New 

 Brunswick Joint "Stock Companies 

 Act. 



Any city or town may hand over 

 to such an association the care of 

 the parks and the ornamentation of 

 its streets and is empowered to 

 make the a-sociation- a grant for the 

 ])urpose of assisting in its work. 

 This grant may be levied and col- 

 lected as part of the regular assess- 

 ment. 



A fine up to twenty dollars is pro- 

 vided for anyone injuring or inter- 

 feruig with the work of such an as- 

 sociation by driving animals or 

 vehicles across its property, playing 

 ball thereon, etc., the fine to be pay- 

 able to the association. 



Predericton, the capital city of 

 the province, has an association 

 formed under this act, which has 

 done much in beautifying the city. 

 Lt.-Col. Loffsrie, Deputy Surveyor- 

 General of the province, is the presi- 

 dent of this association. 



The iniplenieiit mamifaeturers of Mani- 

 toba paid in 1910 aliout $67 per thousand 

 feet for oak which they imported from the 

 Ignited States. WHiite oak is native to Mani- 

 toba and reaches large sizes in the Turtle 

 Mountain Forest Reserve. This reserve has 

 been cut over and burned over, but it is now 

 being put under scientific management. 

 When properly stocked this reserve will pro- 

 duce 0,000,000 feet of white oak timber per 

 year. The local production of this timlaer 

 will be of great assistance to the industries 

 of Manitoba. This is an instance of what 

 can be done by the proper management 

 of waste lands. 



C.F.A. Treasurer's Report, 1911. 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance from 1910, $1,033.67. 



Membership fees, $2,002.22; copies of 

 Canadian Forestry Journal, $19.90; adver- 

 tising in Canadian Forestry Journal, 

 $242.34; grant from Dominion government, 

 1910, $2,000.00; grant from Dominion gov- 

 ernment, 1911, $1,-500.00; grant from N.B. 

 government, $100.00; grant from Quebec 

 government, $200.00 ; grant from Ontario 

 government, $300.00; grant from B. C. gov- 

 ernment, $200.00; interest, $3.5.-50. 



Total, $7,633.63. 



EXPENDITURE. 



Salaries, $1,875.00; clerical work, $130.08; 

 annual rejiort, $200.75; expenses of secre- 

 tary, $200.00 ; printing and suj^plies, 

 $292.46; lantern and lectures, $121.81; Que- 

 bec convention, $2,095.00; Canadian For- 

 estry Journal, $1,019.51; commission on 

 cheques, $11.57; postage and telegrams, 

 $53.94; typewriter, $120.00; refunds, $9.00; 

 wreath, .$10.00. 



Total, $6,139.12. 



Balance on hand, $1,494.51. 



M. ROBINSON, 



Treasurer. 



Ottawa, Dec. 31, 1911. 

 Audited and found correct, Jan. 9, 1912. 



FRANK HAWKINS, 



T. E. CLENDINNEN, 



Auditors. 



A Banker's Statement. 



In Canada and the United States the use 

 of fireproof building material and of cement 

 and iron generally in i)lace of wood is grow- 

 ing rapidly. Already it is suggested that 

 the United States has passed the highest 

 point of per capita consumption of lum- 

 ber. As yet, however, we use only a frac- 

 tional amount of fireproof material as com- 

 pared with an old-world country such as 

 Germany, so that an important readjustment 

 of our lumber requirements relatively to 

 other things will gradually come about. 

 This will certainly not lessen the necessity 

 for conservation, lint it may cause the pun- 

 ishment for our wastefulness to fall a trifle 

 less heavily than we deserve. 



— Report of the General Manager of the 

 Canadian Banlc of Commerce, 1911. 



The mines of Canaila used, in 1910, 52,- 

 848,000 linear feet of round timber, which 

 cost $523,339. This is an average cost of 

 $9.90 per thousand. They reported the use 

 of twelve species of wood in their mining 

 oi^erations. 



Oak, together with yellow pine, made up 

 nearly one-third of all the wood used in the 

 furniture and car industry of Canada in 

 1910. Practically all is imported. 



