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Canadiini Foreslnj Journal, Mar.-Apr., 1912. 



'Slv. II. Ii. MacMilhiu is now in the 

 West and will \isit vai'ious offices of 

 liic liranch witii a \ icw to iiiipi'ov- 

 ing organizal ion and mclliods of 

 ■\\ oi'k. 



]Mi". 1). Roy Cameron has heeii a|>- 

 pointed to take general supervision 

 of tir(^ protection and otlier work in 

 the Dominion forest reserves in lirit- 

 ish Columbia. 



Api)ropriations for forestry work 

 under the Department of tlie Interior 

 amount for the ensuing fiscal year to 

 $:5r)5.000. an increase of sj^l 00.000 over 

 last year. 



I)i-. J. F. Clarlc, of ^"ancouver, 

 I'CMched home about tiie middh' of 

 Marcli after an extended trij) east. 



Prof. Filibert Rotli. who is at pres- 

 ent the only honorary mem))er of the 

 Canadian Society of Forest En- 

 gineers, has been appointed head of 

 the recently revived department of 

 forestry at Cornell T^ni versify. 



The purchase of the Niiassiui;- Central 

 railway, an eleetrio road nmniiii^ from 

 Cobalt to TIaileyburv, hy the 'riiiiiskaining 

 and Northern Ontario railway, is thought 

 to foreshadow the electrification of the 

 latter road. This step would be a mea- 

 sure of tremendous in!]iortaiice for the 

 ])rotection of Northern Ontario forests, 

 and is a consummation devoutly to be 

 wished. 



Tn the French forest of Chantilly rab- 

 bits have become so numerous as to 

 threaten the destruction of the entire 

 forest. 



Cedar is the wood most frequently used 

 for poles in Canada, as it is practically the 

 only Canadian wood growing to a convenient 

 pole fize which is cheap, eas-ily handled and 

 durable. There were 7.'iS,209 cedai' poles 

 ])iircha-ed in Canada in lit 10, or iitt.2 per 

 cent, of the total number purchased. 



The state of Maine will again this vear 

 receive from the T\ S. fe<leral government 

 a grant of .$10,000 to assist it in protecting 

 its forests from fire, according to the provi- 

 sion of the Weeks bill providing for co- 

 operation between the feileral and state gov- 

 ernments for this object. 



The furniture and ( ar manufa<'turers of 

 Caiuida used, in 1910, 177.S9;>,0()0 board 

 feet of tiniLer, costing .^2,987,210. That 

 the timber used in these industries is ct a 

 miu-h higher average quality than the null 

 run of Canada's saw mills is shown by ine 

 fact that it cost .$2.o.3.5 per thousand, where- 

 as the average i-elling price of tho iumoer 

 produced in Canada in 1910 s\ac only 

 .+ 1.1. SI. 



^hnh of the tinil,e:- us-ed in Canaila for 

 the manufacture of furniture and cars is 

 imported. In 1910 one-thinl of the total 

 lued was imported, (diietly fiom the Ihiited 

 States, at an average cost of $-')3.S6 per 

 thoiif-aiid board feet; two thirds were na- 

 tive-gro vvn timber and cost only $20.82 per 

 thousand board feet. Nothing could more 

 cleaily fhow the general inferiority of the 

 conunon Canadian tind)er for use in manu- 

 factures than the fact that Canadian manu- 

 facturers are forced to buy fully one third 

 of their sui)ply from a foreign country at 

 a i>rice exceeding, Ijy over f-ixty ) er cent., 

 that paid in the houie market. It is ini- 

 po^>ible to secure in Canada, in sufficient 

 quantities, Avoods A\hich combine beauty 

 with strength hO as to be suitable for fur- 

 nishing high-grade furniture and passenger 

 cars, or which are strong enough for ear 

 frames or sidings. 



Imduding round and sawn timber, timber 

 to the value of .$827,.'??)7 was useil in Canada 

 during 1910 for mining purposes. This 

 total is made up of .12,848,000 linear feet 

 of round timber, worth .$.12.3,;!. 'if I, and 22,- 

 8('.1,000 lioard feet of sawn timV)er which 

 cost .$;50H,998. 



CHANGES OF ADDRESS. 



The secretary would be grateful if 

 members of the Association would 

 promptly notify him of any change 

 in tlunr addresses, so that the ad- 

 dresses on the mailing list of the 

 Journal can be kept correct. Per- 

 sons removing from one place to 

 another should give both the old ad- 

 dress and the new: this will greatly 

 assist in the corrections. 



R. ©. SWEEZEY, 



CIVIL 8l forestry ENGINEER 



Timber Surveys, Lumbering' 

 and Water Powers. 



Metropolitan BIdg. 



QUEBEC, Canada. 



