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Hagarty and Richards Townships, Renfrew County 

 Yours to hand re non-agricultural lands. In reply would say there 

 is a portion of the township of Hagarty (northwest comer) that is not fit 

 for agricultural purposes, although mostly taken up, principally for what 

 timber is on it, and part of Richards. The Golden Lake Lumber Co. is 

 at present engaged cutting timber in the latter township. In my 

 opinion, if these lands were set aside there is enough young timber 

 starting, that in a few years will be valuable, otherwise, if fire gets in, 

 which usually occurs where there are settlers, it will destroy the young 

 trees. 



Will be willing in future to give any information within my know- 

 ledge. 



Radcliffe Township, Renfrew County 

 There is any amount of land up here that would just suit this, 

 but I coiild not give you an estimate of the number of acres. It would 

 have to be travelled. 



Raglan Township, Renfrew County 

 Yours of the 2nd instant to hand. In regard to your letter, I will 

 give you my opinion on the matter ; there is a lot of land here not fit 

 for agriculture, and, if it were efficiently protected from himters and 

 fishermen, so that we could keep it from getting burnt over again, 

 this waste land would, in 25 or 30 years, be worth more than the farms 

 with buildings, as in most places the pine is coming up again. The 

 whole of this country is not fit for agriculture. If the Canadian Govern- 

 ment establishes a forestry under the same plan as there is in Germany, 

 I could give you very good advice on it as I have served that country 

 for eight years in the Forestry Branch. The only and safest plan 

 to protect the forest is to keep the people out of it, as there is plenty 

 of good land in New Ontario where a farmer is able to make a living ; 

 I cannot tell you how much exactly land is here for that purpose, but 

 I am certain of half in Raglan, and there is one block of Radcliffe 

 township about eight miles square which is not settled yet. If I could 

 speak to you personally I could give you more information. 



Sebastopol Township, Renfrew County 

 In reply to adjoined circular I beg to state that in the township of 

 Sebastopol are 9,312 acres of unoccupied Crown lands, which are proba- 

 bly quite unfit for agricultural purposes, and that of the 32,757 acres 

 of occupied land probably one-half is unfit for agricultural purposes. 



Townships of Wilberforce and North Algona, Renfrew 

 County 

 In reply to yours. No. 33532, 1 would say that it would be impossible 

 for me to give an approximate estimate of the non-agrictiltural land in 

 our townships. The fact is, I think the greater part of it should be 

 classed as such. There is quite a lot of mountain land with little patches 

 here and there between the hills and someone trying to grow something 

 on it, but, if those mountains were reserved and protected from fire, I 

 believe that, in a short time, they would be valuable. There is quite a 

 growth of young trees, white and red pine, and many other kinds. 

 There is quite a niimber of square miles of that sort of land, some of it 



