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growth, value of forest cover, natural 

 reproduction, etc., have been carefully 

 studied. Cooperative fire protection 

 systems, brush disposal, railway right- 

 of-way control have also received much 

 attention, and very practical recommen- 

 dations have been made. Town plan- 

 ning, infant mortality and the protec- 

 tion of migratory birds are among other 

 subjects treated of. 



Mr. Clyde Leavitt has just returned 

 from his fall inspection trip of the rail- 

 ways in the west and northwest. 



Mackenzie Rivers to the Arctic Circle, 

 thence by way of the Rat River over 

 the MacDougall Pass into the Bell 

 River, the Porcupine and the Yukon 

 to Fort Yukon in Alaska, then up the 

 Yukon to Dawson and out by way of 

 the White Pass. Mr. E. S. Davidson 

 accompanied Mr. Boyd and for over 

 two thousand miles they traveled with- 

 out guides. The timber conditions 

 were observed and much valuable 

 information obtained and the whole 

 trip made without any mishap. 



Mr. S. L. de Carteret, Forester of the 

 Quebec & St. Maurice Industrial Co., 

 has been to Berlin, N. H., to attend the 

 annual meeting of the Woods Depart- 

 ment of the Berlin Mills and other 

 allied companies. These gatherings, 

 the idea of Mr. W. R. Brown, are a 

 great help in bringing together men 

 who are working for the same concern 

 but from the nature of their work are 

 seldom able to get together. It develops 

 an esprit de corps and enables men to 

 swap experiences, to see other methods 

 of work and to get out of the rut and 

 realize that there are others with the 

 same problems and difficulties. 



The Government of Quebec has 

 increased the appropriation to the 

 Government Forestry School affiliated 

 with Laval University to $8,000 per 

 annum, which will enable many exten- 

 sions to the courses. Mr. Piche, the 

 Chief Forester, reports that his Depart- 

 ment was engaged during July, August 

 and September in the classification of 

 Government lands and the inspection of 

 settler's lots. Twelve parties were in 

 the field besides isolated rangers, who 

 were inspecting wood working establish- 

 ments or watching the movement of 

 timber along the railways. Their 

 activities are now engaged in the 

 inspection of logging operations which 

 at present are much hampered by lack 

 of snow. 



Mr. W. J. Boyd, of the Dominion 

 Forest Service, has just returned from a 

 long trip from Prince Albert, Sask., be- 

 ginning on May 15th last, by way of 

 the Clearwater, Athabasca and the 



Algonquin Park, a forest reserve of 

 the people of Ontario, consisting of 

 about 1,750,000 acres, roughly about 

 fifty miles on a side, covers the source 

 of a number of important streams. It 

 is a game refuge and the wild animals 

 have increased to such an extent that 

 it has been necessary to remove some 

 of them. The Government are trapping 

 and selling a number of fur-bearing 

 animals, especially beaver, and of these 

 latter are killing and selling quite a 

 number of skins annually. Anyone 

 wishing these animals can obtain them 

 from the Ontario Government at the 

 following rates: per pair, mink, $35.00; 

 beaver, $50.00; marten, $80.00; fisher, 

 $80.00; otter, $150.00. 



Probably the first jail sentence ever 

 given against a man for setting a forest 

 fire has just been awarded in Quebec. 

 This will be a great step in helping to 

 protect the forests from fire for hitherto 

 the offense has not been considered 

 serious and the judges and magistrates 

 have generally refused even to fine a 

 man especially if he belonged to the 

 right political party. A better day is 

 dawning. 



The St. Maurice Forest Protective 

 Association has reported that for the 

 season just ended, the worst season in 

 its history, 814,468 acres were burned 

 over, 4,600 acres merchantable timber, 

 7,935 acres of old slash, 50,958 acres of 

 old burn, and 17,975 acres of young 

 growth. The total area patrolled was 

 8,132,416 acres. The chief causes of 

 fires were river drivers and the con- 

 tractors for the new Transcontinental 



