130 COMMISSION OF CONSERVATION 



Ameliasburg township 500 acres 



Sophiasburg " 200 " 



Hillier " 350 " 



Athol " 300 " 



HaUoweU " 300 " 



Together with the 600 acres included in the Sand Banks. 



North Marysburg township 150 acres 



South " " 200 " 



The above is a fair estimate of the amount and extent of non-agricultural 

 lands in this county. 



You asked me to give my opinion as to the advisability of establish- 

 ing permanent forest reserves on the non-agricultural lands here with 

 the idea in view of establishing a perpetual supply of timber for the 

 future. I must admit that I have not suihcient knowledge of the possi- 

 bilities of reforestation to give an opinion that would be worth very 

 much. At the same time I believe that it would be profitable to re- 

 forest a considerable amount of this land. At present it is used merely 

 for rough pasturage, and it cannot be said that it is of very high value 

 for this purpose. 



Alice and Fraser Townships, Renfrew County 



In reply to yoiu- letter of the 31st ult., I would say that west of 

 lot 6, township of Fraser, the land is not fit for agricultural purposes. 

 I may also state that this municipality is as far west as there are any 

 lands that can be used for agriculture, with the exception of a small 

 strip along the Ottawa river, in the townships of Petewawa, Wylie, 

 Rolph, Head, Maria, and Clara. Take the townships of Master, 

 Stratton, Bronson, Edgar, Barron, Guthrie, Clancey, Niven, White, 

 Fitzgerald, and Algonquin Park, west of these townships. The land 

 is not suited for agriculture. The chief thing is to preserve the natural 

 growth of forest woods that are growing. The large pine is mostly 

 cut out, but there is plenty of young growth if it can be preserved 

 from fires. 



Brudenell Township, Renfrew County 



Your enquiry of the 31st ultimo to hand. I am pleased to see an 

 interest awakened in the question of reforesting the non-agricultural 

 areas of the country. This section of the country is eminently adapted 

 for the growth of forest and is of little value, apparently, for anything 

 else. Many of the farms are abandoned and growing up in second- 

 growth. It has been all very heavily timbered before the axe of the 

 limiberman and squatter and destructive forest fires came to lay waste 

 the country's one important resource. If there is nothing done in 

 the way of reforesting, it will not be for want of available land of the 

 best kind. 



Carlow Township, Renfrew County 



Replying to your favor of the 3rd instant re forestry, I beg leave 

 to advise you that there are no forest lands in the township of Carlow 

 that would be worth forming into a reserve. There are, however, in 

 this township about 20,000 acres of land that might be classified as 

 non-agricultural lands. I do not think these lands could be successfully 

 reforested as the soil is, generally speaking, of a rocky nature. 



