Canadian Foi\s(rii Journal, January, 1917 



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EVINRUDE 



DETACHABLE ROWBOAT AND CANOE MOTOR 



A practical, powerful and reliable gasoline motor that can 

 be attached to any rowboat in less than a minute; may also be 

 attached to canoes, duck boats and all manner of small craft. 

 Easy to handle and extremely economical to run. Will last a 

 lifetime in ordinary use. 



Very efficient for towing heavy loads. 



Exclusive features of the EVINRUDE motor : Built-in-the- 

 flywheel Magneto and Automatic Reverse. 



In addition to the 2 H.P, and 3H 1 1. P. models offered here- 

 tofore, which are of the 1-cylinder, 2-cycle type, a new model 

 is being placed on the market. This new model is of the 2-cy- 

 linder, 4-cycle type and develops fully 4 H.P. It has been es- 

 pecially designed for speed, giving easily from 8 to 9 miles an 

 hour, with an ordinary boat. All the conveniences and safe- 

 guards which distinguished the 1915 models will be found in the 

 new 1916 EVINRUDE Speed Motor. 



For catalogue and prices write to 



MELCHIOR, ARMSTRONG & DESSAU 



116-A, BROAD STREET, NEW YORK. 



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How British Columbia Protects Forests 



In response to a request from the 

 Canadian Forestry Journal the fol- 

 lowing summary of the advances 

 made in British Columbia's forest 

 management has been received from 

 the Acting-Forester, Mr. M. A. Grain- 

 ger. 



"Since 1912 the chief advances in 

 fire protection have been: — (1) Each 

 license and lease holder has been 

 assessed Ic per acre in 1912 and l^c 

 per acre in each year since, for forest 

 protection purposes only. This Tax 

 with an equal amount from General 

 Revenue forms the "Forest Protec- 

 tion Fund." Previous to 1912 the 

 Government paid directly all patrol 

 and fire fighting expenses, and spent 

 nothing on improvements. 



(2) The creation of Forest Dis- 

 tricts, now 10 in number, each in 

 charge of a District Forester. He 

 in turn is assisted by a number of 

 rangers, from 2 to 6, usually employ- 





ed permanently, and w^ho are able to 

 supervise closely the work of the tem- 

 porary forest protection force. This 

 gives close personal supervision of 

 each man's work. In other words 

 the supervision has been tightened 

 up so that the management has close 

 control of each employee's work. 

 This is the most important thing 

 that has been done. 



(3) Permanent Improvements. 



Area Under Patrol. 



(4) The area under patrol has 

 been increased, from 123 million in 

 1910 to nearly 150 million acres. 

 This increase is due to large areas 

 in the north having been brought 

 under some measure of patrol. 



(5) Statistics of fire damage etc., 

 have been standardized, so that re- 

 sults are directly comparable from 

 year to year. More careful reports 

 on all fires, however small, are de- 



