With the Forest Engineers, 



IN THE B.C. FOREST SER\ iCK. 



The Government of Jiritish Colum- 

 bia has secured the services of nim-- 

 teen foresters for the new b'oresl 

 Branch of the Lands Department. 

 The foUowing is a statement of the 

 present personnel and orfranization of 

 the force : 



Consulting l^'orester, Overton W. 

 Price. 



Chief Forester, H. R. MaeMillan. 



Chief of Keeords, M. A. Crainger. 

 wiio lias charge of the clfrieal slatT 

 and all office work. 



Chief of Operatio!!. K. E. Benedict, 

 who controls the tire preventive force 

 of the province, consisting of two Sup- 

 ervisors, nineteen Divisional Fire 

 Wardens, and upwards of 140 Dis- 

 trict Fii'e AVai'dens, besides |)atrol 

 men. He is also chargeil with the gen- 

 eral field oi-ganisation. 



Chief of Management, d. La Ion. 

 who has under him the force of timber 

 inspectors and government scalei*s. 

 and attends to flu* commercial side of 

 the forest business. 



Chief of Forest Surveys. II. K. Kob- 

 inson. who is in charge of th<' reion- 

 naissance work. 



Forest Assistants employed on spe- 

 cial reports an*l investigations of 

 lapsed leasi'S. i-tc. under .Mr. Lafon, 

 are Messrs. lieard on the coast, and 

 Prince in the interior. 



There are employeil on pieliminary 

 reconnaissance : — 



G. IL Edgecombe, on the (Tpper 

 Eraser wilh liead<|uarters at Tete 

 Jaune Cache. He is to do the work of 

 a tind)er inspector and issue permits 

 for timber for railway construction in 

 .iddition to his other work. 



n. C. Kinghoni. on the Cpp.T Era- 

 ser at Fort (ieorge. and P. X. Caver- 

 hill, at Hazelton. have the same work 

 ;is ■NTr. Edgecombe. 



The following are out for recon- 

 naissance, but are available for any 



special reports tluil may Ir- ri-juind 

 in their territory : — 



.1. I'.. .Mitchell in the OminiH'u rouii- 

 try, h'ort St. James. 



H. S. Irwin. Adams K'iv.r 



loops. 



riinuer. nkanairaii 

 1 liggs. N'ancoii . . i 



Kaiii- 

 Ka«t. 

 JNland 



N'crnon. 



L. S. 

 .North. 



The following have l)eeii 

 but have not yet takiMi up tli< ir du- 

 ties: .Me.ssi-s. -McDougall. Muiiifoni. 

 <lareau and Ingall. They will pro- 

 bably be detaiU'd for reconnai.HJiance. 



In the absencf of a sy ir- 



vey of the Province, auii m » i- » of 

 the fact that very little Im known 

 about most of British Columbia, and 

 that the little that is known 

 available for relVrence an\ " ' ■• 



has been decided to nuike .. 

 atie reconnais.san«'e of the pi 

 from a forest point of view, 

 this in detail would r'"'''- 

 years of work, and an ou 

 and uoubl give residts such 

 not at present rc' 

 ipiired now is a :... 

 showing where the li- 

 it is like and where the 

 lakes and rivers are 

 may be u.sed lor. In 

 coniuiis.sjin«'»' oftieii> • 

 cial note of lam: 

 culture atul to - 

 of sui'h arra.s : 

 the .Mini.HtiT of LantU 



1 U llU 



mail V 



u are 



The lori 



T»..:.:^j. i\.T ).'<„ 



had a very >• 



Saturday following the 



.■\.H.so<'ialioii 



Ian, < 'hief I .. 



tically of tht' k 



We had a ver>' gotwl n 

 Soi'iety of Forest ' 

 (Victoria^. T' 

 foresters at tli- 

 teen at the luneh«"on uhirh we had on 



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