126 COMMISSION OF CONSERVATION 



fit for any use. If means could be taken to protect this from fire, a 

 good supply of timber would be the result. 



Ramsay Township, Lanark County 

 Replying to your favor of recent date, I might say that there is a 

 large area of non-agricultiu-al lands in this township, but I would judge 

 that the greater part of these lands would not be suitable for reforesting. 

 I have 175 acres of land without a stick of wood on it — all good 

 farm land and under cultivation. Would your Department supply me 

 with yoimg trees if I wished to devote a few acres to bush, and at what 

 cost ? 



YoNGE and Escott Rear Townships, Leeds County 

 Replying to yours of recent date as to an estimate of the non- 

 agricultural lands in Rear Yonge and Escott, would state that, in vicin- 

 ity of Temperance and Charleston lakes, there are probably 1,000 

 acres of low and hilly (some rocky) lands, from which the timber has 

 been mostly taken off. Some is now growing up to small timber, and 

 I am of the opinion that these lands should be reserved for a future 

 supply of timber. 



Lennox and Addington Counties 



Your letter of the loth instant re non-agricidtural lands in the 

 county of Lennox and Addington dtdy received. We have three muni- 

 cipalities that contain a great deal of poor land which could be classed 

 as non-agricultural, viz. : 



1 . Sheffield. 



2. Kaladar, Anglesea and Effingham. 



3. Denbigh, Abinger and Ashby. 



Nearly one-half of Sheffield is non-agricultural, about four-fifths of 

 Kaladar, Angelsea and Effingham and about four-fifths of Denbigh, 

 Abinger and Ashby. If you wished I could write to the clerks of these 

 municipalities and get further information for you, provided you let 

 me know what further you required. 



Denbigh, Abinger and Ashby Townships, Lennox and 

 Addington County 



The township of Denbigh contains about 50,000 acres, of which 

 about 29,000 acres are either owned, located under the Free Grants 

 and Homesteads Act, or otherwise occupied by private parties. Less 

 than 20 per cent of this area is under actual cultivation. About 50 

 per cent is composed of rock, swamp or marsh land, not fit for culti- 

 vation. 



All the land at all fit for agricultural purposes is now occupied 

 and the remaining Crown Lands are unfit for settlement, and, as they 

 are nearly all situate in the north western portion of the township they 

 should, in my opinion, be included in a permanent forest reserve. 



The township of Abinger contains about the same area as Denbigh, 

 but contains a larger proportion of land unfit for agricultural purposes. 

 It is also a part of this Free Grant District, and about 14,000 acres are 

 occupied by settlers. The lands stiU belonging to the Crown are chiefly 

 inthe southern portion of the township and, together with similar lands 



