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held by farmers living at some distance, who cut and haiil their fire 

 wood from it, but I think if it were reserved and properly handled it 

 would soon be of great value. Young trees, up to the size of those 

 which are on those mountains, grow very fast. I think I have given 

 you about all the information I can in the matter, and wish you success 

 in your undertaking 



I see by your reply to my report re waste lands, you have got an 

 idea which I did not intend to convey. I said I considered the greater 

 part of the land in this municipality was non-agricultural, but I did 

 not say that the whole of it was covered with a growth of yoimg trees. 

 There is quite a lot of mountain land covered with trees, but the rest of 

 it, although I consider it non-agricultural, is being farmed. Also the 

 young trees growing on those moimtains are not all red and white pine. 

 It is mixed forest. 



South Algona, Renfrew County 

 In reply to yoiu-s of January 31st, might say that in township of 

 South Algona at an approximate estimate there would be about fifteen 

 thousand acres of non-agricultural land therein, and I myself, have 

 many times thought of your scheme of establishing permanent forest 

 reserves. It would not only be a benefit for timber, but also be the 

 means of causing the working class of Canada to be more industrious, 

 and, if this means was once started, it would also be means of one part 

 of Canada to try and compete with the other, and cause many more 

 industries to spring up. 



Carden Township, Victoria County 

 In reply to yoiu: communication of the 17th {re forestry), I beg leave 

 to inform you that there are 38,256 acres of land in the township of 

 Carden, returned by the Assessor in 191 1, as swamp, marsh or waste 

 land. The chief part of this land is used for grazing purposes. The 

 limestone rock is near the surface. There are some portions of this 

 land which I think it would be profitable to establish as forest reserves, 

 but am not in a position to say which portion should be segregated. 



Dalton Township, Victoria County 

 In reply to yours of January 17th, 1912, re non-agricultural lands, 

 I may state that the nimiber of acres is 25,000, which is well adapted 

 for reforestation. 



Fenelon Township, Victoria County 

 Your letter received. As you will notice in the Ontario Recapitu- 

 lation returns, Fenelon is down for 9,640 acres of swamp, marsh, or 

 waste land, 1,756 wood-land, and 7,600 odd acres slash land and about 

 32,000 cleared. Of course, some of the cleared land is not worth much, 

 but it gives a certain amount of pasture as does some of the waste land, 

 and I suppose farmers will not wish to sacrifice present returns, however 

 small, for benefits to the country generally in the distant future. 



I am not conversant with the plans of the Government to start 

 forests, so am not able to give an opinion, but the waste land is very 

 much scattered. Some odd hundred acres of the tamarac swamps are 



